By Diana Sroka Rickert If you crossed C-SPAN with “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” you’d wind up with something resembling the state of Illinois. First there’s Aaron Schock, the former congressman from Peoria who cataloged his globe-trotting adventures on Instagram and styled his Washington, D.C., office to the theme of …

Reprimanded former Batavia teacher landed a seat Tuesday on the school board with ease — a move he calls his “final civics lesson.” “I feel like I should’ve run for pope,” said John Dryden, who taught social studies for 21 years at Batavia High School. “I feel like the community …

DuPage Co. (ECWd) – In a stunning upset to the establishment endorsements, the clean slate candidates have won the election and must now prepare for the fixes badly needed at COD.  Our thoughts on the tasks ahead that need serious attention are listed below in no particular order.

APRIL 1, 2015 – Musicians Roger Cole and Paul Barrere of Better Daze Records have announced a brand new single. The duo is known for their outlaw brand of music, which is set apart from mainstream music. The new single is no exception and offers uniquely woven musicality punctuated with …

Freddy Martinez, the Chicago plaintiff, says this sum is an “outrage.” As of February 2015, the city of Chicago owes over $120,000 to its lawyers in the city’s attempt to defend itself against two stingray-related lawsuits. The discovery comes from new public records Ars has obtained. Chicago owes lawyers over …

Kay Chiteta – CEO & Founder, Tripa and ProudlyZambian Report by Caroline Raymond, MN, CA If you are a regular in the world of web-apps and internet startups then chances are you’ve either seen his projects or used one of them for personal or business use. But whether you have or …

Savage / Svoboda…the real story? Ask you? People have…you didn’t listen…

Edgar Co. (ECWd) – The bottom line, to us, is access to public records, and all the public records we ask for, in a timely manner. Period. So what does a person do when faced with public bodies that invent reasons to hide public records, provide only a portion of …

Yet Another Cleaner is the best PC Cleaner software I have every used in my life. Just imagine, with one simple click ok a button, I was able to transform my computer like new again. I caught a computer virus few days ago, that took over my computer completely. I …

DuPage Co. (ECWd) As a society we are only as healthy as our willingness to stand up and speak out when we know things are wrong.  Many have given up any hope of fixing anything in our government because of the overwhelming appearance that crime does pay.  Sadly, that appearance …

April 2, 2015 DuPage Co. (ECWd) For months the exposure of wrongdoing has plastered the  blogosphere, airwaves, newspapers, and coffee shops.  Over the last month it has been a dog-pile with no end in sight for the foreseeable future. In another shining example of insiders who have had enough with the …

ROOTING OUT PATRONAGE CONTRACTING AND CORRUPT PRACTICES AT COLLEGE OF DUPAGE (COD)    

Did you ever wonder where the “surcharges” on your home phone and cell phones go? Look no further… In Naperville, the city has its own ETSB, or Emergency Telephone System Board, with the duty of managing the city’s 911/E911 system, or Emergency Telephone System. Part of that duty includes determining …

College of DuPage (ECWd) – When a public body has to employ a propaganda machine…I mean a public relations firm, you know they have problems. First, I ask you to watch this 20 second video of Dr, Breuder saying that the College of DuPage is the “epitome of transparency”: College …