DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - In a letter written about a week before the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously overturned an Appellate Court ruling that stated State's Attorney offices were not subject to FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act), Mr. Bill Donahue responded to a request for records by...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - This is no joke. The Vermilion County Board is giving away free land west of Tilton, Illinois. Here's the May 21, 2014 Commercial News Article which was mis-titled "Buyers found for farmland" and should have said, "Takers find free land". HERE:Â Buyers found...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #6. Advising a public body that they can hold a special meeting to pass controversial measures and not have to allow Public Comment. Frankly, this was the stupidest thing that the OPPL-BoT has done to date, and Dennis G. Walsh's fingerprints are...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #8. Conducting Board Meetings in place of Board President Nancy Wendt Healy. The Open Meetings Act, or more specifically the Robert's Rules of Order, does not allow an attorney or any other contractor employed by a public body to sit on the...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - #10: "Allowing" the OPPL-BoT to lie to the media about the law. This happens all the time, with the main lie being told by the OPPL-BoT that this library needs to keep child porn available, because if it didn't then it could...
ORLAND PARK, IL. (ECWd) - This is the introduction piece that sets the stage for followup articles; a multipart series exploring “mistakes” made, intentional or not, by the Orland Park Public Library’s (OPPL-BoT) highly paid legal firm of Klein, Thorpe, & Jenkins (KTJ). Please keep in...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - After receiving numerous reports on this, we have confirmed through the Edgar County Sheriff's Department that Roger Hopper was sworn in as an Edgar County Deputy on Friday, May 23, 2014, and returned on Sunday, May 25, 2014, to turn in all...
ORLAND PARK (ECWd) - UPDATE: Since this page is linked from Bittman's gofundme fundraising page, it looked like a good place to warn you that before donating to Bittman's cause, please read about her recent vacation to Florida (CLICK HERE). If you have been following closely the...
ORLAND PARK (ECWd) - This timeline shows the Orland Park Public Library's false police reports and their embracing (by their own failure to act) of pornography and sexual deviancy within the library. Below are the details on the times that the police were called on Kevin...
NORTH HENDERSON, IL. (ECWd) - North Henderson is a small village with less than 200 residents, yet it continuously violates the Freedom Of Information Act, FOIA, by willfully denying access to public records. In this situation, members of the public requested copies of water bills of...
