Edgar Co. Board Meeting: Watching Karl Farnham ignore citizens…

28 Oct Edgar Co. Board Meeting: Watching Karl Farnham ignore citizens…

Posted at 13:31h in Attorney General, Edgar County, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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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,...

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28 Oct Cahokia, IL. Clerk violates Constitution, hires wife as assistant –

Posted at 08:21h in Attorney General, Cahokia, Chilling, Corruption, Criminal, Dishonest, feature, St Clair County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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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...

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27 Oct (VIDEO) Cahokia, IL Mayor has Council member forcibly removed from meeting –

Posted at 22:55h in Cahokia, Chilling, Corruption, Criminal, feature, Lisa Madigan, St Clair County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 17 Comments

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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...

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27 Oct NIU President's On-going OEIG Investigation –

Posted at 19:27h in DeKalb County, feature, NIU by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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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...

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27 Oct College of DuPage – "The Breuder Termination Documents" –

Posted at 14:38h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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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...

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27 Oct College of DuPage – Comment – failed response?

Posted at 13:10h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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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...

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27 Oct U46 – "ain't nobody got time for all of that". UPDATED with correction

Posted at 08:18h in feature, Kane County, U-46 School District by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 7 Comments

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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...

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26 Oct Clark-Edgar Rural Water District sets stage to steal deposits, connection fees –

Posted at 12:54h in Attorney General, CERWD, Clark County, Clark Edgar Water District, Corruption, Criminal, Dishonest, Edgar County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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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...

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25 Oct Rauner backs Halbrook for 102nd House Race –

Posted at 12:38h in 110, Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, feature, Governor, IL State Reps, Illinois Election, Illinois Senate, Shelby County, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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Tom Kacich: Rauner backs candidate in state House race Sun, 10/25/2015 - 7:00am | Tom Kacich Gov. Bruce Rauner has jumped into the 102nd House District Republican primary, endorsing former state Rep. Brad Halbrook in what for now is a three-way race. Halbrook, of Shelbyville, is running with...

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25 Oct College of DuPage – If not Kartje, who?

Posted at 08:41h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 15 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - During the October 8th 2015 College of DuPage (COD) Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting, Vice Chairman Deanne Mazzochi responded to the recently released Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) report that revealed COD had improperly provided academic credit to Suburban Law Enforcement...

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