DuPage Co. (ECWd) - For months the College of DuPage has been rocked by scandal after scandal. From several thousand dollar bar tabs by its President and Administration, to the cooking of the books on college credits. This week the Higher Learning Commission will visit the College...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - The Pantagraph newspaper is doing the citizens of Bloomington, IL. a disservice by advocating for the City of Bloomington to violate the free speech rights of everyone that attends a city council meeting (read how they betray the trust of their readership...
Springfield, Illinois - (ECWd) - The Illinois Student Assistance Commission ("ISAC") is not immune from controversy in relation to electioneering and reported violations of ethics, election law, the Illinois Constitution, and otherwise general common sense. In 2012, the Daily Caller reported that ISAC participated in an effort...
Sublette, IL. (ECWd) - This is an article obtained from WindAction.org, who obtained it from North American Wind Power. This is a case in which the Wind Farm Company went bankrupt, and now there are attempts to foreclose on the farmland owners through real estate liens. It...
Sublette, IL. (ECWd) - Below is dramatic video of the moment a flaming wind turbine blade broke off and fell to the ground in flames. EDIT: This is NOT from the Big Sky Wind Farm located in Lee County. Click here, or click below to watch. . Sublette Turbine Fire...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - Over three years ago I filed a complaint with the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor regarding the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District for violating the Freedom of Information Act. June 19th, 2012 I asked for documents to be provided in electronic format. The water...
Sublette, IL. (ECWd) - Below is an update with more pictures. Earlier today a wind turbine in the Sublette area of the Wind Farm caught fire, and later one of the blades fell off - you can see the second fire in the pictures. This is in the...
Sublette, IL. (ECWd) - Just received tips and a picture of a Wind Turbine Fire in the Sublette, Illinois area. This is located in Lee County and believed to be in the Big Sky Wind Farm.. Pic below: [caption id="attachment_22150" align="aligncenter" width="493"] Sublette, IL. area turbine fire 6-23-2015[/caption]...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - With the mass unveiling of inappropriate spending, policy and statute violations, and other actions of Illinois' Public Community Colleges lately, there has been no focus in "the Board" that oversees them, their policies, and serves as an intermediary between the Community Colleges...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - We noticed an unusual move by an Illinois municipality this year when Naperville pushed forward on its attempt at moving to "copper only" plumbing for new construction. I say attempt, because although Naperville appears to think they were successful, I do not...
