www.openthebooks.com  Open The Books - The Chicago Way National FOX News Investigation August 30, 2013  Watch FOX News segment, here.   Leading on FOX National Website   Read the breaking news report, here    Yesterday, FOX News broke our investigation into No-Bid Illinois ObamaCare Implementation. Today, it's a leading story on the FOX homepage,...
SPRINGFIELD, IL (ECWd) - With our eight month investigation uncovering massive questionable actions by Illinois Health and Family Service (HFS), we are excited to see our work now on the main home page of Fox News. (Link to Fox Coverage Article) We know this story will have...
ECWd - A team of dedicated, grass roots citizens have been working on exposing the questionable acts by our state HFS office and their circumvention of procurement laws by using an intergovernmental agreement with the state of Michigan to do business with a questionable company at...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Chris Patrick's statement of "I'm in charge and frankly I don't give a damn" was not seen in good light in the Attorney General's office. They looked at the facts and determined without any doubt that Chris Patrick and the Edgar County Board...
FIPHD (ECWd) - As we see our society crumble from political correctness and feel good programs, is it any wonder it has been about a year since the first exposure of the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Departments wrongdoings, and to date not a single person has been...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Chandra Smith, the former bookkeeper for the Edgar County Health Department, plead guilty to Class 1 Felony Theft in May of 2013 and finally had her sentencing day in court. On August 26, 2013, Chandra Smith was sentenced to: Restitution - $21,754.85 Probation, 36 Months,...
ARCOLA, IL (ECWd) - After review a recent FOIA request from Arcola Township, one very telling item stuck out like a sore thumb. That "sore thumb" is a written statement by Mark T. Petty, Attorney for Arcola Township, in which he said "...
ARCOLA Twp. (ECWd) - The township responded (bottom of page or click here to read it now) to the AG's inquiry, 2013 PAC 25511, into whether documents were improperly withheld. In a previous article, we pointed out the fact that the Twp had failed to provide documents...
FIPHD (ECWd) - One of the first items we asked for in our FOIAs, back in March of 2013, Â to the Ford-Iroquois County Health department was a copy of the personel policy, ethics rules or any other rules and regulations approved by the Public Health Board...
FORD-IROQUOIS CO. (ECWd) - Incompetence or disregard for the rules? That is the question one must ask as it relates to Julie Clark and her inability to do her job. I don't know if it's genetic, or something in the water, but the pattern of wrong doing...
