PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Board held a special meeting on December 19, 2013 with only one item on the agenda. That was to authorize their attorney to enter into a settlement negotiations in the case of Budd v. Edgar County. This was the person that...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The December 11, 2013 Edgar County Board Meeting video is below. This is the meeting where Jimmy Wells' "resignation" was accepted and also the same meeting where the Edgar County Watchdogs revealed to the board yet another secret bank account dealing with...
SULLIVAN, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined that "further inquiry is warranted" in the request for review (complaint) I filed alleging denial of a public records request. Following an August DeWitt County Board Meeting where there was an obvious issue with a...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - $10,000 REWARD OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION A reward is being offered of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons in any way involved in the destruction and...
ECWd - Over the past three years we have time and time again identified why it is so important for the citizens to get involved and properly vet their candidates for elected office, as well as hold them accountable when they get into office. This article is a...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Introduction: A lot has been said lately on why we think there are problems in local governments, especially the local governments in Edgar County, and our methods of exposing what we see wrong. In this article I am going to attempt to explain...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - The newest edition of the Disclosure News Magazine will be delivered mid-week. I don't have the exact date yet, but I will personally load the heavy bundles of papers into the back of the watchdog truck and drive them back up to...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During the December Vermilion County Board meeting, the agenda listed Mr. Mike Blazer, the attorney for Invenergy, as giving an update on the sound study they have been working on. What follows is a run-down on what he stated during over 40...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Last month I requested all records relating to the subject of GIS in an effort to determine if anyone besides us had complained of the no-bid so-called professional services contract for GIS service for Vermilion County. What I received was an incomplete response,...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - During the November CERWD Trustee meeting, there was considerable discussion dealing with a "fracking" company attempting to purchase bulk water from the water district. Something must have happened with IDOT that revealed a water hose connected to a fire hydrant, then running...
