Edgar Co. Board Meetings – Hot Topic: Elected Official Health Insurance –

12 Nov Edgar Co. Board Meetings – Hot Topic: Elected Official Health Insurance –

Posted at 10:30h in Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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...

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11 Nov College of DuPage – Herricane Graphics – Tail wagging the dog?

Posted at 16:13h in College of DuPage, Edgar County Board, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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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...

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10 Nov Attorney General rules against Orland Park Police Dept on electronic records –

Posted at 20:14h in Cook County, feature, Orland Park, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 18 Comments

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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")...

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10 Nov Park District Chairman Joe Ewing Refuses to Appoint Ethics Commission –

Posted at 07:22h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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...

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10 Nov U-46 Coughs up Draft Audit –

Posted at 06:38h in feature, Kane County, U-46 School District by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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...

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09 Nov College of DuPage – Herricane Graphics – Internal Audit confirms preferential treatment

Posted at 22:26h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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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...

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08 Nov DeKalb Sanitary District and Tim Struthers approving unauthorized expenditures –

Posted at 21:58h in City of DeKalb, DeKalb County, feature, Governor, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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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...

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08 Nov NIU and College Town Partners – Part 2 –

Posted at 15:34h in City of DeKalb, DeKalb County, feature, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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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...

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08 Nov NIU President’s On-going OEIG Investigation – Part 2 –

Posted at 14:58h in DeKalb County, feature, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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....

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08 Nov Tari Renner's Bloomington: Becoming Less Transparent Everyday –

Posted at 10:57h in Bloomington, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - Another lawsuit Bloomington? November 6, 2015 By:  Diane Benjamin I’ve said this many times, but I will repeat it again.  If I send a Freedom of Information request to Normal I actually get the information I want.  No games, no attempting to circumvent the rules,...

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