Status of Previous News Posting: Attorney faces Prostitution Charges

Back in May this story from Sycamore was posted (http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/05/sycamore-attorney-faces-prostitution.html

After a bit of research this update from the DeKalb Chronicle (http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_multi=DCIL&p_product=SHNP9&p_theme=shnp9&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_label-0=title&p_text_label-0=March%20trial%20set%20for%20attorney%20charged%20with%20prostitution&s_dispstring=headline(March%20trial%20set%20for%20attorney%20charged%20with%20prostitution)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no)

March trial set for attorney charged with prostitution

Author: CAITLIN MULLEN
Date: November 16, 2011
Publication: Daily Chronicle, The (DeKalb, IL)

SYCAMORE – A Sycamore attorney charged with prostitution has had a jury trial set for March. During a court hearing Tuesday at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore, Circuit Judge Robbin Stuckert read the charges against Reema Bajaj, 25, of the 100 block of Penny Lane in Sycamore. She has been indicted on charges of prostitution within 1,000 feet of a school, a Class 4 felony punishable by up to three years in prison, and two counts of prostitution, a Class A misdemeanor...

Governor Walker, GOP sue Wisconsin elections and ethics agency over recall effort

By Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel

The accountability board has said it's up to challengers to point out problems like those and the board itself cannot automatically toss the signatures for those reasons.

"The plaintiffs are challenging the rules that have been established by statutes and administrative code, and which have been in place since the late 1980s. Since then, these rules have been used in every state and local recall petition effort against incumbents of both parties," accountability board director Kevin Kennedy said.

 

Read the rest of Mr. Stein article by clicking on the following:  http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/assembly-leader-wants-to-replace-state-elections-agency-5u3f2or-135669843.html

BCJ Reports on Maple Crest testimony at County Finance Committee

The following is taken from the Boone County Journal for December 16, 2011 available free of cost at merchants around the county or on-line at:  http://www.boonecountyjournal.com/news/2011/Boone-County-News-12-16-11.pdf#page=1

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Mayor Gaulrapp being sued over use of photo without permission of copyright holder

See this story online at:  http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=572122

Should elected official receive private phone calls/emails during a government meeting

Well it appears if they do-=- those communications will be subject to FOIA disclosure.

 

Boone County Treasurer’s Future Candidacy “may” be in question

The following is taken from the Rockford Register Star for November 13, 2011, page 6A.  It appears that Mr. Newport may have some problems with the Illinois Board of Elections.  Perhaps the fine has been paid but who really knows.  But if it is not taken care before the next primary for his office—2014—he cannot run.

 

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