...legal position of the Township Board was in conflict with the position of the Road Commissioner.” The legal position of the Township Board is not the criteria. The criteria is...
...board approved the hiring of an attorney to represent the Township Road District.” Township response: “The township has no public records responsive to this request.” Since the Township has no...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – The State Journal-Register reported (here) that Frank Vala was resigning as Woodside Township Trustee, “rather than go through a legal battle that could cost taxpayers money.”...
...process. 60 ILCS 1/100-5 -“The township board shall fix the compensation of a township attorney appointed by the township supervisor under Section 70-37.” Since the Township Board has never fixed...
Will Co. (ECWd) – Wesley Township has been in turmoil for several years due to what appears to be incompetence and total disregard for the law. The Township Code is...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – ECWd filed our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit this week against the Algonquin Township and Road District. After months of non-compliance from our FOIA requests...
...by the Sangamon County Board, and was Elected as Woodside Township Trustee in 2017. Vala had previously “allowed” a $2.42 million 5-year state property lease, on real estate purchased for...
...two-room wooden schoolhouse, the building is gone. Some residents wanted to restore the building, or at least maintain its current condition, but Township officials apparently did not want to spend...
...the Algonquin Township Clerk which we covered in this article. In short, we hope whoever drafted the contract she provided is not a lawyer as first-year law students wouldn’t make...
...articles about township vehicles being where they shouldn’t, I would like to submit my photo. This was taken last December in rural Coles County about 2 miles south of Humboldt,...