Shelby Co., IL. (ECWd) - As part of the illegal closed session discussion during a recent county board meeting, board member Barbara Bennett and Chairman Bruce Cannon make the most amazing statements, which are not true. While we are used to public officials being loose with...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney, Gina Vonderheide, provided this legal opinion, if you can call it that, to the Shelby County Treasurer regarding the payment being withheld for the private law firm hired illegally by the county board. The legal opinion reads more...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The law firm of Featherstun, Gaumer, Stocks, Flynn and Eck, LLP filed a complaint against the County seeking payment of invoices for legal services to the County. They filed that complaint on May 5, 2020. On May 12, 2020, we published this...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Board has been having regular budget meetings and it is clear they have a serious shortfall needing to be addressed. One suggestion was a 30% budget cut for all county offices. The last audit reflects the County spent $917,510.00 more than...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first reported on Shelby County Corrections Officer Christopher Zakowski DUI arrest in this article. We have now obtained the arrest report and first want to thank the arresting officer for doing the very job he took an oath to perform. Officer...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Corrections Officer Christopher Zakowski was arrested for DUI in Moweaqua, Illinois June 4, 2020, at 11:58 pm. We submitted a request for the actual police report and the video of the stop, however, those requests have not been fulfilled as of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Mark Bennett, future Shelby County Board member who smoked current County Board Chairman Bruce Cannon in the primary election (77-23), has filed a Declaratory Judgment Complaint in Shelby County Circuit Court regarding legal fees the Board is trying to pay to a...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - Shelby County Chairman Bruce Cannon has once again ignored state law. Last week the Shelby County Board held a special meeting at the request of Chairman Bruce Cannon. With 14 years on the County Board, you would think he would have learned...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The auditors for Shelby County presented their report during this week's June 3, 2020, County Board meeting. While we only have the auditor's letters, they are enough to once again expose why the mandated legislative audits do little to actually fix what...
Shelbyville, IL. (ECWd) - May 13, 2020 For Immediate Release Contact: Erica Firnhaber (217) 774-3841 Shelbyville, IL…The Shelby County Board today approved a measure to reform how time sheets for County employees are handled, according to Shelby County Treasurer Erica Firnhaber, a proponent of the measure. “When I took office, I...
