...destruction certificates granted by the Downstate or Local records Commission which authorizes the Library to destroy its meeting recordings. The Library responded by stating: “As stated before we do not...
...I CC’d the library on, where I filed a request for review with the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor on the library’s failure to properly post agendas. Bank’s response was...
ONARGA, IL. (ECWd) – Last night, the Onarga Community Library District held its regular monthly meeting in violation of the Open Meetings Act. The Open Meetings Act specifically requires public...
...Atlanta Public Library District finally produced the Federal Grand Jury Subpoena, but only after our filing a lawsuit to obtain the record, and conveniently only after the election was over....
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) – Fred Finchum, Mayor of Atlanta, Illinois has resigned, or will resign at tomorrow’s City Council meeting. Finchum has been in office since 2009 with a salary...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) – On March 21, 2019, the Edgar County Watchdogs filed an FOIA lawsuit in Logan County Circuit Court alleging that the Atlanta Public Library District violated the...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) – A critic of the Atlanta Public Library Board has, in the past, opined on alleged “linger-longer” meetings of the library board held after its public meetings....
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) – An explanation, by candidates for library trustee, of alcohol purchases and consumption on the Atlanta Library District’s property is somewhat, and I believe intentionally, misleading. This...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) – Today, Dawn Wintz, an employee of the City of Atlanta in the capacity as an EMTS with the Atlanta Rescue Squad, decided to attend the write-in...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) – Something is wrong in the Atlanta Library District. They will be quick to tell you “nothing to see here” – but when a Federal Grand Jury...