Craig Smith Tag

30 Sep Prohibited Appointments to Mass Transit Trustee .

Posted at 20:58h in City of Paris, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Jerry Lowery (Elected Clark County Board), Kevin Trogdon (Elected Edgar County Board), and Craig Smith (Elected Mayor of Paris), are currently appointed Trustees to the East Central Illinois Mass Transit District - in violation of the law. I have been asking the...

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31 Aug Convicted by a jury from now to eternity!

Posted at 22:27h in 911 Board, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, General by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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EDGAR CO. - As the word of a settlement being reached with Dee Burgin, Terry Rogers, and the county insurance company swirls over their Civil Rights conviction, it's pretty clear certain people have no clue what a settlement really means. The judgment entered in the federal court...

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17 Aug Nitpicking?? Thank You!

Posted at 19:27h in CERWD, City of Paris, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature, General by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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EDGAR CO - Our recent Fox in the Hen House article lead to an accusation of Nitpicking and the more we thought about it, the more we realized the importance of a follow up story!  Thanks to Joe Citizen for their comments as once again we...

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14 Aug Is the Fox Guarding the Hen House?

Posted at 12:43h in CERWD, City of Paris, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 5 Comments

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Does anyone remember the nursery rhyme: 'Sleep, my little one, sleep, Thy father guards the sheep'.  Is the Fox guarding the Hen House? “The hen-house is based on the American farmer who, like a Pinoy farmer, keeps the hens separated from the roosters so you can have unfertilized eggs...

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12 Aug Edgar County Board Meeting – “What really happened”

Posted at 09:56h in Edgar County Assessor, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Just in case you missed reading in other local publications what really went on at the county board meeting this month, here are some comments and a video of the meeting. - J. Kraft asked for an itemized list of expenditures of the...

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07 Aug Illinois False Claims Act and Edgar County ETSB –

Posted at 13:26h in 911 Board, Edgar County Board, Edgar County Sheriff Department, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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EDGAR CO. - After spending more than 14 months asking the Edgar County Board and the Edgar County Emergency Telephone System Board (ETSB or 911) to recover payments for claims that we believe to be False Claims, we have taken the first step in filing a...

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20 Jul Crimes Outweigh Justice in Edgar County

Posted at 17:02h in 911 Board, Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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The former Charleston, IL  City Planner, Jeff Finley, was charged last month with embezzling over $22,000 from Code Enforcement Officials between 2004 and 2008.  The indictment outlines he wrote checks to himself as electronic payments to his personal credit cards to inlclude Macy's.  I imagine the indictment for the Mass Transit...

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10 Jul Mass Transit District Update –

Posted at 11:52h in Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EDGAR CO. - The East Central Illinois Mass Transit District held a regularly scheduled meeting today, July 10, 2012. No information was released as far as the on going investigations. IDOT Investigators in Paris - Investigation Continuing However; It has been reported to us that Illinois Department...

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10 Jul Property Taxes and Assessors

Posted at 11:13h in Edgar County Assessor, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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EDGAR CO. - At a time when property taxes increased by over 100% for some property owners in Edgar County, the Edgar County Watchdogs are still finding property where no tax is being assessed. The latest piece came to us by accident while we were waiting...

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01 Jul Mass Transit Employees & Contracts – .

Posted at 12:02h in Edgar County Board, Edgar County State's Attorney, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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EDGAR CO. - Our investigations uncover more misdeeds in the East Central Illinois Mass Transit District. I took the time to read the "Local Mass Transit District Act", which deals with districts like we have in Edgar and surrounding counties. Interest in Contracts Forbidden In Section 4, the Local Mass...

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