Edgar County Treasurer sued by RIDES Mass Transit for $152,150.49

17 Aug Edgar County Treasurer sued by RIDES Mass Transit for $152,150.49

Posted at 08:32h in Clark County, Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, Edwards County, feature, RIDES-MTD by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - We wrote in December 2015 about RIDES threatening a lawsuit (here) and explained the situation pretty thoroughly. RIDES-MTD filed the lawsuit a couple weeks ago. The bottom line is that you must follow the law when dissolving a mass transit district ("MTD"), the county...

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16 Aug Auditor General Frank Mautino MUST resign

Posted at 20:53h in Auditor General, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Sangamon Co. (ECWd) - A vast majority of our time is spent researching public information to find deficiencies and violations of law.  Once found we expose them and demand accountability to the law and correcting of deficiencies. In 2014, former Auditor General Holland's office published the...

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16 Aug U46 – Naked Monkey Covered Up

Posted at 09:43h in feature, Kane County, U-46 School District by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Kane Co. (ECWd) - In spite of U46 Board member Traci Ellis's claim she wanted the naked monkey put on the table, as we suspected and wrote about in this article, she voted NO and the cover-up continues. Over the last several months Ellis has led the...

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15 Aug Citizen Watchdog Training – Springfield, IL. – Aug 20th –

Posted at 10:27h in Edgar County, feature, Sangamon County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Are you curious to know more about how local governments in the area are spending your money? Do you think there is waste or fraud in your local governments? Do you want to learn the tools necessary for uncovering improper spending in...

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14 Aug U46 – Naked Monkey put on the table . . . and a Klanvention –

Posted at 20:36h in feature, Kane County, U-46 School District by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

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Kane Co. (ECWd) - After months of attempts in forbidding certain elected officials from listening to recordings of past closed meetings,  it appears the naked monkey has finally been put on the table.  Yes, U46 Board member Traci O'Neil Ellis will get her chance to...

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12 Aug Oral Arguments in Allen/Kraft v. Clark County Park District (audio) –

Posted at 11:39h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Fourth Appellate Court provides audio of its Oral Arguments to the public at this link: here The Argument Date, Case Number, and Title are: 08/10/16 4-15-0963 Allen Kirk and Kraft v. Clark County Park District Board of Communications (should have been "Commissioners") We appealed this from...

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12 Aug Lincoln Way D210 – Rent-Dodging Daycare Plans to Push Pain to Customers

Posted at 10:23h in District 210, feature, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Will Co., IL. (ECWd) - The debt collector has finally caught up with Aunt Nancy’s, a for-profit daycare business that has been operating on public property for years and doing so rent-free.  All of this went under the radar in four Lincoln-Way District 210 high...

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10 Aug Dale Barkley resigned from Edgar County Airport Advisory Committee –

Posted at 21:05h in 911 Board, Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, feature, Metcalf by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Board meeting this morning, we learned from Karl Farnham that Dale Barkley had submitted his resignation from the Edgar County Airport Advisory Committee. In other business, the Board approved purchasing of a new software package for use with assessments...

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10 Aug For Second Consecutive Month, Village of Cahokia, Commonfields Water District cancel meetings when we arrive –

Posted at 20:47h in Cahokia, Commonfields of Cahokia Waer District, feature, St Clair County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Cahokia just two months ago changed its meeting dates/times to coincide with the Commonfields of Cahokia Water District meetings to keep citizens from attending both meetings. Since the Chairman of the Water District and the Mayor of Cahokia and father...

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09 Aug DuPage Co. Policy Disallows County Board Member Health Insurance – they take it anyway –

Posted at 20:56h in DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - At today's DuPage County board meeting, I discussed board member compensation, and in particular, board member health insurance. Previously we had written about excessive compensation, FOIA request for compensation,  IMRF and Vehicle Allowances, DuPage County's initial refusal to provide health insurance participation payment...

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