Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - The Charleston City Council held its regular meeting last night - the first meeting after passing the Resolution in support of Rauner's Turn-Around Illinois plan - "Supporting Local Government Empowerment and Reform" There were numerous members of the public, union members from Eastern...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - To further clarify a previous article I wrote (here), the Edgar County Board collects the Hotel Operators' Occupational Tax but does not have a policy on the distribution of the Hotel/Motel Tax Fund, and they do not have an application procedure for...
Charleston, IL. (ECWd) - The Executive Director and National Chair of the U.S. Tumbling and Trampoline Association, and Second Lt. Governor of the AAU Central Illinois District, Mrs. Patti Lingenfelter, has confirmed that Lawson, the owner of Sun Elite, has been barred from participating in events...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The COD Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization. All activities of that foundation are subject to strict rules of which violations of such rules could lead to revocation of their non profit status. After today's exposure that the Foundation is paying in...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - A businessman taught me many years ago that whatever you put down in writing you should be able to defend in court 10 years after the fact. In October of 2014, Breuder wrote to Republican Party leaders and several State Representatives complaining about...
Ford and Iroquois Counties, IL. (ECWd) - We were forwarded a public notice published in a local newspaper in northern Vermilion County. The notice was published by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, IDNR, and it is for an application by the Pioneer Trail Wind Farm's for...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The other applicant for the Edgar County Airport Manager's position spoke during public comment at the county board study session held on April 13, 2015. I spoke about this a last month's county board meeting (here). He briefly went thru his experience with...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Conflict of interest - A term used to describe the situation in which a public official or fiduciary who, contrary to the obligation and absolute duty to act for the benefit of the public or a designated individual, exploits the relationship for...
HIGHMORE, S.D. (ECWd) - The NTSB released its factual report on a plane crash that occurred on April 27, 2014 near Highmore, South Dakota resulting in the death of 4, including 3 cattlemen and the pilot. The plane crashed into a 300 foot tall wind turbine that...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Here we are, over 3 years after being informed that "note 12" in the county audit was incorrect, over 14 months after the board acknowledged that the auditor had said it was incorrect, and no action to fix the audit or to...
