Chicago, IL. (ECWd) - Illinois State Senator Emil Jones III was Charged in a three-count Complaint with conversion, racketeering, bribery, official misconduct, and false statements in the Northern District of Illinois. This dealt mostly with the controversial red-light camera issues. From among the Charges (read it below): The...
Will Co. Veterans Assistance Commission (ECWd) - Denise Williams, alleged Veterans Assistance Commission ("VAC") Commissioner and Director of the American Gold Star Mothers - Department of Illinois, made false accusations against the Will County Treasurer and the Will County Finance Department in her prepared speech during...
Will County Veterans Assistance Commission (ECWd) - Once again, Denise Williams, alleged Veterans Assistance Commission ("VAC") Commissioner and Director of the American Gold Star Mothers - Department of Illinois, has been found to have made more false statements in her prepared speech during the September 6,...
Jasper County, IL. (ECWd) - Jasper County Community Unit School District #1 loses another FOIA determination and are still keeping other public records from duly elected school board members in violation of state law. Last month, the Illinois Attorney General issued a determination which basically states that public...
Will Co. (ECWd) - The Will County Veterans Assistance Commission, ("VAC") received a Freedom of Information Act request for specific records related to expenditures by Hey G Consulting which received $495,000.00 from the VAC to perform certain services under an agreed contract. The requester pointed to the...
Veterans Assistance Commission of Will County, IL. (ECWd) - One of the topics of heated debate within the Veterans Assistance Commission ("VAC") of Will County are the qualifications of the persons occupying seats on the executive committee to even occupy those seats. We have written extensively on...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The city of Shelbyville requested proposals for ambulance service by providing the RFP found at this link. Of interest within the RFP is the following requirement from the city: For emergency/911 calls only, the City of Shelbyville will require a minimum of two (2)...
Will County - (ECWd) - Chaos and hypocrisy were front and center at the Veterans Assistance Commission of Will County's meeting as 8 alleged executive committee members who have not been appointed to the Commission but still occupy a seat, restricted those who were actually appointed...
ILLINOIS (ECWd) - Press Release: Gov. Pritzker Issues Disaster Proclamation to Unlock Resources to Assist Asylum Seekers At request of local partners, Gov. activates 75 members of the Illinois National Guard to provide logistics support CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker today issued an emergency disaster proclamation and activated approximately...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board attempted to approve the audit of the county financials during their last meeting. However, due to the fact the auditor could not be heard due to the presentation being done over a ZOOM connection, the approval was delayed....
