Paris, IL. (ECWd) – The reporting on Randy Peterson’s candidacy by the News-Gazette, which reported Peterson’s ’03 DUI arrest as having “a preliminary blood test said he had a blood...
...create an appearance of impropriety, let alone directly point to it. Once again a concern citizen has connected some dots and provided us with the information that has already garnered...
...60 days of the State’s Attorney discovering the violation. Any citizen may bring suit within 60 days of the meeting in question, but not after. The “60 days after a...
...does not have to listen to the PAC until the PAC writes a binding opinion about the Board’s behavior. This is akin to a private citizen claiming he or she...
...to be sent to Mike Marron. . Now, some Vermilion County citizens are feeling like they are being owned by Marron. We wonder if the input from the public can...
...specific on what compensation and benefits are authorized to these elected officials. Here is the short answer: NONE! Wow, that’s not hard for the average law-abiding citizen, who is not...
Tri-State FPD (ECWd) – You know there are problems, when as a public employee and citizen, you have to report any contact with elected officials to your boss. So goes...
...how public officials should act towards the public occurred during a Paris City Council public hearing this week. Citizens talked, there was discussion, the city council projected the appearance of...
...the reserved seating and also ordered nontenured staff to attend the meetings and sit in those reserved seats. The purpose was to eliminate as many citizen attendees as possible from...
...and we exchanged our opinions back and forth using colorful language, and at one point Heltsley, not liking what I said, asked me if I wanted to get arrested (insinuating...