SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Freedom of Information Act declares that it is the public policy of this State that all people have a right to access public records and that it is a fundamental duty of government to operate openly and to provide public...
ATWOOD, IL. (ECWd) - We visited Atwood, Illinois during their January 16, 2018 public meeting and spoke about elected officials and their right of access to records of the public body. Atwood, Illinois is a small village of a little over 1200 residents, and is located both...
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) - Below you will find the Jasper County School District's response to the Illinois Attorney General's inquiry into my allegations of an improper closed session of the board on December 18, 2017. It was quite an entertaining read, and I responded in writing using...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - Atlanta Public Library District - Many have wondered why the Board of Trustees of a Library District would allow such shenanigan's to happen in Atlanta, Illinois over the course of the past several years. From alleged false grant applications, clear and continued conflicts...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Carlinville, Illinois, filed a grant application for federal funding of a project from the Illinois Department of Agriculture back in 2016. Its purpose was to provide a 75/25% grant ($30k fed / $10k Carlinville) for (emphasis mine) "A Preliminary Engineering...
WILLIAMSFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Williamsfield Community Unit School District 210 held a Special Meeting this morning, for the main purpose of having a closed session for board self evaluation with a representative of a statewide association (IASB) as facilitator. From their Official webpage, www.billtown.org: Statement from the...
NAPERVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The City of Naperville has refused to provide public records requested. The requested records are related to "the obligation, receipt, and use of public funds" as found in Section 2.5 of the FOIA. Since the records relate to money owed the City...
WILLIAMSFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Knox County Sheriff's Department was called to the school board meeting last night, January 8, 2018. They were called by both the Williamsfield CUSD #210 Board President Chuck Ingle, and by me, after a short discussion on Ingle's violation of State law...
WILLIAMSFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_42294" align="alignleft" width="136"] Board Pres. Chuck Ingle[/caption] We attended the Williamfield CUSD #210 School Board Meeting last night, January 8, 2018, and participated in public comment during their Hearing on transferring $50,000 from one account to another. Both Kirk and I voiced our...
[caption id="attachment_42283" align="alignleft" width="193"] Chuck Ingle Photo from 4forstudents.com[/caption] WILLIAMSFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - During its December 2017 Board of Education meeting, the president of the this Board of Education of Williamsfield Community School District #210, disrupted a speaker during her public comment time and threatened her with...
