SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Today, the 4th Appellate Court reversed the decision of the 5th Circuit Court in granting the Clark County Park District's Motion to Dismiss an Open Meetings Act suit brought by ECWd's Kirk Allen and John Kraft. We filed this court action on February...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - We now have confirmation a Federal Grand Jury in Springfield is being presented key investigative documents related to alleged misappropriation of public funds by former employees of the East Central Illinois Mass Transit District. A FOIA request made to Edgar County State's Attorney...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Justice is slow in Illinois, but at least there does appear to be hope when it comes to holding public officials accountable, and this is a perfect example of how we can make a difference. In August of 2015, I published this...
LaHarpe, IL. (ECWd) - We attended the LaHarpe City Council Meeting last night to observe discussion on Agenda item number 8, which was to discuss the use of city equipment on private property (see the previous article here). The Mayor did not attend, presumably because the...
Lake Land College Blows $1,017,697.20 "Into the Wind" . Question: What does an Illinois junior college do with industrial wind turbines which are 4 years old (The answer may surprise you, but it does not surprise us.) . Answer: Â The new wind turbines will be TORN DOWN!!!! . Yes, tonight, Lake Land College...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Township Officials of Illinois ("TOI") is having its annual conference this week. One of the sessions taking place this afternoon caught our eye - and incidentally had a similar subject during the Public Library Association's Conference a couple of years ago.. On page...
Illinois - (ECWd) - Once again we see that Illinois leads the way in corruption as yet another elected official has been indicted. In this case, it is former Republican Congressman Aaron Shock. And for the record, don't be fooled by the party identifier as corruption...
LaHarpe, IL. (ECWd) - Yesterday we were informed the Mayor of LaHarpe, Illinois, Ryan Kienast, had directed a city worker to bring the city backhoe down to Kienast's home and dig away the dirt from a corner of his building foundation. This was so Kienast could rebuild the...
WARREN COUNTY, IN. (ECWd) - Last night, former Vermilion County Board Member, Rick Knight, presented information to the Warren County decision makers at the Orion Wind Energy application special use permit hearing held at the Seeger Fine Arts Center. Rick Knight served on the Vermilion County Board...
PARIS and HARRISBURG, IL. (ECWd) - RIDES Mass Transit District (RIDES) has filed its answer to Edgar County’s Motion to Dismiss. Here is our opinion on their argument(s); RESOLUTION IS VOID AT ITS INCEPTION The Edgar County Ordinance and Resolution never set forth the five requirements to form a...
