...information and the state’s Open Meetings and Freedom of Information laws, you will learn how you can make a huge difference in Illinois! Our Citizen Watchdog Training is geared towards...
...for review with the Public Access Counselor. Effective immediately. Until now, citizens had no recourse once 60 days had passed after the meeting in question if they had timely filed...
...IML legal person is not the IML’s opinion. It is the attorney’s opinion. The same goes for an elected official who talks to IML staff. A private citizen or elected...
...on the standard 619 Motions to Dismiss and provided Plaintiff 35 days to file a new complaint should they choose to do so. He denied the Citizen Participation Act motions...
...Ellis accused a member of the public to being a member of the 21st Century equivalent of the KKK, without that citizen having the ability to even know they were...
...calling the mayor corrupt, which even if he did call the Mayor corrupt, was still protected speech and made during a public meeting where citizens have the statutory right to...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) – Jo Ann Reed, after approaching and almost hitting a citizen with her car, and stopping to call her a “crack head bitch” more than 23 times,...
...sticker 2 more times She also complains about things that happen during public meetings, where citizens have the absolute right to voice their opinions and concerns – without threats of...
...to be replaced. We think Mr. Foster should reevaluate how he approaches criticism by citizens, and should realize he has no choice but to “tolerate” their right to speech and...