This article was posted at For The Good Of Illinois this morning: In January, the Edgar County Watchdogs broke this scandal along with my column at Forbes, click here. Six weeks later, new Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino still hasn’t provided answers on the fact pattern. Mautino...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - During the last College of DuPage Board of Trustees meeting Dianne McGuire tried to make the case that the closed session recording requested by the States Attorney Bob Berlin must not be released without a protective order that ensures the closed...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Lincoln Way School District 210 owns a home located at 21717 Gougar Rd, New Lenox Twp, IL 60433. Below is the picture of the home. The person who rents this home is Dave Ernst. He is currently the Head Football Coach for...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - Hold on for the ride, this one will take some reading. The issue at hand is compensation for elected officials of DuPage County, spearheaded by Chairman Dan Cronin. Let's start with the DuPage County Resolution setting the "salary" of county board members and...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - As many know, during the election cycle we see a large amount of propaganda coming out by those attempting to secure their power. Unfortunately, few take the time to grasp the opportunity such propaganda presents, which is exposure of facts.  A...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In yet another confirmation of a systemic internal control problem at the College of DuPage, we have again confirmed previous Freedom of Information Act requests were being selectively complied with, which means documents we should have received were withheld. Like a dog...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - Auditor General Frank Mautino has been avoiding questions in reference to his campaign expenditures for his personal vehicles, and those of a campaign worker, as well as clear irregularities in payments to Spring Valley City Bank. We first reported on those matters January...
Tinley Park, IL. (ECWd) - In Tinley Park (a southwestern suburb of Chicago), a local resident named Christy Heins has been caught on video harassing a reporter who has been covering the story about the local Village government engaging in shady and questionable dealings with zoning...
LIVINGSTON CO, IL. (ECWd) - Last Friday, another turbine caught fire in Livingston County, Illinois. It was close in location to the turbine fire from last summer (here) and part of Iberdrola Renewable's Streator Cayuga Ridge project There were high winds at the time, and local fire departments...
Will Co. (ECWd) - There always comes a point when some people just have to be called out publicly and exposed for their fabrication of information. A certain person has chosen to make comments on a recent article that are simply lies, and they know...
