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...
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...
