Edgar Co. (ECWd) - One of Governor Rauner's campaign promises was to tackle patronage hiring. According to the Chicago Sun Times, Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said, the administration is actively working on legislation that will “allow us to immediately terminate those employees that were wrongfully hired,...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - "Public refusal to remain silent and its refusal to accept corruption is the first line of defense against it." Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, Former United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois I wonder if the approach of "Bury your head in the sand, never...
Edgar County, Illinois (ECWd) - When dealing with Edgar County’s Policy Manual, we have brought up the issue of elected officials participating in the health insurance program in direct violation of county policy. We have been reminding the board of this since at least September of...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - In an attempt at justifying his lies to the Sheriff's Department about wanting a deputy at the airport meeting, Mike Heltsley, in an interview with the Paris Beacon News, stated "his history in law enforcement" that made him call for a deputy...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - There is a Special County Board meeting scheduled for Friday, August 14, at 1:00 p.m. to declare a vacancy in the seat held by Ben Jenness. Agenda is on the County's website here, or read it below: Friday, August 14, 2015 – Agenda EDGAR...
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Clerk has posted the videos of the Edgar County Board Study Session from Monday morning and the Edgar County Board Meeting this morning, August 12, 2015. In the regular board meeting the public comment starts at 2:00 with Mrs....
Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the Edgar County Airport meeting on Monday night, August 10, 2015, an Edgar County Sheriff Deputy arrived and attended the meeting. After the meeting, I asked county board member Heltsley if he caused the deputy to come to the meeting. He...
Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - Scott Barrett "I've been fortunate to serve as Chief Deputy Coroner of Edgar County under Pete for the last five years. I've learned a lot from him. As many of you know, he has decided to not seek reelection and because of...
Oliver, IL. (ECWd) - I requested copies of the May and June 2015 Clark-Edgar Rural Water District meeting minutes to compare them with the audio I had received in a previous FOIA request. I requested them because I had the suspicion that they would not accurately reflect...
OLIVER, IL. (ECWd) - The Clark-Edgar Rural Water District held a meeting on June 15, 2015. During the meeting, the agenda item for "Line of Credit" was discussed in length by none other than the Vice-President of Commercial Lending of Old National Bank in Marshall, and...
