EDGAR CO. - David Wright of Kansas is the Deputy Assessor in the County Assessors office. He was also the elected multi-township assessor for Kansas, Grandview and Buck Townships. After over a year of investigating and fact-finding it became clear everyone's expressed concerns that holding both offices was...
Don’t Shoot the Messenger!  Why is it that people get so wrapped up into their own version of reality that they will attempt to alienate anyone who exposes truth? When this project first started, it was made completely clear to anyone who asked, that the ultimate...
DID YOU KNOW? While investigating other county related matters a search pulled up a Federal Civil lawsuit that had Dee Burgin's name in it. Turns out it has not only Mr. Burgin's name on it but the names of several other people named to include County of Edgar, all...
Information from Springfield has reported to the Edgar County Watchdogs that Roger Eddy has submitted his resignation effective at midnight tonight. Mr. Eddy will be leaving his State Representative position to take on a new job with the Illinois Association of School Boards. Mr. Eddy's open seat...
"Citizens for Brad Halbrook" has released a 30 second commercial, "Corruption Into My Crosshairs", and a Press Release. He is running for Illinois State Representative, 110th District. ...
“Per Diem” explanation. After a short phone call from a conference attendee that stated they were authorized a per diem rate for every day they were in Chicago, I decided to look into this issue a little further. It was not my intention to berate anyone...
$87 for one meal? Thanks to Sam and Dist 95. Glad we could pay for that. Wow! First off, I will extend an apology to Tom for insinuating that he wasn’t setting a good example. It turns out he was, because an employee of the district thought...
Breaking story and yes, the Edgar County Watchdogs were the FIRST to bring this news to the public! Roger Eddy has formally withdrawn from race today. The is a significant difference between "suspending" a campaign" and "withdrawn" from race. The difference between the two is that "suspending"...
Public Money for Campaign Contributions? The City of Paris made a campaign contribution in the amount of $405.00 to the Roger Eddy / Dale Righter Golf Outing on October 3, 2008. This golf outing was used as a fundraising event for their campaigns and, according to the...
$80 for one meal? Thanks, Tom. Glad we could pay for that. Below is just another example of people thinking the taxpayers owe them, and they are going to collect every damned penny. Thanks for sh**ting on every taxpayer in the district. I know we just received...
