Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County Board Chairman Ben Jenness recognized Mrs. Rebecca Clark for her service to Edgar County by presenting her a plaque. She has been an outstanding employee for more than 32 years in the Edgar County Clerk and Recorder's Office and has...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - For months we have been exposing things done by the former Board of Trustees, President, and Senior Administration.  All during that time frame we have received continued push back with denials, lies, and deception. On more than one occasion I have urged...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The monthly Edgar County Airport meeting was held last night, June 8, 2015. Some of the items discussed was the mowing, work in progress on replacing some rotted wooden posts in the t-hangars, the fuel report (hardly any sold again this month),...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - For months we exposed College of DuPage's relationship with COD Foundation Board member Carla Burkhart and her no bid contracts with her company named Herricane Graphics. We heard excuse after excuse from trustees and the Foundation that included claims Burkhart had worked...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Having been involved in several Requests for Reviews with the Public Access Counselor's office, it has become overwhelmingly clear that Lisa Madigan's office has apparently directed her PAC to file every request we submit under the bottom of the pile, never to...
Hancock Co., IL. (ECWd) - This is a follow-up to a previous article in which we wrote about Hancock County Board Members lying to the State's Attorney (here). I attended the Hancock County Board Meeting on May 19, 2015 with the intention of speaking during the public...
Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - I usually try to stay away from commenting on what others report since I know my writing is not perfect and everyone can use improvement, however, when it comes to complete ignorance and any lack of common sense, I must step in...
Iroquois Co. (ECWd) - In another fine example of how bad things are at the Attorney General's Public Access office. Twenty months after a request for review was submitted to them, they finally confirm a violation occurred, however, they claim they can't direct the records be...
Naperville, IL. (ECWd) - ***UPDATE: November 24, 2015: This issue has been resolved, we understand that after an internal investigation into this matter, this FOIA Officer is no longer employed with the Naperville Police Department. --- We received a tip that some Naperville Police Department personnel were...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Thomas Glaser, College of DuPage Treasure, was the middle man for what appears to be a ghost-grant project that put $22,500 in the pocket of James O'Rourke, an attorney in Chicago. As of this publication we have yet to hear back from...
