PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - It looks like our local public construction jobs are still in full swing. It won't last too long since it will start turning colder later this week. During coffee this morning, I noticed a boat-load of ready-mix trucks heading north out ot town...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During a special Vermilion County Board meeting on November 20, 2013, the board voted and approved another no-bid contract. This one dealing with FIDLAR, a document scanning service for property records. It was for around $160,000.00. Once again, the board is claiming...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - On November 12, 2013, I attended a regularly scheduled Vermilion County Board meeting. During public session, the chairman invited all interested parties who wanted to talk about things other than wind farm issues to speak. I informed him that I had things...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - There is no other way to describe the events coming out of Illinois Department of Public Health than simply upside down. You may recall the article on the FIPHD Administrator and his resume issues found in this article. The records we received for...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - In our first two articles in this series on potential grant application fraud, we discussed "inaccurate" fuel sales numbers and "inaccurate" statements on the size of tank used for Jet A fuel. This article discusses the term "based aircraft" and the numbers...
ECWd's - Sitting in my office this morning knowing today is a day of thanks I gave serious thought to what that really means in the grand scheme of things. Knowing the history of the founders of our land and the Fathers for our great Constitution it...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - With the upcoming election cycle, it's becoming evident that smear campaigns are ramping up and they are filled with lies and deception from people that won't submit a FOIA request, or know that if they did their lies wouldn't hold any water. To...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - "The Edgar County Airport can no longer keep up with Jet A fuel demands of its based aircraft. The based users regularly use all Jet A in the existing 1,000 gallon tank and are forced to purchase fuel elsewhere." That is the next...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - As reported in the North American Windpower Magazine: GE has begun investigating another blade break involving its 1.6-100 turbine and 48.7-meter blade, this time at Invenergy's California Ridge wind farm in Illinois. In addition, reports of other recent GE blade failures have surfaced,...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - “The Edgar County Airport is receiving close to $1,000,000.00 for new construction!” That was the statement (or close to it) of the airport board and the airport manager earlier this year. It kind of made us wonder why the federal government would take...
