Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - I received a disturbing email this morning purporting to state that Randy Pollard's wife had been hired at the Illinois Lottery, and implying it was a patronage hire. Randy Pollard is the Governor's downstate director. After trying several numbers to the Illinois Lottery,...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We received word today from Eric Habercross, a Tri State FPD Trustee, that a resignation letter was submitted by Micheal Orrico on August 12th, 2015, three days after being exposed of his illegaly holding office. Not sure why Orrico wasted his time with...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - When will elected officials learn that just because they get exposed for breaking the law, it does not give them any authority to issue a cease and desist. Micheal Orrico, the trustee that buys several ambulances from the very company he works for...
Edgar County, Illinois (ECWd) - When dealing with Edgar County’s Policy Manual, we have brought up the issue of elected officials participating in the health insurance program in direct violation of county policy. We have been reminding the board of this since at least September of...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - It's official, the Clark County Park District has received its 19th letter from the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor seeking answers as to why the district cannot seem to follow the law and answer requests for information. Maybe it's time for...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - In an attempt at justifying his lies to the Sheriff's Department about wanting a deputy at the airport meeting, Mike Heltsley, in an interview with the Paris Beacon News, stated "his history in law enforcement" that made him call for a deputy...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - We have always held the belief that the truth will always come out in every situation. This is simply a confirmation of that. "We were ordered to attend the meetings and sit in the reserved seats" Last fall, when the COD board meetings...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - The College of DuPage Board of Trustees voted to close the Waterleaf. The vote was 5 - 1, Â Wazniak voted no, with Birt absent. The building will be converted to an educational purpose. Closing date is Aug 31, 2015. ...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - During a special meeting of the College of DuPage Board of Trustees, the Investment Report was presented to the board. In this report, the COD Treasurer stated that in September of 2014, there were $160,000,000.00 (One Hundred Sixty Million Dollars) invested in...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - After sitting through a Clark County Park District meeting where Larry Yargus' son-in-law decided to chastise everyone for not donating to the 3rd of July Celebration and fireworks - even though nobody was asked and no postings requesting donations was had...
