The Edgar County Board meeting was held on January 11, 2012. Among other things, the board action included: bill payments, tabled the vehicle purchase request by the Sheriff, approved reasonable rules for the public session. They also discussed the road construction that will occur on the...
Time for the public to march on the courthouse lawn and demand accountability. On behalf of the Edgar County Watchdogs, I have to say I am sorry! Our reporting on the ambulance "purchase" by Dee Burgin had a huge error and we need to ensure a...
Since video doesn't lie, it's pretty clear that the Chairman of the 911 board, Dee Burgin, oh wait, he voted himself off so is he really the chairman? For the sake of this story and since he clearly "thinks" he is the Chairman, let's take a...
A Sad Story – Not a Fairy Tale Once upon a time there was a need for an ambulance service in Edgar County, and POOF (well, not quite that quickly…), it was done. For many years the People in the land around Paris were cared for...
Sorry I Missed Getting MY House Roofed, Too! Remember the good old days when not-for-profit organizations and government entities could get work done by the Paris Work Camp crews? Of course there were rules and regulations and a prison guard accompanied them. After the Work Camp...
Latest Discovery at Jail: Just the Latest in Inept & Illegal Activity We could hold this story until we get more information, but decided to share what we have now, with an ending of “stay tuned for more developments…” Improper use of power and authority is...
How does someone who moved to Edgar County, starting as a City of Paris fireman, become so firmly entrenched in behind-the-scenes county politics that he profits by hundreds of thousands of dollars at county taxpayers’ expense? It started with becoming an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), which...
The Illinois Attorney General has received this Open Meetings Act request for review pertaining to a committee of the ETSB (911) holding an illegal meeting on Aug 16, 2011. ...
The Administrator of the Edgar County Health Department, Eddy McFarland, and "his girlfriend" (not my words...
The ECWD have, for MONTHS, continued to demand that audits be completed as required, with the Edgar County Board refusing to comply with the law. (30 ILCS 5/) Illinois State Auditing Act. 1. Statute requires that the County Board shall cause an audit of all funds and accounts...
