Coles Co., IL. (ECWd) - Coles County Supervisor of Assessments, Denise Shores, has attempted to charge an excessive fee for bulk electronic real estate assessment records, in the amount of $800.00 to Sage Information Services. This fee is not consistent with fee provisions in the Illinois Freedom...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County has once again gone rogue with its property tax assessments, and hundreds of citizens are standing up for their Constitutional rights as it relates to fair and equitable taxation of their property and intend to challenge their assessments. Tom Devore, the...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Dolton School District 149 held an emergency meeting, and an electronic-only, in violation of the Open Meetings Act on November 29, 2022. During the meeting, the board appointed Mercedes Francisco to the alleged vacant board seat created by the board's unlawful removal...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - On Wednesday, DuPage County Circuit Judge Guerin granted our Motion for Leave to Intervene in the DUI case # 22-CF-259 of Dana Davenport in which she plead Guilty to DUI. Our intervention motion is simply to unseal (ask the court to reverse...
Dolton, IL. (ECWd) - Last week, five separate FOIA lawsuits were filed in Cook County Circuit Court naming the Village of Dolton as Defendant. It is our understanding after speaking to residents, that Dolton employee (or contractor depending on what day it is and who is...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - The newly elected Coles County Board members will be serving without any compensation. The current board is required to set the compensation of the elected officers as outlined in the Counties Code at this link. During the May 2022 Coles County Board meeting, the...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - The Third Appellate Court issued its 22-page Opinion/Order on Will County Sheriff's appeal of Summary Judgment granted in our favor by the Will County Circuit Court on a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit we filed against the Will County Sheriff for denying...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Anthony Fremarek, the former Plainfield Township Supervisor has pleaded guilty to defrauding a company in which he was one of the 5 partners as well as the CFO and Manager. During his time as the Township Supervisor, we met with him and provided...
Springfield, IL. (ECWd) - When a politician names something the "Truth In Politics Act" you can bet its actual meaning is the opposite of its title. Illinois State Representative Denyse Wang Stoneback has introduced HB5850 which would criminalize certain speech directed at political campaigns. The bill prescribes...
Calumet City, IL. (ECWd) - Dolton School District 149 has published an agenda for an "emergency" meeting tonight at 6 p.m. and published it less than 48 hours prior to an alleged Emergency School Board meeting. It is also a Zoom-only meeting since they are apparently seeking...
