SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Is Lisa Madigan's office failing in its responsibility to act as a resource for citizens who are denied access to public records? We believe it is. Over the past several years, we have filed several Requests For Review with the Public Access...
Danville, IL. (ECWd) - You might remember our October 14, 2013 article on the Two (False) Memos in which we talked about the two memos that Mr. Donahue referenced during a county board meeting. These memos basically accused members of the public of harrassing, bullying, and speaking...
Paris, IL. (ECWd) - After our presentation at Restore Illinois '13 (AFP #RestoreIL13), we realized there was not enough time to get our message and methods out to those that were interested. We are therefore announcing that training development is underway, and we hope to have something put...
SPRINGFIELD, IL (ECWd) - A civil suit, 13 MR 74, was filed by Kirk Allen in Edgar County Circuit Court against Julie Hamos, Director of Illinois Health and Family Services, and the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services for their alleged improper denial of public...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - For someone who hangs his hat on literal and legal definitions of words and phrases, it is quite odd that Mr. Bill Donahue, from the Vermilion County State's Attorney's office, would stoop to saying that a citizen was being childish for questioning...
EDGAR CO. (ECWd) - Sheriff's Deputy Pay Raise Vote Election Season has started for some Edgar County officials, take Mike Heltsley's comments during the September county board meeting as an example. In what appears to be a purely political move in a failed attempt at casting the current...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Whatever happened to listening to citizens after you are elected? That concept must have left the station when John Dreher got involved. John Dreher, an elected Vermilion County Board Member, actually told a Vermilion County Resident: "I will no longer have any contact with...
CHICAGO, IL (ECWd) - WANDTV ran the story on the fact that Gov. Quinn has effectively authorized, thru Cognizant, the outsourcing of Illinois jobs to India. These jobs could take away state jobs, and ship them to India thru various contracts. This article is the result of months...
SPRINGFIELD, IL - HFS (ECWd) - Illinois Health and Family Services, under the direction of Julie Hamos, might want to take a long weekend and figure out who needs fired for lying to the public. In this FOIA request/response I wanted to know who paid for the...
DEWITT CO. (ECWd) - We have come to expect a certain amount of deceit in public bodies when we start unraveling what has been going on over the years, but we never expected a State's Attorney's Office to be at the forefront of lies and deception,...
