A tactical move to undo an illegal action at the December 5, 2011 Edgar County 911 Board meeting backfired at the next 911 Board meeting when elected Chairman, Dee Burgin, inadvertently voided his chairmanship. The intent was to void the secret ballot action to elect...
Over 6 months ago we requested minutes from the 911 board pertaining to the hiring of Craig Smith, a local attorney and current Mayor of Paris. We knew when it happen it was illegal, but no one would listen. The 911 board approved payment of an...
At the Jan 9, 2012 Paris City Council meeting , the council opened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The Mayor informed everyone that WHAM-TV, from Mayo Middle School, would be filming all City Council meetings starting tonight and the videos will be put on...
How does someone who moved to Edgar County, starting as a City of Paris fireman, become so firmly entrenched in behind-the-scenes county politics that he profits by hundreds of thousands of dollars at county taxpayers’ expense?  It started with becoming an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), which...
The Illinois Attorney General has received this Open Meetings Act request for review pertaining to a committee of the ETSB (911) holding an illegal meeting on Aug 16, 2011. Â ...
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...
