ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - A Notice of Appeal to the Appellate Court has been filed in the four FOIA suits that were decided in Douglas County on December 16, 2014 (that article here). On January 14, 2015, our attorney file a Notice of Appeal (circuit court docket...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Once again, Herricane Graphics and COD can't seem to come up with documents mandated by law, assuming they are truthful in their response for legally mandated records! My FOIA request was simple! "Copy of all certified payroll records for all projects contracted to...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Suspicious language in a contract with Herricane Graphics, as was referenced in this article, has now been confirmed and the trustees of the College of DuPage might want to pass things on to the appropriate law enforcement agencies once again. As reported in...
Company’s extreme wind strategy: Towns today, turbines tomorrow Credit:  by Philip Tees | The Copenhagen Post | January 16, 2015 | cphpost.dk ~~ Swedish energy company Vattenfall is going to extreme lengths for the sake of its Danish windfarms – buying up whole villages in rural Denmark, razing them to...
VERMILION CO., IL. (ECWd) - IKEA (the furniture company) and APEX (a wind energy company) failed to make payments to Ambassador Steel Fabrication, LLS from Auburn, Indiana. The failure of IKEA and APEX to make their payments in a timely manner is now causing issues for...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Having reviewed more statutes than I care to think about, one thing is clear: You only have the power granted by law. If it is silent, you can't do it! We routinely find public bodies doing what ever they want when it...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We have been working on numerous municipal issues in and around DuPage County for the last 12 months. One of those has been collecting data as it pertains to any arrears of a debt that elected office holders may have. When that...
Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - This video is incredibly interesting to watch. The Clark County, Illinois Electoral Board held petition objection hearings on January 13th to hear the several objections to petitions for Clark County Park District Commissioner. Attorney Mervin Wolfe, Marshall, IL., called Larry Yargus to...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Now that the Chicago Tribune has exposed a serious issue with internal control failures as it relates to insider self dealing, one can only wonder what it takes for the Trustees to demand tighter reigns on their internal controls. This time those internal...
College of DuPage - (ECWd) - In September and October of 2014, and December of 2013, several Freedom of Information Act requests were denied by the College of DuPage FOIA Officer. After several failed attempts at asking them to provide the public records they were bound...
