WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has issued a determination stating that the Wheeling City Council violated the Open Meetings Act on  November 21, 2016 when it failed to follow its own written policy on public comment, which resulted in preventing a speaker from...
MARSHALL, IL. (ECWd) - Wow, Clark County, this is what you voted for. Own it. We knew reality would eventually set in when he realized he no longer had control over anything at the long-embattled Clark County Park District, but he couldn't even take a congratulations from...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During last night's Carlinville City Council meeting, the Council, by unanimous vote, directed the Attorney to turn over public records in response to FOIA requests submitted by John Kraft and waive any fees associated with copies of the documents he requested. One council member expressed...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - This article is a response to the hatchet job published by The 'Burnian, the newspaper of Blackburn College. Nowhere in the article does it disclose that Mayor Deanna Demuzio is also a Board Member of Blackburn College, and it never mentions Kraft had asked for...
Someone must hold elected officials accountable for their actions. Why not you? Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Illinois is hosting a Citizen Watchdog Training to teach YOU how to hold elected officials accountable. Over the past several years, the efforts of two veterans from rural Edgar County have caused the...
DOWNERS GROVE, IL. (ECWd) - Part one is located at this link (here) and mainly discusses the September 2016 Downers Grove Township meeting where there appeared to be an attempt to approve compensation for the clerk backdated to 2013. Laura Hois had an attorney draft a letter to...
ROBINSON, IL. (ECWd) - After the defeat of the sales tax referendum several years ago, the Robinson Schools decided it was much more important to keep their kindergarten kickball (and HS Football) coach instead of keeping 6th grade sports - Was this a form of punishment to...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - Edgar County has filed an answer, in the form of a Motion to Dismiss, to the amended complaint filed against them by RIDES Mass Transit District ("RIDES-MTD"). This suit deals with the funds remaining after dissolution of the East Central Mass Transit District...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has sent a letter the Carlinville City Clerk, Mrs. Carla Brockmeier, asking that the city respond to the March 20, 2017, Freedom Of Information Act request for public records. Carlinville has developed a history of not...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - The Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has sent a letter the Carlinville City Clerk, Mrs. Carla Brockmeier, asking that the city respond to the March 18, 2017, Freedom Of Information Act request for public records. Carlinville has developed a history of not...
