DuPgae Co. (ECWd) - In an ongoing FOIA production from the College of DuPage relating to e-mails to and from Carla Burkhart's e-mail accounts used for Herricane Graphics, we have come across a noteworthy e-mail addressed to Tom Glaser, former Executive VP and Treasure at...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Published November 12, 2015 - If you relied on local media to report the happenings in respect to county business, you would have missed a very important issue this month - health insurance for county elected officials. Previously we have reported on board...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Is it any wonder that a contract recipient, who's contract was found to be invalid, is the very person in the middle of an effort in which a bid was awarded even though it was declared non-compliant by the Procurement Officer? As...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Fifteen months after submitting a Request for Review to the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC") for access to public records that were required to be provided within FIVE DAYS, the PAC determined that the Orland Park Police Department ("OPPD")...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - More than six weeks ago, an Ethics Complaint was filed with the Clark County Park District naming several Commissioners within the Complaint, including Joe Ewing, Terry Step, Ron Stone, former Commissioner Larry Yargus, and Executive Director Charity Murphy. Since that time, there...
Elgin, IL. (ECWd) - We were at the last U-46 School Board meeting where during the finance committee meeting, the board showed each and every page of the draft audit on the projector screen during discussions. After that meeting, I asked for a copy of it and...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - One of many early tips we received from whistle blowers at the College of DuPage was in regards to Herricane Graphics, which included this statement:  “we must use Carla for relationship purposes even though her quotes had come in significantly higher.” (Carla, being...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - *11-9-2015, 10:47 A.M. - Correction to state the actual compensation to board members. This change does not affect the dollar amount of waste in any way, and clearly shows the intent of the legislature to only compensate dollar amount listed in the...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - In the first installment of College Town Partners, we introduced you to Tim Struthers (NIU Board Nominee), John Rey (Mayor of DeKalb), Bill Nicklas (Retired NIU VP), Douglas D. Baker and all public and private players that were visible. Now we will introduce...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - In our last article on NIU’s legal fees for the ongoing OEIG (Office of the Executive Inspector General) investigation on Pres. Baker, we identified two different legal firms are performing legal services. The first legal firm, Mintz Levin, was hired by Pres....
