DuPage Co. (ECWd) - A recent data dump from the College of DuPage (COD) has provided even more information that exposes the character, or lack thereof, of the people that were running things at COD. It is clear these people were not bothered by lying...
Cahokia, IL. (ECWd) - The Mayor of Cahokia, IL., Mr. Curtis McCall, Jr., sent out a Press Release concerning his illegal use of force at the City Council meeting last night (video in previous article). The Press Release was factually inaccurate. McCall states the Open Meetings Act "strictly...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Video of the Edgar County Board Study Session is below. This meeting was held on October 26, 2015 at the Edgar County Highway Department. Enjoy watching Karl Farnham ignoring people during public comment - he does this when he doesn't like the subject,...
Cahokia, IL. (ECWd) - Cahokia, Illinois' elected Village Clerk, Rich Dunkan, had his salary reduced so he could hire his wife, Debbie Dunkan, as his assistant. There is a provision in the Illinois Constitution, Article VII, Section 9 (b), which states: (b) An increase or decrease in...
Cahokia, IL. (ECWd) - An out-of-control Mayor and majority city council have been busy during the last few city council meetings having citizens arrested and using police to remove them from meeting when trying to exercise their statutory right of public comment during public meeting. This Mayor...
Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - On May 23, 2015, we publish an article, NIU – procurement evasion, manipulation, or criminal act? In this article, we discussed Pres. Baker’s retention of the law firm of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Golvgsky and Popeo, PC.( Mintz Levin), for one...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Below are the 781 pages of documents released by COD today pertaining to the Robert Breuder investigation. These documents were the key evidence used to justify his termination. As we sift through them we will update with future articles. A quick scan of them...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The question was simple, if Kartje is not the one responsible for the SLEA mess, then who is. This article must have hit a nerve as we now have a written response from a person claiming to be Dr. Jean Kartje. We...
UPDATE: We have now confirmed with ARDC that Ms. Ellis was licensed to practice May 7, 1992. Kane Co. (ECWd) - Traci Ellis, Assistant Director, Affirmative Action and Equity Compliance-Northern Illinois University (NIU), U46 Board member, and attorney-although her name does not show up as registered...
Clark-Edgar Rural Water District (ECWd) - I received a copy of the most recent audit and management letter from the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District ("CERWD") this past week and came across a disturbing "Note" in the audit. This "Note" basically stated that the district was under no...
