PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - What an amazing day it was at the Paris Honeybee Parade! If the show of support during the parade is any indication of the support we have out there, we have been handed a mandate to "kick it up a notch" here...
WATSEKA, IL. (ECWd) - In complaints that originated in Iroquois County Circuit Court on March 29, 2013, Kraft v FIPHD, and Allen v FIPHD, Â the Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department (FIPHD) has acknowledged that they did in fact violate the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) by not...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - Arcola Township has continuously sent simple Freedom Of Information Act Request to their attorney, needlessly spending hard earned tax money and like some other public bodies, will attempt to say FOIA requests are costing them too much, which is BS. Mr. Hackler, this...
Just another of the many articles written in the past couple of months that mentions ECWd and the work they have assisted with when it related to the use of H1-B Visa workers for Illinois Contracts. Computerworld - Some state governments are willing to hire offshore...
ARCOLA, IL. (ECWd) - On September 5, 2013, the Illinois Attorney General sent a closing letter to a Freedom Of Information Act request for review that I submitted alleging a FOIA denial by Arcola Twonship in that they did not respond to my request for public records....
MARION, IL. (ECWd) - The Marion City Attorney, Steve Green, thinks that people have to obtain his permission to take his picture while he is at a public meeting. Guess what Steve, you are WRONG! Oh, we didn't ask permission to post it online either...
COOK COUNTY (ECWd) - Here is an interesting article from the Huff Post - Chicago, in which writer David Protess, President, Chicago Innocence Project, fills us in on Judge Diane Gordon Cannon: "Cook County Judge A Loose Cannon" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-protess/cook-county-judge-a-loose_b_3973197.html  Updated today: read the update at the bottom of...
FORD CO. - FIPHD (ECWd) - This was originally published over a month ago, but we removed it on request pending more information. Now it appears that the paperwork for these family members is "missing" from the filing cabinet...
DANVILLE, IL (ECWd) - During the August 13, 2013 Vermilion County Board meeting, the board voted to award a NO-BID, $637,500.00Â contract to Bruce Harris & Associates, INC, from Batavia, Illinois. Their website, at the time of this publication was strangely absent of any mention of any...
PARIS, IL (ECWd) - Thanks again to District 95 for videotaping and uploading the meeting video in order for citizens to become more informed of the workings of this public body. Video is below: ...
