Shelby Co., Ill. (ECWd) - When Shelby and other counties were questioned on their practices of leasing out county-owned farmland to private farmers for their own personal profit, at least one county, Shelby, attempted to make it legal by convincing an out-of-district State Representative to introduce...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is part 5 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education (“ROE”). Read parts 1 – 2 – 3 and 4. We attended the PDA board meeting earlier this month and just prior to...
Dalzell, Ill. (ECWd) - Press release … On November 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM, a meeting was called by Dalzell Mayor Gary Orlandi to discuss the relationship between the Village of Dalzell and the Dalzell Fire Protection District. In attendance were Mayor Orlandi, Village of Dalzell attorney...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - While the Shelby County Board moves forward with fixing a laundry list of problems created by past actions or inactions of former boards, it appears to be ruffling feathers of a few locals. We can't explain why doing the right thing is...
Coles County, Ill. (ECWd) - We filed a motion to intervene in former Coles County Assistant State's Attorney Brady Allen's criminal case in Coles County asking the Court to unseal the previously impounded mugshots of Defendant Brady Allen. Our main argument was that booking photos (mugshots) are...
Will-Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is part 4 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education ("ROE"). Read parts 1 - 2 - and 3 During this morning's meeting (video below) of the Professional Development Alliance ("PDA"), we provided public...
Grundy-Kendall Counties, Ill. (ECWd) – This is part 3 in a series of articles on the Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties Regional Offices of Education. Read parts 1 and 2. This article will discuss the alleged scheme and artifice to qualify for the Illinois Municipal Retirement System...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR), has determined the Shelby County farm ground parcels are not tax-exempt. Their determination was based on the assertion the property is not in exempt use. According to IDOR, the county can protest the determination and request a...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A recent vote to release closed session minutes of the County Board disclosed a lot of information that refutes the narrative being pushed by members of the Dive Team and a few of their supporters. While the closed session minutes shed new...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County has been facing a lawsuit for the county board's hiring of a private appraiser to perform commercial property tax assessments in the county. There is no provision in the law for a county board to hire such a person which...
