Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - It looks like the Clark County Park District has to answer to another allegation of wrongdoing sent to the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC"), a request for review of an alleged Open Meetings Act violation. This one involves the July...
ARTHUR, IL. (ECWd) - At its most recent meeting, the Arthur Park District placed on its agenda an action item to rescind Board Member Privileges. I wrote about how the idea of offering an "incentive" to serve on the park board was approved in November of 2014...
Des Plaines, IL. (ECWd) - Following up on an earlier article about the Des Plaines Park District Commissioners and their families receiving illegal compensation, it is clear these free items are not an "evaluation mechanism" as was stated by the district. Instead, it is clearly meant to...
Downers Grove, IL. (ECWd) - Yes, it's a slow day...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - In the world of local politics it is not very often that public officials are handed an opportunity to fix things that also just happen to have the "full" attention of the public they serve. A recent opinion delivered by the Attorney General...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Clark County Park District has simply refused to answer requests for public records, knowingly and willfully violating the law. The FOIA Officer is Charity Murphy. The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor's Office has sent two more letters to the park...
Morgan Co., IL. - Government transparency organization honors local watchdog group By Jim McCabe on July 31 at 12:34pm From:Â WLDS-WEA1 Two individuals who have been part of a months-long effort to bring transparency to local government have been honored for their work. Mike Woodyard, an organizer of the Morgan...
Clark CO., IL. (ECWd) - The complete failure of the Clark County Park District's Executive Director in answering Freedom Of Information Act requests, and her subsequent disregard of the primary duty of her employment position as a public servant, she must now answer to the Illinois...
Mattoon, IL. - Article from JG-TC: July 30, 2015 11:43 am CHARLESTON (JG-TC) -- The Coles County Health Department has reported that a bird collected on July 21 in Mattoon has tested positive for West Nile virus, marking the first time in 2015 that this virus has been detected...
Clark-Edgar Rural Water District - (ECWd) - After our article on the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District's May 4, 2015 meetings (here), we took the time to conduct a little research into board member David Sprigg to try and determine why he could not discuss or vote...
