DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The recent exposure to businesses operating on campus at COD led to yet another batch of FOIA requests being sent out. The reason behind those FOIA's is explained in part in our last COD Tax Cheat article. (Click here for Tax Cheat...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Great leaders become great because they don't just lead, but they listen! I recall my NCO Leadership school in the Air Force in which I attribute much of my personal success in life to the attributes learned in that course. The...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - Saturday, March 7, 2015 From Safe Libraries: The Orland Park Public Library (link) is the scene of the latest effort by a library to cover up its literally criminal ways, in this case award-winning criminal ways. Â It did so by having published a...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - CNN has been working on a "Death Row Stories" segment featuring Michale Callahan and Randy Steidl for the past several months. It is scheduled to air this spring. In the past, national media featured the double murder in Paris, Illinois, and the subsequent wrongful...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - This is one of the Bills submitted to amend the Open Meetings Act. Rep Kay introduced a Bill last week (here) and Rep McSweeney introduced this on also. This Bill extends the time a citizen has to file a complaint alleging a...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - I spoke briefly with Dave Carlin after the last COD board meeting and one of the questions I asked was if he knew when an elected trustees term of office ended. He assumed upon the organizational meeting of the new trustees. When...
College of DuPage (ECWd) - The College of DuPage is a public body and its real estate is generally tax exempt - with the exception of certain leaseholds to businesses that operate within COD's footprint. This issue is not new to us, as we have advocated for...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - If you have not been following the chain of events as it relates to COD and their no bid contract with US Bank we suggest you read part 1 and part 2. Why didn’t COD seek RFPs or bids on this project? As...
College of DuPage (ECWd)- Today the Chicago Tribune exposed that COD President Robert Breuder, and his top administrators have expensed about $190,000 in food and alcohol at the campus' upscale restaurant, Waterleaf, over the past three years, which means We The People have paid for this. I...
DuPage Co - (ECWd) - We have been exposing illegal actions by Breuder and his administration for months and we are overwhelmed with appreciation for the Chicago Tribune's coverage on those matters today. Thank you Chicago Tribune! "Robert Breuder, and his top administrators have expensed about $190,000...
