PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Cover-up, hide, lie and deny, it's apparently the path chosen by a select few public officials in many places. Why is it so hard to simply do the right thing? Many locals may recall the former Paris Fire Chief, Steve Wirth. Paris Mayor...
How many are able to look at the facts and call it for what it is, regardless of political party?  For those that lived through the Watergate scandal and remember those events and how it rocked this country, I beg of you with all my...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Good news finally coming out of the Edgar County Assessor's Office. They will follow the law (somewhat of a unique idea in Edgar County) and assess the farmland the Edgar Cemetery is leasing out. We've only been after them about this for...
Below you can view or download the specimen (sample) Edgar County Ballot: [gview file="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012-Edgar-County-Ballot.pdf"] ...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Over the last several months I have been gathering documents to hopefully better understand where our tax dollars go and what we are getting for it. A previous article pointed out some pretty eye popping facts and so far not a single...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - This article will explore our local property tax system, and the efforts our local elected and appointed public officials and former public officials go to in order to conceal information detrimental to their plea for 100% property tax exemptions. The taxpayers of...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Clark-Edgar Rural Water District under Illinois Attorney General Investigation and is Defendant in Lawsuit. Freedom of Information. 5 ILCS 140. This is the very idea that keeps government bodies in check, and has been declared as public policy, by the Illinois General Assembly,...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Monday morning, during a county board study session, Kevin Trogdon was asked by the chairman to resign from the East Central Illinois Mass Transit District Trustee position. The reason for the request was because that position is statutorily incompatable with the county board position. He did resign...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Redmon, Illinois Redmon, Illinois is a small municipality on the west side of Edgar County. It is not unlike any other small municipality with the exception of certain members of the town council who think they can do as they please. The most...
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." - Benjamin Franklin Step 1. Elected officials take an oath of office! An oath to follow the laws of the state to include our State Constitution! Why does that matter? Article VII of our...
