Springfield, IL (ECWd) - Illinois Times reports the following: "Campaign workers for Illinois auditor general Frank Mautino, while he was a state legislator, have received federal grand jury subpoenas, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The source who confirmed the federal investigation spoke...
Kane Co. (ECWd) - We covered Part I of this series in this article and encourage everyone read it to grasp the full impact of the events taking place at U46, the state's second-largest school and carrying a debt of over half a billion dollars,...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - On, December 30th, 2015 we shared the filing of a criminal complaint against College of DuPage (COD) Trustees McGuire, Birt and Wozniak alleging criminal Official Misconduct and Intimidation as defined in the criminal code. That article can be read at this...
Reading the following article, I was reminded of Attorney Mike Blazer, representing Invenergy, when he told the Vermilion County Board that the blades were designed to fall straight down (article here on Blazer's statement). Such a statement is impossible to prove, since a person could...
Oak Forest, IL. (ECWd) - Explosive footage from last night's D142 elementary school board meeting shows Troy Agler, husband of board member Roxana Agler, launching into a deranged tirade that veered across all sorts of disturbing topics. This was a meeting attended by small children,...
The Illinois Auditor General is under investigation by the Illinois State Board of Elections for questionable campaign expenditures. There have been numerous articles written concerning Mautino’s campaign fund. Some of the notable problems include over $250,000 in payments to a bank for campaign expenses for...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit was filed today in the 5th Judicial Circuit Court, Edgar County, against the Office of the Auditor General. Also named in the suit is Frank Mautino, the current Auditor General. According to the complaint, Mautino failed to...
ELGIN, IL. (ECWd) - UDATED with copy of restraining order...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Bridget Bittman (former Orland Park Public Library spokesman) was defeated again today, 5/16/16, when federal Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. dismissed her lawsuit against Dan Kleinman (of the watchdog group Safe Libraries) with prejudice. This means that Bittman cannot refile against...
Kane Co. (ECWd) - UPDATE at this article: (click here). U46 School Board member Jeanette Ward has requested to listen to closed session recordings multiple times, and the District has refused to allow it in spite of the legal precedent set in multiple court cases that...
