Edgar Co. (ECWd) - One of Governor Rauner's campaign promises was to tackle patronage hiring. According to the Chicago Sun Times, Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said, the administration is actively working on legislation that will “allow us to immediately terminate those employees that were wrongfully hired,...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - This comment from public comment session during the August 21, 2014 Board of Trustees meeting was spot on in its message about censure and the consequences of them. Found it researching past board meeting video and thought is was worth a replay...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - "Public refusal to remain silent and its refusal to accept corruption is the first line of defense against it." Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, Former United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois I wonder if the approach of "Bury your head in the sand, never...
Glenview, IL. (ECWd) - After receiving a tip of an unusual FOIA response from the Glenview Public Library, I submitted my own to see if the same response came back to me. It did. The Glenview Library responded to my Freedom of Information Act request for public records...
College of DuPage (ECWd) – Tonight, the College of DuPage voted to initiate termination procedures against President-on-administration-leave Breuder. Effective immediately. Trustee McGuire shouted about her opinion that it is a totally political move by the majority. She said she will be voting NO. Wozniak stated he is against...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - Reading the newspaper articles this week on the vote to terminate Breuder may lead people to believe that it takes 5 COD trustees to terminate his contract. We believe that to be false for the following reasons. Back in July 17, 2014,...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - A rolling production of records regarding Herricane Graphics (HG)Â appears to substantiate even more of our claims regarding the relationship Carla Burkhart, COD Foundation Board member and owner of HG, has with the College. The following are exerts from e-mails between COD officials,...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Just as I stated in the last article on this character, he has misrepresented the facts in his resignation letter. I stated in this article: "We will request a copy of the resignation letter as I am sure it will be filled with...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Previous expense information for Trustee McGuire tallied up over $23K in expenses for her serving the public. (See previous article). After that article we have been informed that McGuire's Chamber Luncheon expense to COD was actually a Naperville Township Democrat Organization meeting. ...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - The College of DuPage is holding a meeting on August 20, 2015, starting at 5:00 p.m. It is anticipated that a lengthy two-hour executive session will happen at the beginning of the meeting. Agenda item number 11 is an action item to start...
