School Boards in Edgar County violated the law….and you paid for it says Chicago Tribune…

27 May School Boards in Edgar County violated the law….and you paid for it says Chicago Tribune…

Posted at 16:19h in District 4 (Crestwood), District 95, Edgar County, feature, Kansas District 3, PCHS, School Boards, Shiloh by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Edgar Co. (ECWd) - "These abuses won't stop until voters rise up angry again and again and again". About now some are saying here he goes again, complaining about matters of no importance to those in Edgar County.  Oh how you arr mistaken, if that is the...

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27 May Orland Park Library’s Bridget Bittman’s SLAPP suit latest filings

Posted at 13:14h in feature, Orland Park Public Library by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 18 Comments

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Orland Park, IL. (ECWd) - Bridget Bittman, the Orland Park Public Library's public information coordinator, filed what we believe to be a SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) lawsuit against critics of the OPPL's history of allowing child pornography to be accessed and other illegal things...

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26 May Clark Co. Park using “Security Guard” to intimidate meeting attendees –

Posted at 20:21h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 14 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - After the short meeting tonight that was determined to be a meeting of a non-existent finance committee, the Park District's "Security Guard" decided to intimidate those that were in attendance by staring them down as they walked past him. He was in...

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26 May Wind Turbine Fire Pics from Livingston County, IL. –

Posted at 13:27h in feature, Livingston County, Logan County, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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More photos were taken of the turbine burning in Livingston County this past weekend and they came from the facebook page of: Rt66 & 17 Illinois Fire Ground Photos Please visit their page to see lots of pictures of this fire and give them a thumbs-up!  ...

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26 May School Choice – Parental right?

Posted at 08:10h in feature, IL State Reps, School Boards, State Board of Education by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 8 Comments

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Illinois  (ECWd) - The answer to a simple question is proving to make a world of difference in the understanding of our children’s future. If money were no object, would you send them to public school, private school, or would you home-school? As a product of public and...

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25 May Mt. Pulaski CUSD-23 School Board selling its soul to Meridien & Relight Wind Farms –

Posted at 21:04h in feature, Logan County, School Boards, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 12 Comments

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Mt. Pulaski, IL. (ECWd) - After reading through the proposed "contract" between the Mt. Pulaski Community Unit School No. 23 School Board and Meridien LLC., it is clear this is no ordinary contract. This contract was discussed during the May 2015 school board meeting and is presumed...

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24 May BREAKING: Livingston Co., Emington, IL. Wind Turbine Fire (pics) –

Posted at 21:37h in feature, Livingston County, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 18 Comments

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Livingston Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update: May 25, 2015, 9:15 a.m.: This is the second Iberdrola Renewables turbine fire in the past 10 days. The previous was on May 14 and was located in the Locust Ridge II Wind Farm near Westboro, IOWA. (news article here). Update: May...

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24 May Vermilion County loses round two on Nikki Bogart’s termination –

Posted at 21:15h in feature, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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Vermilion Co., IL. (ECWd) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nikki Bogart wins round 2:  An Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois Department of Employment Security ruled in a Decision issued recently that Nikki Bogart did not commit misconduct or insubordination as defined by Illinois law. After seven and a half years of...

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24 May Clark Co. Park District violates FOIA, prints over 4500 pages of records –

Posted at 14:35h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - In one of the more disturbing claims coming out of the Clark County Park District Executive Director's office, Charity Murphy has now claimed that even though I asked for electronic records, and even though the park district has the capability to...

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24 May Charity Murphy’s proof of FOIA training has Commissioner Ewing’s address on it –

Posted at 12:04h in Attorney General, Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - After we reported that the Clark County Park District's Executive Director, Charity Murphy, had not taken any FOIA training, she decided to take the mandated training. Failure to take the training is a policy violation of the Park District and State...

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