FOREST RIDGE, IL. (ECWd) - Roxana Agler -- school board member in Forest Ridge Elementary District 142 in Oak Forest, Illinois -- has been caught in emails blatantly pushing for a SLAPP lawsuit to silence a reporter. As you know, a SLAPP is "strategic litigation against...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - College of DuPage (COD) Trustee Diane McGuire appears to have had a Road to Damascus conversion to a watchdog. I say appears as we are not yet convinced her conversion is truly a change of heart and mind. We suspect, based on...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Board study session held on April 25, 2016, the board discussed several options they are contemplating with the county airport. develop zoning for the airport annex the airport into the City of Paris give the airport to the...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - It is no surprise to our readers that the College of DuPage (COD) is seeking a new President who will bring back the badly needed leadership and trust to one of the finest, if not the finest, Community College in the country.  ...
Forest Ridge , IL. (ECWd) - Roxana Agler, Forest Ridge Elementary D-142 school board member (and until recently its Vice President...
KENDALL, CO., IL. (ECWd) - The Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, John Dennis Hastert, has been sued in Kendall County Circuit Court for alleged Breach of Contract. According to the complaint, the contract in question was a verbal contract for $3.5 million in compensation...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - Timeline of “The Painting Scandal” Or, "How to destroy public trust by hiding facts from the public" - because essentially, that was the scandal in this situation, not that painting and work were donated, but that the public was lied to...
TINLEY PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Roxana Agler, Forest Ridge Elementary School Board (D-142) member, is under increasing scrutiny for obscene and malicious emails she has been caught sending to other board members and Oak Forest, Illinois officials and employees. Agler is being accused of abusing her position on...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - In a recent article we pointed out how Clark County Park District Commissioners directed their attorney, Lorna Geiler of Meyer- Capel out of Champaign, IL., to investigate and pursue all available legal actions against a Freedom of Information Act requester because they...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - How long has it been . . . 1 year? 2 years ? since Yargus resigned as park district attorney - and Charity Murphy, the Clark County Park District Executive Director, cannot seem to update the FOIA Officer information on the park district's...
