Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - We obtained an employment contract and related documents tied to an employment issue in Iroquois County for a position they refer to as “911 Coordinator.” Please take special note of the fact no such position can be found in any statute in...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - It has been reported to us that there is a shake-up of employee(s) at the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District ("CERWD") - with the unexpected termination of its long-time office manager and bookkeeper, Lisa Rigdon, as of this morning. She had a fairly lucrative compensation package...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Just when I thought nothing could top last nights meeting which was one of the most unprofessional meetings I had ever attended, and all at the hands of Mayor Deanna Demuzio, and both the city attorney and the attorney for the electoral...
INDIANAPOLIS, IN. (ECWd) - Former Candidate for State Representative of the 102nd District in Illinois, Randall "Randy" Peterson, 38, was arrested in Marion County Indiana on January 15, 2017. UPDATE: 3-24-2017 - 11:56 A.M. - Electronic Court Docket states that both charges were Dismissed. Peterson is also the former...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Yesterday I filed a four-count lawsuit against the City of Carlinville for its refusal to produce public records requested on January 16, 2017. Pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act ("FOIA"), they were supposed to respond within five working days after receiving...
(ECWd) - Just as we wrote in early February in "Game changer in the 9th Circuit? - National Media silent" and "The 9th Circuit - more to the story" we believed the decision was faulty and were surprised that a request for sua sponte request for...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - During the February 27, 2017 Marshall City Council Meeting, the majority of the council voted to misappropriate another $5000 of your hard-earned tax dollars and give it to a private cemetery. We heard comments like: "our residents are buried there" - "there are veterans...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - On March 17, 2017, the College of DuPage filed a 9-page Motion to Certify For Interlocutory Appeal the denial of the College's Motion to Dismiss on the basis that Dr. Breuder's contract was void ab initio. The core issues identified for appeal...
Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - Craig Law, a current Sangamon County Sheriff Deputy and Candidate for Mayor in the Village of Chatham is running for Mayor on a platform of "Professionalism", based on what appears to be his twenty-one years in law enforcement. "Professionalism: Twenty-one years in...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - From all appearances, the City of Carlinville thinks they don't have to comply with the Freedom of Information Act. First, they wrongly tried to extort $200 from me to answer a FOIA request by wrongly claiming my request for public records was for...
