Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - With over 33,000 pages in the OEIG investigation of Northern Illinois University, there must be many instances of wrongdoing to review. We have already started listing some possibilities, including the hiring of the consultants Ron Walters, Dr.Wally Pfeiffer, and the Talance...
DeKalb, IL. - NIU - (ECWd) - The crossroads of cronyism and procurement violations at Northern Illinois University appears to be a very busy intersection. In our November 20, 2015 article “NIU’s Ongoing OEIG Investigation Part 3” we looked at one issue that could be/should be...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND A CONSPIRACY BY LAWYERS FOR THE STATE TO HIDE RECORDS State of Illinois Healthcare and Family Services inked a deal worth over $190 million with Client Network Services Incorporated ( "CNSI" ) through...
DeKalb, IL. - NIU (ECWd) - Who is advising DeKalb Sanitary Board Member Tim Struthers? Maybe Tim Struthers' lack of ethics is compounded by the quality and ethical nature of Keith Foster of Foster and Buick. Mr. Struthers has been selected to serve on NIU's Board of Trustees...
DeKalb. IL. (ECWd) - On November 8, 2015 we published the article, “NIU President’s On-going OEIG Investigation-Part 2” in which we discussed the broad scope of the OEIG (Office of the Executive Inspector General) investigation. The extent of this investigation leads the curious to the question: ...
Elgin, IL. (ECWd) - Reviewing some audio from our visits to the U-46 school board meetings, I came across this gem of an audio clip that shows just how School Board Member Traci O'Neal Ellis acts in her quest to keep feeding her face...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - *11-9-2015, 10:47 A.M. - Correction to state the actual compensation to board members. This change does not affect the dollar amount of waste in any way, and clearly shows the intent of the legislature to only compensate dollar amount listed in the...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - In the first installment of College Town Partners, we introduced you to Tim Struthers (NIU Board Nominee), John Rey (Mayor of DeKalb), Bill Nicklas (Retired NIU VP), Douglas D. Baker and all public and private players that were visible. Now we will introduce...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - In our last article on NIU’s legal fees for the ongoing OEIG (Office of the Executive Inspector General) investigation on Pres. Baker, we identified two different legal firms are performing legal services. The first legal firm, Mintz Levin, was hired by Pres....
DeKalb, Co., IL. (ECWd) - When Governor Rauner appointed Mr. Tim Struthers (President of First National Bank, Illinois) to the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees, we were initially quite surprised. Mr. Struthers has multiple conflicts of interest that should have prevented him from being installed...
