EDGAR CO., IL., (ECWd) - Below are the sample March 2016 ballots for Edgar County broken down by party. These came from the Edgar County Clerk a couple of days ago. They are not broken down by precinct, which is what you will get when you go to...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - As many are aware, former College of DuPage (COD) President Breuder was terminated last year. His iron fisted rule was a key contributor in delays and denials of public records from day one of our investigation. Those efforts appear to have...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In our final responsive dispatch to Mike Heltsley's wild-eyed, angry letter to the "editor": "A prime example was John Kraft picking on Dan Bruner's short speech of the positive things the Edgar County Board has done...
Tinley Park, IL. (ECWd) - On 2/4/16, the Village of Tinley Park held a Planning Commission meeting where its Planning Director, Amy Connolly, refused to speak or answer the public’s questions. Earlier this week, we covered the breaking scandal in this southwestern Chicago suburb where it...
DuPage Co., (ECWd) - In a letter to the Higher Learning Commission, DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin praised the new reform majority of the College of DuPage and their swift action to restore the College's credibility and their instituting of required reform measures. He explained, in the letter,...
DeKalb Co. (ECWd) - We introduced Ron Walters in our story ‘Northern Illinois University – Ron Walters’ travel/hotel expenses’. To recap, President Baker engaged Mr. Walters and had him added to NIU’s payroll as an “affiliate” employee. The simple designation of “affiliate employee” was enough...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - Watchdogs comment on Jeff Crowell's public comment from the Feb 3rd College of DuPage Board of Trustees meeting. Having fun...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Over the last year we have laid out numerous reasons Dr. Breuder's contract was invalid, from secret extensions to numerous other Open Meetings Act violations as part of their "approval" process. Our position on the matter mirrors some of the same arguments...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - New tactics of public officials (and former officials) travels fast, even if they have no merit. As some of you may remember, Edgar County Board Member Charles Michael Heltsley tried to keep a citizen and taxpayer from attending public meetings by filing...
Tinley Park, IL. (ECWd) - Residents of the Village of Tinley Park (a suburb southwest of Chicago) are up in arms and are revolting against the Village Board for attempting to sneak in a low income housing project into the community that angry homeowners believe will...
