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March 4, 2021

Attorney General, Clark County, feature

Chicago NBC-5 and the BGA Highlight Citizen's Arrest in Clark County -

BY JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN

ON June 25, 2014

CLARK CO. (ECWd) -

Group objects to board's failure to allow public comment at meeting

By Phil Rogers and Patrick McCraney (Better Government Association)
|  Wednesday, Jun 25, 2014  |  Updated 5:35 PM CDT

In a highly unusual move, the leader of a Downstate watchdog group placed an entire park district board under a citizen's arrest for failing to allow public comment and violating a state disclosure law.

Public boards are used to facing angry crowds, but most have never dealt with what happened at one recent meeting in central Illinois.

Continue to the video here...
Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Entire-Park-District-Board-Placed-Under-Citizens-Arrest-264660331.html#ixzz35hElLERD
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The BGA has the story on their website also (click here).
 
Edgar County Watchdogs would like to extend our gratitude to NBC-5 and Better Government Association (BGA) for reporting on this important issue.
 
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