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...
Springfield, IL. - (ECWd) - The State of Illinois has had a spending problem for many years, and after over a decade of out of control taxation and spending the people spoke at the ballot box and overwhelmingly elected a new Governor. A governor that...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has inquired about another alleged Freedom Of Information Act violation against the Clark County Park District. This makes the 17th complaint in the past 3 weeks, where allegations are that Charity Murphy simply refuses to...
Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - Scott Barrett "I've been fortunate to serve as Chief Deputy Coroner of Edgar County under Pete for the last five years. I've learned a lot from him. As many of you know, he has decided to not seek reelection and because of...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - As the world turns it's becoming evident that what goes around comes around. COD trustee Erin Birt is now experiencing the very thing she condoned while in charge and the video proves it! While chairman of the board of trustees for COD, Erin...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The Tri-State Fire Protection District came to our attention after our work at COD was off and running. Numerous requests for assistance hit our in box, and after reviewing a series of articles by the Better Government Association we knew there would...
DuPage Co. (ECWd)- As part of another FOIA data dump, I received a batch of e-mails that include conversations between former COD Treasure Tom Glaser, Carla Burkhart, and her attorney, Josh Feagans. To say they are filled with some very interesting discussions is an understatement. "We...
Oliver, IL. (ECWd) - I requested copies of the May and June 2015 Clark-Edgar Rural Water District meeting minutes to compare them with the audio I had received in a previous FOIA request. I requested them because I had the suspicion that they would not accurately reflect...
