PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Airport's recent response to a Freedom of Information Act request proved to be consistent with what we have been suspecting for years - that the perceived issue of "insurance" was never really an issue, and is still not an...
LOGAN CO, IL. (ECWd) - The Logan County Wind Farm Application of Relight Power was rejected with a 6 - 6 vote. Six county board members in Logan County voted to approve "human health hazards" to be situated too close to neighbors - six voted against...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - As I was cleaning out old boxes and filing papers today, I came across some notes from a "TIPS" meeting I attended last October in Springfield. One of the items mentioned by the IDOT - Div of Aeronautics was that there was funding...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - History has proven the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and more often than not bad apple trees produce bad apples. This may be the case for COD Candidate Dave Carlin. His father was none other than Mark Carlin who was caught...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We were the first to address the illegal action taken during the January 22nd, 2015 COD board meeting. We specifically outlined the violation and our attorney, Timothy Elliot of Rathje & Woodward, completely agreed and took immediate action to hold Chairman Birt accountable...
College of DuPage - (ECWd) - After Judge Wheaton issued a temporary restraining order (here) to the College of DuPage ordering them to hold the January 28, 2015 meeting in a larger space, the College and our attorney agreed on the area adjacent to the usual,...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - After several months of requests for a larger meeting room for citizens to attend the meeting in the same room the board members are in, and months of denials of that request by the College of DuPage attorneys, our attorney, Timothy Elliot...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Troy Eads, Chairman of the Edgar County ETSB (911) took this time to address the Edgar County Board on what Kirk Allen presented at the January Edgar County Board Meeting. He begins by apologizing for some of the information provided at the last...
January 27, 2015 - Press Release  WE SUED. Today, we sued College of DuPage for alleged violations of the Open Meetings Act conferring President Robert Breuder's $762,868.77 severance package. "The Board's actions were a slap in the face to the principles of open government and transparency that are embodied...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - This morning, the Edgar County Watchdogs, and For The Good of Illinois' Adam Andrzejewski, will file a lawsuit in DuPage County Circuit Court alleging that Open Meetings Act (OMA) violations occurred last Thursday, January 22, 2015, while the board conferred the severance...
