Boone County Watchdog

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Township Supervisor counters Mrs. Ward’s column on donation to food pantry.

Mrs. Ward’s column is available at: http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2012/01/cathy-ward-criticizes-township-lack-of.html

The above column is available on line at: http://www.rrstar.com/opinions/columnists/x58615064/Guest-Column-Belvidere-Township-defends-denial-of-pantrys-request

Resident takes denial of FOIA request to Attorney General

now has sent a letter to the Public Access Counselor in the Office of the Illinois Attorney General in Springfield, asking for assistance.

And more recently, in a letter to township Trustee Paul Zeien, she addresses his suggestion that the Boone County Board make a donation to the Belvidere Boone County Food Pantry in Capron.

Click on the following to read this story: http://www.belvideredailyrepublican.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7339:resident-takes-denial-of-foia-request-to-attorney-general-&catid=106:belvidere&Itemid=508

Required Open Meetings Act Training

I believe the above web address is not working, try: http://foia.ilattorneygeneral.net/default.aspx It is shown below:

What the other food pantry in Belvidere (proper) did during the last month?

The following is taken from SD #100’s Administrative Highlights in the January 17, 2012 board packet. See: http://www.boarddocs.com/il/district100/Board.nsf/files/8QGLQQ560452/$file/January%20Department%20Highlights.pdf

Click on the photocopy to enlarge:

Belvidere SD 100’s Revised FOIA policy is a good primer on citizen’s FOIA Rights.

These are a citizens’ right at all levels of government in Illinois with only minor exceptions for special units such as the courts.

The following is taken from this month’s board packet:

http://www.boarddocs.com/il/district100/Board.nsf/files/8PSHQM499EE1/$file/Working%202.250%20Access%20to%20District%20Public%20Records.pdf

Monday, January 16, 2012

Governor Who Took On Unions May Face a Closely Watched Recall Election

By a state deadline on Tuesday, these volunteers, many of them Democrats and union supporters, say they will submit at least 720,000 names on petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker, the Republican who curtailed collective bargaining rights for public workers, leading to a face-off in this state.