Sangamon Valley Public Water District - Mahomet, Ill. (ECWd) - According to the November 28, 2022, meeting minutes, the Sangamon Valley Public Water District approved "updating" the pay for trustees and board chairman to $1200 and $1500 respectively. See bottom of page 2 (here). This action is...
Madison Co., Ill. (ECWd) - The March 16, 2023, scheduled meeting of the full commission of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Madison County ("VACMC") was something you would have to witness in person to believe. According to an elected board officer, and prior to the meeting, Bradley...
Sangamon Valley Public Water District, Mahomet, Ill. (ECWd) - What we consider a routine request for public records under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA), Kerry Gifford, the General Manager of the Sangamon Valley Public Water District ("SVPWD") claimed providing names of the district employees and...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Mattoon School Board member Gary Kepley is also a Wabash Fire Protection District Trustee according to the Coles County record at this link. According to public records, he was appointed to the Wabash Fire Protection District during the September 2021 County Board...
Illinois (ECWd) - Illinois State University Associate Professor Dr. Kate Sheridan ([email protected]), is the point of contact for a survey which was mailed to citizens of the state last week targeting information of adults 18 years old and older. While the survey claims to be tied to...
Springfield, Ill. (ECWd) - This past week, the Illinois House of Representatives were busy passing legislation in the dark of night again, but this time some legislators noticed votes being cast by staffers without the member being present. A call was made to verify the vote on...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - Coles County has updated the court docket to reflect the specific charges against Kiley and Jerry Willison, former Oakland Fire Protection District trustees who were arrested on March 17, 2023. We first exposed what appeared as a clear misapplication of funds in...
Thornton Township, Ill. (ECWd) - Illinois State Representative and Mayor of Calumet City, Thaddeus Jones, posted a message yesterday stating that Thornton Township Supervisor (and Mayor of Dolton) Tiffany Henyard was stealing money from the township, that the trustees were not stopping it (as they should...
Illinois vs. Tennessee - (ECWd) - Once again, we find other states setting the example as to how to deal with bad actors in local government. Imagine a government utility company failing to provide water at times, including unclean water for years and then finding out there...
Calumet City, Ill. (ECWd) - As we previously alleged: The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor ("PAC") issued a determination letter affirming that the Dolton School District #149 held an improper emergency meeting, and held it electronically, on November 29, 2022 when there was no bona fide...
