After futher inquiries into the Refuse Hauling Ordinance and multiple FOIA requests we discovered that the rates for using the Transfer Station have not been legally increased, in quite some time, as required by the contract signed between the City of Paris and Ingrum Waste Disposal. The...
The Public Meeting Notices that we have: Paris Cooperative High School @ PCHS Library Paris City Council Meeting: @ City Hall Conference Room  Edgar County Board: @ Courthouse Room 2 January 11 - February 8 - March 14 - April 11 - May 9 - June 13 - July...
Arrogance at its finest! Mayor Craig Smith, who also happens to be a local attorney at law, might consider reading the Open Meetings Statute to better understand it since its clear after several confirmed violations of that act by his clients (Edgar County ETSB) he still...
The Administrator of the Edgar County Health Department, Eddy McFarland, and "his girlfriend" (not my words...
The ECWD have, for MONTHS, continued to demand that audits be completed as required, with the Edgar County Board refusing to comply with the law. (30 ILCS 5/) Illinois State Auditing Act. 1. Statute requires that the County Board shall cause an audit of all funds and accounts...
Video of the Dec 14, 2011 Edgar County Board Meeting is below. I find it quite telling, the lengths that our county board will go to in order to prevent an audit of the ETS Board. This particular entity of the county government has not been...
The City of Paris has adopted an ordinance limiting the number of refuse haulers in the city to three. They have also imposed a $250 fee for the license, plus $50 for each additional refuse vehicle. This is all about "control" and nothing more. Control by...
Numerous issues were raised in the November County Board meeting and after reading the reporting from the Paris Beacon its interesting what was reported, versus what actually took place. So there is no confusion, you can watch the video and see for yourself. That offers the people...
Mr. Clark, you should FIRE your ETSB attorney, Craig Smith, the current Mayor of Paris, Illinois! At the beginning of my questions I referenced a document, a single piece of paper, that was handed out by Dee Burgin before the meeting started. That single sheet of...
Excellent article on the website for the Offices of the United States Attorneys by Patrick Fitzgerald U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois http://www.justice.gov/usao/briefing_room/fin/corruption.html Please read the article referenced above, he makes some great points - especially "The Culture of Acceptance". Some of his key points are: - There are...
