DeKalb Co., - Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - Today's hearing was held on a Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order against Northern Illinois University, to prohibit them from effectuating any of the Golden Parachute agreements with the former University President, Robert Baker. DeKalb County Circuit Court Judge...
"How could one woman steal over $53,000,000 without anyone noticing?" The largest municipal fraud case in the history of the United States, and not surprisingly it happened in Illinois, a breeding ground for corruption. Dixon, Illinois, is a small community of a little over 15,000 people in...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - After outing Bloomington's use of public credit to purchase an airline ticket for Bloomington Mayor Tari Renner's girlfriend to go on vacation in Japan, he came out defiantly swinging, and his supporters started circling the wagons to unsuccessfully defend this purchase. First, he...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - After posting an article exposing the fact that the City of Bloomington, Illinois had purchased an airplane ticket for Margot Erhlich, Mayor Tari Renner's girlfriend, to presumably accompany him on his "business trip" to Japan this week, Renner decided to leave a...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Bloomington Illinois' Mayor Tari Renner took another vacation, I mean took another "business trip" to Bloomington's Japan Sister City. It is our understanding he is in Japan as we are typing this article. Diane Benjamin at BLNNEWS.com wrote about the bills and payroll last...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - In a scathing OEIG Report, it was revealed that Department of Children and Family Services Director George Sheldon: had improperly hired a "consultant", Igor Anderson, made improper payments to him out of his personal accounts, consultant lacked any substantive work product, admitted...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - PRESS RELEASE: "There has been a Temporary Restraining Order filed against the Northern Illinois University's Board of Trustees by Misty Haji-Sheikh. She alleges that on June 15, 2017 the Board of Trustees took final action against President Douglas Baker that was invalid regarding...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - After researching some of the grants issued by the Illinois Arts Council ("IAC") during times when they did not conduct any public meetings, I came across one grant in particular in which I felt was somewhat questionable. In 2015, the IAC approved several...
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Wheeling, Illinois received my request for public records, which included a request for surveillance video over a 3-day time-frame: "I request video surveillance from the first floor lobby of Village Hall or from any other first floor surveillance camera, regardless...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - We first reported on April 25, 2016, that the now-former Clark County Park District Director, Charity Murphy, had entered into a "painting agreement" with Farm Services Group ("FSG") Painters, from West Terre Haute, Indiana, in which Murphy essentially "gifted" park district...
