CLARK CO. (ECWd) - During the July 23, 2014 budget meeting of the Clark County Park District, there was a surprising new method used to to come up with a balanced budget for the upcoming year. It's called "figure out how much you want to spend, then...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - In a strange twist of events, Mayor Camie Sanders has continued to violate the very anti-bullying/workplace violence policy he spearheaded a month or so ago. The remaining Aldermen violate this policy by remaining silent on this obvious bullying tactic of Mayor Sanders. One of...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - The College of DuPage has responded to my August 21, 2014 Open Meetings Act Complaint to the Illinois Attorney General, 2014 PAC 30969. Original article is here. The school alleges that the OMA does not require a meeting to start on time....
College of DuPage (ECWd) - Following up on my September 20, 2014 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for public records, which was partially denied by the College of DuPage, I am posting my response to COD's excuses for withholding the student email addresses (original article...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - This is related to the September 25, 2014 College of DuPage Board of Trustees meeting in which I filed an Open Meetings Act complaint with the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor (complaint and AG's Letter). This complaint is: 2014 PAC...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - Recently, Steve Ambrose, Board Certified INCE member, completed his review of the March 2014 California Ridge (Vermilion County, Illinois) InvEnergy Wind Turbine IPCB Noise Compliance Study performed and submitted by Mike Hankard and Dr. Paul Schomer on behalf of InvEnergy. . Mr. Ambrose was...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - In the HB 3796 veto override vote that sought to further limit access to public records, Senators Chapin Rose and Dale Righter both voted "NO" today, and we appreciate that vote! A partial "Wall of Shame" is at the bottom of this article...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Once again, failure to follow the Freedom of Information Act, failure to provide responsive public records to the person requesting the records. This is the 7th FOIA civil suit against Arcola Township. You can read it below, but the main problem is that Arcola...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The Ferris Wheel never stops with Robert Breuder, current President of College of DuPage. The first exposure of the now famous "House Account Ten" (10) was in this article. After reporting on those events, we continued to dig. A house account used by...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - While researching other matters pertaining to the College of DuPage, I came across a rather humorous set of minutes. Humorous because it is clear our higher educational institutions not only understand the law, but actually apply it properly. Humorous because our own State's...
