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29 Jun Lone Seminole County School Board Member Gets It – Failures Exposed In Superintendent Selection Process

Posted at 14:40h in Florida, Government Accountability Institute, Serita Beamon, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 18 Comments

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Seminole Co., Florida  (ECWd) - Schools are supposed to be in place for educational purposes.  What did the students learn from the recent events involving the hiring of a new School Superintendent? We pose this question because of one board member's comments. "I have reached the conclusion...

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29 May Madison County Board Member Rakes In $75,000 From Madison County Transit –

Posted at 21:07h in feature, Madison County, Uncategorized by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 16 Comments

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MADISON CO., IL. (ECWd) - Madison County Transit's board members are appointed, in part, by the Madison County Board. One of the Madison County Board Members, Michael Walters, is also the recipient of a contract from Madison County Transit, whose board members are appointed, in part, by...

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21 May Shelby County State’s Attorney Statement To The Board Conflicts with Actual Record- Part I

Posted at 07:29h in feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 10 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - A recent Shelby County Board meeting resulted in more division of the board members, to the point of childish name-calling to those who dare vote in a manner consistent with the law rather than as opined by the State's Attorney. Nichole Kroncke, the...

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10 May American Watchdogs training in Sanford, Florida – June 15, 2021

Posted at 09:21h in feature, Uncategorized by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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SANFORD, FL. (ECWd) - Updated with new date: June 15, 2021. American Watchdogs, Inc. will hold its training event on June 15, 2021, at the Chianti Event Center in Sanford, Florida. There is a maximum of 100 people, and you can get your free ticket by clicking HERE or...

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18 Mar Bloomington, IL – Mayor Renner tantrum unraveling with each FOIA

Posted at 11:57h in Bloomington, Curtis Squires, feature, Terry Renner, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Bloomington, IL. (ECWd) - We first exposed what we called a police coverup in Bloomington in this article. From that first exposure and after it was brought to the Mayor's attention during public comment at a recent meeting, we had to publish several more articles to...

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15 Mar Shelby County State’s Attorney Opinion On Borrowing Money In Conflict With Attorney General Opinion

Posted at 12:58h in Shelby County, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney was asked during the last county board meeting if the board had the power to finance the farming operation. Her response was common for a criminal prosecutor rather than a well-versed local government law attorney. We say...

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10 Mar Shelby County State’s Attorney responds to Attorney General Public Access Counselor

Posted at 12:55h in Shelby County, Shelbyville, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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Shelby - (ECWd) - During the December 7, 2020, Shelby County Board reorganizational meeting, the State's Attorney advised it was ok for a board member to attend the meeting by phone.  That action resulted in a tie vote for County Chairman.  We covered that meeting in...

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10 Feb Shelbyville – Public Property and Tax obligations when leased for private use

Posted at 12:20h in Alan Spesard, feature, Shelby County, Uncategorized by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney, Nichole Kroncke, has asked the Illinois Attorney General for their legal opinion on several matters dealing with public property and tax obligations for both the city and the County.  Letter 1, Letter 2. While we greatly appreciate the...

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02 Feb Former President Donald Trump files answer to Article of Impeachment – Will the Constitution matter?

Posted at 13:48h in Supreme Court, Uncategorized, United States, US, US Department of Justice, USDOJ by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 8 Comments

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UNITED  STATES - (ECWd) - Former President Donald Trump has filed his Answer to the Article of Impeachment.  Considering the Constitutional is crystal clear on who can be impeached, we wonder if our Constitution matters any longer in this country. Regardless of your position on the former...

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29 Jan Watchdogs in 2020 – Some of our highlights:

Posted at 10:52h in Uncategorized by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 4 Comments

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Edgar County, IL. (ECWd) - ECWd – 2020 Time for our annual report on some of our activities throughout 2020, so here goes: We finished up 2019 with a long-awaited report from the Attorney General, which determined that the College of DuPage had violated the Freedom of...

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