Springfield, IL (ECWd) - When we started the Edgar County Watchdogs our Board of Directors made it very clear that our agenda must be focused on compliance with the law and exposing those who violate it, regardless of a political party. We also agreed to never...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Let's begin with the fact the audio tape below, from a December 11, 2013 COD meeting, is not available for the public to hear about what went on during an Open Meeting of the COD Trustees. A FOIA request for the record...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - I closed our last article on the Tri-State Fire Protection District with this statement: "Stay tuned for some pretty amazing exposure yet to come!"  (Click here for previous article) I think amazing is an understatement. Mr. Orrico has once again proven that...
Clark County, IL. (ECWd) - The invoices below were presented for payment at the July 2015 Board of Commissioners meeting for the Clark County Park District. This is not the complete listing of invoices to verify the claim of "tens of thousands" spent on FOIA in...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Just read a posting on "Fans of Megan Fox" facebook page and can verify the claims held within it in their dealings with the Orland Park Public Library ("OPPL"). It was an interesting read and is typical of what we see...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - I received confirmation from the Illinois Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor that the Clark County Park District has received another letter of inquiry as to why they cannot seem to answer requests for public records or otherwise comply with state...
Kane Co. (ECWd) - Unit 46 School District is reported to be the second largest school district in the state. With size comes inherit over-site problems that are only compounded by elected officials that fail to understand they are the ones responsible for the taxpayer's money. We...
College of DuPage (ECWD) - "Because we've always done it this way" is not a valid excuse! The Daily Herald quotes Dave Carlin, former College of DuPage board chairman and one-term college trustee, as saying that Breuder's contract "has always had an automatic rollover provision in it.,...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - According to a FOIA dump that was forwarded to me this evening, the Orland Park Public Library has officially stated that their marketing/information officer, Bridget Bittman, is no longer employed with them. [documentcloud url="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2226972-fox-foia-08-03-2015-56-response-1/annotations/234613.js" ] In recent months, Ms. Bittman had filed a...
Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - After reading an email chain about how a determination was made that the Orland Park Public Library could no longer redact certain items from FOIA requests that pertained to complaints filed with the library, and the library's refusal to provide the...
