Costly Broken Wind Turbines Give College Whopping Negative 99.14% Return On Investment

17 Apr Costly Broken Wind Turbines Give College Whopping Negative 99.14% Return On Investment

Posted at 14:27h in Coles County, feature, Lakeland College, Mattoon, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 38 Comments

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Mattoon, IL - Lake Land College - Costly Broken Wind Turbines Give College Whopping Negative 99.14% Return On Investment Posted By Andrew Follett On 1:32 PM 04/12/2016 In | [caption id="attachment_29812" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo from original article (link at bottom)[/caption] Lake Land College recently announced plans to tear down...

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16 Apr Windsor, Il. Employee and Councilman Enter Guilty Pleas for Theft –

Posted at 22:23h in feature, Shelby County, Windsor by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Windsor, IL. (ECWd) - What follows is a true story of a City Councilman hiring his wife to work for the city, allowing her to charge fuel to her personal car to the city, and then she falsifies time cards to purchase gift cards for her...

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16 Apr AG: Glen Ellyn PD must release Erin Birt’s arrest record –

Posted at 08:13h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Glen Ellyn - College of DuPage - Twenty-one months after the Glen Ellyn Police Department improperly redacted information Kirk Allen requested, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor finally made a determination. On April 13, 2016, the AG's PAC determined that the Glen Ellyn Police Department's redaction of...

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15 Apr College of DuPage – Take Chuck Currier’s shovel away!

Posted at 11:59h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Easter Sunday we exposed the records destruction practices going on at the College of DuPage in this article.  We then followed up with a more targeted exposure of the COD Information Technology Administrator, Chuck Currier, and his confusion of the law pertaining...

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15 Apr Tinley Park Trustee T.J. Grady Calls Citizen a ‘Dick’ at Village Board Meeting (video) –

Posted at 11:33h in Cook County, feature, Tinley Park by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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TINLEY PARK, IL. (ECWd) - During the April 5, 2016, Tinley Park City Council meeting, Trustee T.J. Grady decided he didn't like the comments from a person speaking during the allotted public comment time. A citizen was commenting and asking questions in an attempt at figuring out...

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14 Apr Lincoln-Way District 210 – Students ARE relevant!

Posted at 13:07h in District 210, feature, Will County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Will Co. (ECWd) - Below is the speech Jordan Pajeau read to the D210 School Board members during a recent Board of Education meeting.  It is clear this young student gets it!  The Board members of D210 should be ashamed of their actions and we...

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14 Apr DuPage County – ACT Initiative Failures Part I

Posted at 12:43h in DuPage County, DuPage Housing Authority, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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DuPage Co. - (ECWd) - During our past investigation into DuPage County local government, we exposed clear Open Meetings and Freedom of Information Act violations and reported on them in this article.  Since that exposure, we have had numerous on-going responses to the original FOIA request...

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13 Apr Lisle-Woodridge Fire District pays severance to finance department staff –

Posted at 21:56h in DuPage County, feature, LWFD by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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Lisle-Woodridge Fire District , IL. (ECWd) - Less than a day after we published this article (http://wp.me/p1RGXs-7Jd)  blasting the Lisle-Woodridge Fire District for not providing public records and their attempt at claiming the requested records were "preliminary drafts", even after approved by the board, the FOIA...

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13 Apr Edgar County Board Sets Salary Resolution To Include Health Insurance And IMRF –

Posted at 11:39h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board has finally approved a Resolution setting the compensation of elected officials taking office on December 1, 2016.  "Salary Resolution for Elected Officials Whose Terms Begin December 1, 2016." This resolution includes health insurance for county board members -...

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13 Apr Edgar County Board talks Zoning –

Posted at 08:20h in Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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EDGAR CO., IL. (ECWd) - On the heals of the decision by IDOT-DA to halt all state and federal funding of the Edgar County Airport due to grant assurance violations (lack of zoning), the board has started talking about zoning for the airport. Mark Isaf, Edgar County...

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