Illinois (ECWd) - Reboot Illinois ran a piece today regarding the Governors directive to his state agencies as it pertains to lobbyists. "The agency directors received an order from the Rauner administration last Wednesday demanding that they and their staffs not meet or talk with any lobbyists...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - Today I filed a lawsuit naming the Clark County Park District as Defendant in a Freedom of Information Act "FOIA" lawsuit alleging that they had failed to provide requested public records and attempted to impose a fee inconsistent with the Act. Read...
ECWd - In an age where people can make choices in almost every aspect of their lives, their hands are still tied when it comes to the education choices for their children. Choice in schools is already here in one form or another; from choosing where you...
Illinois - (ECWd) - I woke up this morning to an e-mail from an attorney that has been following our work for some time. He forwarded an attachment that was titled - "Chicago: Still the Capital of Corruption - Anti-Corruption Report Number 8 - May 28,...
 (ECWd) - Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno and now Dennis Hastert. All examples that our society is failing at a pace never imaginable. For Hastert, he went from coach to the number 2 in line for the Presidency of our nation. Scandal after scandal across the nation,...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the Special Meeting last night, the Clark County Park District had three "security" employees present. Normally this would not have been an issue, however, since this is the first meeting after employee Mike Church decided to berate meeting attendees, is...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, Charity Murphy, the Clark County Park District's FOIA Officer decided to redact certain lines from the Park-owned cell phone bill, and to not supply all of the responsive pages of the bills...
Illinois - (ECWd) - "Increasingly in the United States, the degree to which a law is enforced - or whether a person is indicted - depends on the political considerations. And when the law has become negotiable, civilization utterly collapses." (Author -Victor Hanson) ...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update: 5-29-2015 - added the audio recording to the bottom of the article. It is about 1 hour and 41 minutes long. Just two days after having to cancel a committee meeting because there were no appointed committee members, the Clark County...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - On May 26, 2015, the Clark County Park District tried to hold a finance committee meeting. The problem was that there were no appointed finance committee members. One of the first items on the agenda was public comment, and I spoke first...
