EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Just when you think you have seen it all, up jumps the devil and assures you there is more to come! Asinine Behavior -Utterly Stupid or Silly Intelligence - Having the faculty of reasoning and understanding Stupid - Marked by a lack of intelligence When...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - "Public Funds" Public funds, property or credit shall be used only for public purposes (Il. Const., Art. VIII, Section 1 (a)). Time and time again, we run into people that cannot figure out they do not have the authority to use public credit...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Update: We previously covered in detail, to include the entire record pertaining to Craig Smith's use of public funds with the city credit card for a seminar that provided personal gain and was invoiced to his private law firm. Past Article. Considering the...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Cover-up, hide, lie and deny, it's apparently the path chosen by a select few public officials in many places. Why is it so hard to simply do the right thing? Many locals may recall the former Paris Fire Chief, Steve Wirth. Paris Mayor...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Good news finally coming out of the Edgar County Assessor's Office. They will follow the law (somewhat of a unique idea in Edgar County) and assess the farmland the Edgar Cemetery is leasing out. We've only been after them about this for...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - This article will explore our local property tax system, and the efforts our local elected and appointed public officials and former public officials go to in order to conceal information detrimental to their plea for 100% property tax exemptions. The taxpayers of...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Monday morning, during a county board study session, Kevin Trogdon was asked by the chairman to resign from the East Central Illinois Mass Transit District Trustee position. The reason for the request was because that position is statutorily incompatable with the county board position. He did resign...
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." - Benjamin Franklin Step 1. Elected officials take an oath of office! An oath to follow the laws of the state to include our State Constitution! Why does that matter? Article VII of our...
EDGAR CO. - Below is the Specimen Ballot for Edgar County. A key questions I would encourage those of you in the CERWD to consider is: 1. For those in the CERWD: "Shall The Trustees of the Clark-Edgar Rural Water District Be Elected Rather Than Appointed". A YES vote...
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...
