Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - In the past fifteen months, the Orland Park Public Library (OPPL) has spent over $480,000.00 fighting Freedom of Information and Open Meetings laws in a failed attempt at keeping records from the public and keeping the public from speaking / attending...
Illinois (ECWd) - On April 1, 2015 the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued a determination regarding a Freedom of Information request submitted for review almost 3 years ago. In an effort to share with the public the events surrounding the attempted cover up of criminal...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - On February 26, 2015, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor made the determination that the Edgar County Board violated the Open Meetings Act when it held a county board meeting on December 6, 2013 without providing advanced notice to the public...
Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - For the past couple of months several people have attempted to gain access to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's records as it relates to bills payable and due to the City of Chicago. In this most recent request, which was forwarded to me this...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Grab some popcorn because this one is one that plays out like a comedy, if only it weren't true...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - During the 2014 Primary for State Representative race, there were two candidates for the voters to pick from. Sandy Pihos, a long term professional politician, and Peter Breen, a newcomer to state level politics and staunch conservative. The Daily Herald endorsed Pihos over...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - The following is a timeline of our work in Marshall, IL., some of our findings, and hopefully will dispel the rumors that a certain person talked us into looking at Marshall - and the rumor that we will go away if he...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Wow, where do I start? "Only two candidates are qualified to guide COD back on track" So you want people to have trust in the very same people that ran the train off the track? You are part of the problem! "Fastest growing community college...
Maricopa Co., AZ - Dupage Co., IL (ECWd) - In a time when money is tight and students are earning less and less, while public corruption is running rampant throughout the country, it is comforting to see that there are incentives for doing the right thing. Let's...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The bottom line, to us, is access to public records, and all the public records we ask for, in a timely manner. Period. So what does a person do when faced with public bodies that invent reasons to hide public records, provide only...
