Springfield (ECWd) - If people ever wonder why Illinois is in the mess that it's in, look no further than the list of proposed legislation from 11/30/2018 to February 18, 2020. While I have many thoughts on a lot of the bills being proposed, I will...
Springfield (ECWd) - The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act passed last year in Illinois as a bill that began as a pawn-broker stolen property bill, but was later gutted to make recreational marijuana a new law of our land with a party-line vote. While a small percentage...
Springfield (ECWd) - We just posted, Whats Next? In less than 20 minutes, I recieved yet another update on a law that is clearly designed to make illegal acts legal, and at a huge cost to the taxpayers. For years we have been exposing the fact the State's...
Springfield (ECWd) - For those who have not kept up with the new legislation being introduced, you can review just a sampling of them by clicking on them below. However, the most recent straw ban legislation is worthy of a brief analysis. The straw ban wants to ban...
Springfield (ECWd) - Not satisfied with increased gas taxes, prohibitions on pumping your own gas, or $500 fines for using a gas leaf blower, or even having to have $1,000,000.00 in liability insurance just to apply for a FOID card and a carryout bag tax, we...
Will Co. (ECWd) - Joliet Township Supervisor Dan Vera has a laundry list of questionable activities during his reign as Supervisor of Joliet Township, ranging from ghost contracting, ignoring bidding laws for services, to trying to take over an entire separate public body and then transfer...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Below is the full video of the Shelby County Board Meeting held on February 13th, 2020, at the Lake Shelbyville Visitors Center. It may well be the longest County Board meeting Shelby County has ever had. . Our work is funded entirely thru donations and...
Springfield (ECWd) - First, they want to prohibit you from pumping your own gas. Then they want to ban your gas-powered leaf blower. And just when you think they can't get any crazier, they now intend on infringing on people's constitutional rights, however, this one...
Springfield (ECWd) - As if the Illinois Legislature has nothing better to do...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - As we have outlined in several articles here, here, here, and here, the Shelby County board violated the law when they appointed a "Special" Assistant State's Attorney back in 2014. Even after all the substantial evidence that they did violate the law, the...
