Edgar County Watchdogs
Recent News About Edgar County Watchdogs
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Watchdogs - Assessing the State Board of Elections personal data breach
With the recent news of indictments against 12 Russian agents, the Edgar County Watchdog team takes a look at the vulnerabilities and policies that may have left Illinois exposed and susceptible to a hacker attack.
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Watchdogs- Auditor General Frank Mautino’s wife’s alcohol induced rant
Auditor General Frank Mautino's wife, Lena Alfano, was arrested for battery on the night of May 19, 2018.
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Watchdog group gathering evidence for FOIA lawsuit against Rauner administration
A statewide government watchdog group is compiling evidence to mount a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against Gov. Bruce Rauner and his administration for numerous violations of the law enacted to bring more transparency to government operations.
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Edgar County Watchdogs founder puzzled by ethics complaint against Rauner being 'punted' to Mautino's office
Kirk Allen, a writer and founder of Edgar County Watchdogs, says he doesn't understand why the state Office of Executive Inspector General has "punted" his formal ethics compliant against Gov. Bruce Rauner and his administration to the state's Auditor General Inspector General.
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Watchdogs receive OEIG response to ethics complaint against Illinois Governor Rauner
Edgar County Watchdogs received a confirmation letter on their ethics complaint pertaining to Governor Rauner’s alleged co-mingling of political activities with state resources.
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Watchdogs: Gov Rauner hiding truths from taxpayers once more disclosing public records of attorneys
Gov. Rauner has once again found himself in hot water for his lack of transparency
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Watchdogs: Gov. Rauner nominated for Dishonorable Mention from Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalist has nominated Gov. Bruce Rauner for Dishonorable Mention.
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Lack of transparency catching up with Rauner
In less than a week, Gov. Bruce Rauner’s office won a mock transparency award, was threatened with a lawsuit charging the office defied numerous Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and was hit with allegations it violated the state Ethics Act.
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Edgar County Watchdogs - Governor Rauner named in OEIG Ethics complaint
n light of the multi-part series, we have published recently regarding the activities taking place in the Office of the Governor, specifically, Washington DC campaign figures driving policy with direct communications to state officials in the Governor’s Office, we looked closely at our Illinois State Ethics Act.
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Edgar County Watchdogs: Laws- Does a badge bring different treatment for violations?
Most would expect our police officers to be held accountable to our laws, which are the same laws they are obligated to enforce. In Illinois, accountability is a moving target.
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Edgar County Watchdogs: Sunshine week
Brace yourselves! Rough road ahead…
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Report: Governor’s wife pushed taxpayer funding of abortion bill
The Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) is pointing to a litany of emails sent by the wife of Gov. Bruce Rauner as proof that Illinois’ first lady has often put the brand of her family ahead of the welfare of the state.
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Edgar County Watchdogs: email proves Diana Rauner was in charge of bill on taxpayer funded abortions
Governor Rauner: “I’m not in charge!”
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55 assessors should not have been elected, Edgar County Watchdogs says
Across thirty-six counties and dozens of townships in the state, the election of fifty-five township or multitownship assessors during 2017 appears to have been illegal because they failed to meet statutory requirements to be candidates for the office.
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From East Central Reporter
Watchdog founders anticipate harsh reception at Coles County Republican dinner
The two founders of the Edgar County Watchdogs, who have a record of exposing local and state government waste and fraud, are gearing up for an old-fashioned showdown March 1 at the Coles County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner.
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Edgar County Watchdogs: Illinois – Was candidate Jeannie Ives right?
uring the Chicago Tribune Editorial interview with Gubernatorial candidates Jeannie Ives and Governor Rauner, Ives stated that the Rauner Staff had told her the reason the Governor has been silent on the Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino scandal was that the auditor was getting ready to investigate some of their agencies so they did not want to say anything.
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Edgar County Watchdogs: Fact Check: ROE Candidate Michael Smith earns an “F” in Aftermath of Shooting Claim
Yes, it’s the silly season once again and as we always do prior to elections, we point out clear falsehoods and alleged violations of law by those running for office.
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Edgar County Watchdogs: Illinois – Awaiting Leadership……
This week the FBI detained six Illinois police officers for stealing money and drugs. This astonishing story was covered by the Chicago Tribune.
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Illinois – Silence over ethics and principles
In Illinois we continue to find bad actors in our local government and elected and/or appointed boards that go out of their way to cover it up, justify it, defend it, and even reward their actions with massive payouts. Why?
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John Clough no longer Prisoner Review Board member
At least according to the Prisoner Review Board’s website, John Clough (Coles County) where he no longer listed as a PRB Board Member.