DuPage Co. (ECWd) - During the recent primary battles in DuPage County District 4 County Board race we exposed County Chairman Cronin regarding numerous misleading statements in a political flyer used by his hand-picked candidate, who by the way lost! (View that article at this...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The Lincoln-Way Area Taxpayers Unite group filed their First Amended Complaint in their efforts of stopping the closing of a school. Out of control spending for years has crippled the district. Numerous recent articles by us as well as the Chicago Tribune...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - When citizens file complaints against a public body for violating the Freedom of Information Act and violating the Open Meetings Act, the Attorney General asks the public body for their official stance on what happened. In this case, a complaint was made because...
DuPage County (ECWd) - After filing a FOIA request for copies of the complete compensation packages of DuPage County Board members, and receiving a cryptic response to exactly what the county was paying on behalf of county board members for their health insurance, I forwarded their...
Obituary for Jeremy James Baston Jeremy James Baston, age 27, of Westfield, IL passed away on Tuesday afternoon, March 15, 2016 in Vermilion County, IL the result of an automobile accident. He was born January 20, 1989 in Mattoon, IL, the son of LeRoy Jr. Baston...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Below is the actual complaint filed in the DuPage County courts today by Bob Berlin, DuPage County States Attorney. The complaint alleges many of the same issues we uncovered during our investigation at the College of DuPage. January 8th, 2016 at 10:56...
DuPage C0. (ECWd) - We have confirmed the DuPage County State's Attorney, Bob Berlin, is going to prosecute the Open Meetings Act violation we uncovered and exposed in this article. As we understand at this time, Berlins office will be asking the courts to void...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - With this week's edition of the PP looking like a gigantic sob-fest after election results came in, it is no wonder a completely untrue article headline occurred on its front page, below the fold. LOL. What a joke! I called the State Board of...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - Last summer, after taking office, Mayor McCall ordered the Cahokia Police Department to steal all property belonging to the Cahokia Food Basket, a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization. He did this without any legal authority. He ordered them to "supervise" the non-profit and force them to...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - The picture says it all. I have yet to attend a public meeting where police officers are used in such a fashion to intimidate the public. Please don't consider this a police-hate article, because we realize they are simply doing their job as instructed. I...
