by Check CU | May 5, 2023
This is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) determination issued on May 27th, 2015 by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor in response to a request for review submitted by an unnamed individual who had submitted 118 FOIA requests to the University of...
by Check CU | May 5, 2023
This is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) determination issued on February 13th, 2015 by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor in response to a request for review submitted by an unnamed individual who had submitted 96 FOIA requests to the University...
by Check CU | May 4, 2023
This is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) determination issued on December 2nd, 2016 by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor in response to a request for review submitted by an unnamed individual who claimed that their postings on two different...
by Check CU | May 4, 2023 | Latest Data
This is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) non-binding opinion issued by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor in response to a request for review submitted by the law firm Mandell Menkes on behalf of SpotCrime. In 2015, SpotCrime began submitting...
by Check CU | May 4, 2023 | Latest Data
This is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) non-binding opinion issued by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor in response to a request for review submitted by Local Labs Media Services. The requester alleged that their request to the Cook County...
by Check CU | Apr 24, 2023
These records were provided by the Urbana School District #116 in response to a FOIA request which was emailed on April 16th, 2023 and which stated: “Please also provide records sufficient to identify (name and email address) of any person currently serving as FOIA...
by Check CU | Mar 13, 2023
This is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) non-binding opinion issued by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor in response to a request for review submitted by the law firm Mandell Menkes on behalf of SpotCrime. In 2015, SpotCrime began submitting...
by Check CU | Mar 13, 2023
This is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) non-binding opinion issued by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor in response to a request for review submitted by Local Labs Media Services. The requester alleged that their request to the Cook County...
by Check CU | Jul 26, 2022 | Latest Data
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by Check CU | Jul 26, 2022
This appellate court finding is written in regards to a FOIA request that was made for Chicago Police misconduct records. The request was made by Jamie Kalven, a reporter who was in the midst of publishing articles on alleged police misconduct. The appellate court...
by Check CU | Apr 15, 2022 | Latest Articles
Village of Rantoul Illinois Officials: Village Clerk and FOIA Officer Janet Gray, Village Administrator Scott Eisenhauer, Village Attorney David Wesner, Police Chief Tony Brown Rantoul, Illinois Village Officials appear to be more concerned with finding ways to deny...
by Check CU | Apr 13, 2022 | Latest Articles
Urbana, Illinois City Officials appear to be more concerned with finding ways to deny and delay public records requests than they are with providing the actual records. The City routinely takes months to respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests from...
by Check CU | Apr 11, 2022 | Latest Articles
University of Illinois PhD graduate and Urbana resident Tracy Chong speaks during public input about FOIA violations The Urbana, Illinois City Council shows no signs of changing their well-established practice of ignoring residents’ reports of Freedom of Information...
by Check CU | Apr 6, 2022 | Latest Articles
On December 16th, 2021 Check CU Founder Christopher Hansen filed a lawsuit against the Village of Rantoul alleging violations of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Rantoul unlawfully denied access to copies of complaints against police officers, and...
by Check CU | Apr 6, 2022 | Latest Data
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This binding opinion was issued by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor (PAC) on March 24th, 2022. The PAC issued the determination in regards to the release of complaints made against public employees regarding racism, harassment, or discrimination....
by Check CU | Apr 6, 2022 | Latest Data
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by Check CU | Apr 6, 2022
This binding opinion was issued by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor (PAC) on April 14th, 2017. The PAC issued the determination in regards to the treatment of the McHenry County Blog website, created and maintained by Cal Skinner, as a recurrent...
by Check CU | Mar 31, 2022 | Latest Articles
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District HR Generalist Amy Roberts, Board Member Danielle Chynoweth, Jodie Ellis, Deputy Administrator Awais Vaid, CUPHD FOIA Officer Patricia Robertson, Treasurer Ron Fields, Board member & Secretary Kyle Patterson, Public Health...
by Check CU | Mar 13, 2022 | Latest Articles
The Illinois State Police (ISP) have finally issued a response to a Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit which was filed with the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Champaign County last year. The lawsuit was filed on October 1st, 2021 by Check CU Founder Christopher...
by Check CU | Mar 11, 2022 | Latest Articles
On February 5th, 2022 Check CU sent a records request to the Village of Homer, Illinois asking for the identities of any Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officers, and their email addresses. The Village issued the following responses: “Sharon Jeffers, Village...
by Check CU | Feb 26, 2022 | Latest Articles
Rantoul, Illinois Village Clerk Janet Gray did not comply with the state-mandated Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer training until after Check CU asked to see her training certificate. After observing numerous Freedom of Information Act violations by the...
by Check CU | Jan 27, 2022 | Latest Articles
At their February 2021 meeting, the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District Board discuss fines and prosecution for persons failing to wear face masks (Director of Environmental Health Jim Roberts, HR Generalist Amy Roberts, Chair Andy Quarnstrom, Deputy Administrator...
by Check CU | Jan 22, 2022 | Latest Articles
Urbana Human Resources Director Todd Rent (now HR Director for the University of Iowa) violated FOIA by refusing to provide City financial records to the News Gazette In April of 2014, the City of Urbana was cited by the Illinois Attorney General (IAG) for a Freedom...
by Check CU | Jan 22, 2022 | Latest Articles
2015 Binding Opinion from the Illinois Attorney General citing City of Danville Corporation Counsel David Wesner with violating the Freedom of Information Act. In December of 2015, the City of Danville was cited by the Illinois Attorney General (IAG) for a rather...
by Check CU | Jan 19, 2022 | Latest Articles
Urbana City Clerk Charlie Smyth devised a scheme to unlawfully classify several Urbana residents as “recurrent requesters” which the City used to delay records requests for months and impose huge illegal fees. Check CU has covered numerous Freedom of...
by Check CU | Jan 16, 2022 | Latest Articles
Assistant City Attorney Jennifer Glover Bannon cost the City of Champaign $5,000 in legal fees after unlawfully concealing copies of human rights complaints. In the spring of 2021, Check CU published an article about denial of public records by the City of Champaign...
by Check CU | Dec 19, 2021 | Latest Data
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by Check CU | Nov 14, 2021 | Latest Articles
Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) photos provided by Rantoul Attorney David Wesner in response to a FOIA request (click image to see all 68 images in higher resolution) Nearly two months after Chief Bryant Seraphin pushed for the installation of automatic license...
by Check CU | Feb 7, 2021 | Latest Articles
It seems the City of Urbana will finally be rectifying a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) violation which has been ongoing for multiple months. At the February 8th City Council meeting, Mayor Diane Marlin will designate a FOIA Officer, a position which is...
by Check CU | Feb 1, 2021
These documents were provided by the City of Urbana in response to a FOIA request which asked for “any and all records and documentation related to Urbana’s treatment of FOIA requesters as “news media”.” The full version of the FOIA request, which...
by Check CU | Jan 2, 2021 | Latest Articles
On December 29th, 2020, the Office of the Attorney General of Illinois issued a determination on a Freedom of Information Act dispute regarding Danville Police Department records. Chief Deputy Attorney General Brent Stratton declared that Danville violated FOIA...
by Check CU | Dec 28, 2020 | Latest Articles
On October 5th, within an Urbana City Council discussion about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin attempted to parade the “enormous expenditure of resources” that the City incurs in fulfilling FOIA requests. She did so by claiming that...
by Check CU | Dec 26, 2020
This is the court transcript for the FOIA hearing that took place on December 9th, 2020 for case 2020CH56, Kirk Allen and the Edgar County Watchdogs vs. City of Urbana and Urbana Police Department. Judge Jason Bohm delivered a summary judgement in favor of the...
by Check CU | Dec 15, 2020 | Latest Articles
Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin Two days after losing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, Urbana Mayor Diane Marlin sent out a press release in an attempt to cast blame on a third party. The FOIA lawsuit sought records related to the alleged purse theft by State...
by Check CU | Dec 11, 2020 | Latest Articles
Urbana City Attorney James Simon enters the Champaign County Courthouse to defend the City from a lawsuit on their denial of a public records request seeking the police reports on the alleged purse theft by State Representative Carol Ammons. On the morning of December...
by Check CU | Dec 5, 2020 | Latest Articles
Curt Borman, serving as Urbana’s Freedom of Information Act Officer, has become known for numerous illegal records denials and fees in regards to resident requests for police records. Records provided by the Village of Carpentersville have Urbana residents...
by Check CU | Dec 2, 2020
These documents were provided by the Village of Carpentersville in response to a FOIA request asking for information about the employment of Curt Borman, who currently works for the City of Urbana as an Assistant City Attorney while also serving as the City’s FOIA...
by Check CU | Nov 27, 2020 | Latest Articles
Just four days after being hit with an Open Meetings Act lawsuit, the City of Urbana is now facing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit. The complaint, which was filed with the Champaign County Sixth Judicial Circuit court of Illinois on November...
by Check CU | Oct 12, 2020 | Latest Articles
On Monday October 5th, I wrote a letter to the Urbana City Council predicting that City Attorney James Simon would lie to them and the public about how the city legal department has been charging fees on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Here is that...
by Check CU | Oct 7, 2020 | Latest Articles
During the October 5th Urbana City Council discussion on the conduct of City legal staff in regards to public records requests, the question of requiring government identification was raised. City Attorney James Simon and Assistant City Attorney Curt Borman...
by Check CU | Oct 4, 2020 | Latest Articles
City of Urbana Assistant City Attorney & FOIA Officer Curt Borman After several letters from the Illinois Attorney General indicating that Urbana’s new fees for public records are a violation the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, FOIA Officer Curt Borman...
by Check CU | Oct 2, 2020
These documents show the illegal City of Urbana FOIA fees notice posted (multiple variants) to the City website by Assistant City Attorney Curt Borman. Borman removed the fees notice after the Illinois Attorney General said, multiple times, that the fees were...
by Check CU | Sep 25, 2020
Here are some basic records on the Kiwane Carrington death. The one pdf document contains the civil lawsuit filed by Kenesha Wiliams on behalf the estate of Kiwane Carrington, the lawsuit filed by Jeshaun Manning-Carter, a report from the State’s Attorney Julia...
by Check CU | Sep 25, 2020 | Latest Articles
This letter from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office may not appear terribly interesting at first glance. So the City of Urbana didn’t try hard enough on their records search, so what? This might be one of those situations that is too complicated to...
by Check CU | Sep 25, 2020
These records show the City of Urbana violating the FOIA by failing to adequately search for the specified records. The Illinois Attorney General ruled (PAC 62770) that while Urbana did not improperly withhold records, they did fail to conduct a reasonable search for...
by Check CU | Sep 21, 2020 | Latest Articles
On July 25th, 2019 I sent a very simple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the City of Urbana. I sought to understand why a previous FOIA request was delivered late and also determine if Human Resources Director Todd Rent was lying to me about a...
by Check CU | Sep 21, 2020
These records show the City of Urbana violating the FOIA by applying exemptions falsely. The Illinois Attorney General ruled (PAC 59241) that Urbana illegally denied records. Human Resources Director Todd Rent handled the response and issued the denial, which was...
by Check CU | Sep 21, 2020 | Latest Articles
Urbana City staff continue to commit FOIA violations against the residents of Urbana. This request was in regards to police complaints. Lizabeth Kay Meharry illegally assessed $20 in fees and also sought to charge for postage. Meharry also claimed that...
by Check CU | Sep 21, 2020 | Latest Articles
Urbana City Attorney James Simon giving a presentation on July 20th, defending Urbana’s FOIA fee structure which was recently ruled to be illegal by the Illinois Attorney General On September 2nd, 2020 the Illinois Attorney General released a determination...
by Check CU | Sep 20, 2020 | Latest Articles
On September 2nd, 2020 the Illinois Attorney General released a determination letter indicating that the City of Urbana was in violation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The City attempted to charge a requester $128.35 on a single FOIA request whereas...
by Check CU | Sep 18, 2020 | Latest Articles
This article will be mainly comprised of two emails that I sent to the Urbana City Council. The quick backstory is that after a number of complaints by residents (many from myself) about public records requests, the City of Urbana arranged for a presentation on...
by Check CU | Sep 17, 2020 | Latest Articles
In mid-April this year, Mayor Marlin announced that the Urbana Police Department would be giving a presentation on the Aleyah Lewis arrest, which occurred on April 10th. At the City Council meeting held on April 20th, Marlin further announced that the city...
by Check CU | Sep 3, 2020
These records show the City of Urbana violating the FOIA law in regards to fees. The Illinois Attorney General ruled (PAC 63421) that Urbana illegally attempted to charge the requester $767.97 in fees. FOIA Officer Curt Borman handled the response and assessed the...
by Check CU | Sep 2, 2020
These records show the City of Urbana violating the FOIA law in multiple ways. The Illinois Attorney General ruled (PAC 63412) that Urbana illegally attempted to charge the requester $119.62 in fees, and also illegally denied police body camera video. FOIA Officer...
by Check CU | Aug 4, 2020
These documents show a FOIA appeal to the PAC and the resulting determination that METCAD violated FOIA. The original request to METCAD was for documents and audio related to the April 10 2020 arrest of Aleyah Lewis. METCAD denied the request but the PAC overruled. ...
by Check CU | Aug 3, 2020
On July 20th, at an Urbana City Council meeting, James Simon falsely claimed that his personal address was not public information and that if it were released through FOIA he ” would be in court in about 8 minutes to prevent that, and if I was too late to...
by Check CU | Jul 10, 2020
This memo was posted within the agenda items for the July 13th, 2020 Urbana City Council Meeting. Within the memo, Mayor Diane Marlin supports the application of excessive and illegal FOIA fees....
by Check CU | Apr 29, 2024 | Latest Articles
Champaign, IL Unit 4 School Board, as comprised February 2024 (left to right): Amy Armstrong, Mark Thies, Bruce Brown, Superintendent Shelia Boozer (not a Board member), Gianina Baker, Jamar Brown, Heather Vazquez, Betsy Holder Two weeks ago, Check CU published an...
by Check CU | Apr 17, 2024 | Latest Articles
Yorkville District 115 School Board President Darren Crawford (left) swears in a new Board member (October 30, 2023) Check CU has acquired legal invoices showing line by line expenses related to an Open Meetings Act (OMA) violation by the Yorkville, Illinois Community...
by Check CU | Apr 13, 2024 | Latest Articles
Chart of yearly spending on Amazon purchases by the Champaign, Illinois Unit 4 School District (created by Check CU from data acquired via a FOIA request to the District) Check CU has acquired a complete record of Amazon.com purchases by the Champaign, Illinois Unit 4...
by Check CU | Apr 5, 2024 | Latest Articles
Far right: Champaign County Auditor George Danos The Champaign County Board held an unusual meeting yesterday with only one agenda item: “Response to FOIA Request”. The FOIA request which prompted this meeting came from an email address bearing the name Cookie Cutter:...
by Check CU | Feb 5, 2024 | Latest Articles
On May 2nd, 2023, the Danville, Illinois City Council passed a controversial anti-abortion ordinance which many parties believed was so legally objectionable that it would surely result in a U.S. Supreme Court case. Danville’s legal counsel even suggested that...
by Check CU | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured
The City of Urbana, Illinois has now spent over $30,000 in their efforts to keep police use of force records secret, only to eventually release them in a lawsuit settlement. This story started almost exactly two years ago, when Check CU requested records from the City...
by Check CU | Jan 29, 2024 | Latest Articles
(please listen to the audio to understand the context of this statement about God and science – the Board member was positing a hypothetical scenario) Nearly six months after unlawfully closing a meeting to the public, the Yorkville Community School District 115...
by Check CU | Jan 17, 2024 | Latest Articles
Yorkville Community School District 115 Board of Education, Director of Communications Brent Edwards Check CU has received a letter from the Yorkville, Illinois Community School District 115 demanding that we alter the contents of a news article which we published...
by Check CU | Jan 12, 2024 | Latest Data
This is an Open Meetings Act determination issued on February 10th, 2020 by the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor in response to a request for review submitted by Steve LaRock who alleged that the Village of Sauk Village Board of Trustees was violating...
by Check CU | Jan 9, 2024 | Latest Articles
Yorkville District 115 School Board President Darren Crawford (left) swears in a new Board member (October 30, 2023) Thirteen days ago, the Illinois Attorney General’s office directed Yorkville School District 115 to release the audio recording of an unlawful closed...
by Check CU | Jan 8, 2024 | Latest Articles
Champaign, Illinois Police officers stand with the Mayor and City Council after being sworn in The City of Champaign is paying out yet again to settle a lawsuit related to unlawfully denied public records. Check CU filed the lawsuit in April of 2022 when the...
by Check CU | Dec 31, 2023 | Latest Articles
Yorkville District 115 School Board President Darren Crawford (left) swears in a new Board member (October 30, 2023) On August 7th, 2023, the members of the Yorkville, Illinois Community School District 115 Board of Education entered into a meeting which was entirely...
by Check CU | Dec 31, 2023 | Latest Articles
Urbana, Illinois Police Chief Larry Boone (left) with Champaign Police Chief Tim Tyler (right) The City of Urbana, Illinois seems to be doubling down on an unlawful Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) denial issued in April of 2023. We had asked for records on...
by Check CU | Dec 30, 2023 | Latest Articles
Sample images from University of Illinois license plate readers, as well as their locations According to a determination issued by the Illinois Attorney General, the University of Illinois violated state law when they refused to provide information about their...
by Check CU | Dec 29, 2023 | Latest Articles
After initially denying a public records request, the City of Champaign, Illinois agreed to provide the records and pay the legal fees incurred by Check CU founder Christopher Hansen in response to an associated lawsuit. In March of 2022, Check CU published an article...
by Check CU | Nov 22, 2023 | Latest Articles
Urbana, Illinois Police Chief Larry Boone (left) The City of Urbana, Illinois has violated public records laws once again, according to the Illinois Attorney General. Nearly six months ago, Check CU published an article showing that Urbana officials were going out of...
by Check CU | May 30, 2023 | Latest Articles
The City of Urbana, Illinois apparently has no tolerance for relaxed lawn care, even during the internationally promoted “No Mow May” movement. Check CU has learned that Urbana City inspectors are out and about, armed with wooden yardsticks, and they mean...
by Check CU | May 1, 2023 | Latest Articles
Urbana Police Chief Finalist Larry Boone The City of Urbana, Illinois appears to be continuing their tradition of extreme secrecy in regards to the operations and planning of their police department. Nearly one month ago, Mayor Diane Marlin announced her choice...
by Check CU | Apr 24, 2023
These records were provided by the Urbana School District #116 in response to a FOIA request which asked for “any reports, memos, or test data regarding asbestos and/or air quality in Wiley Elementary school.” The request asked for 2017 until now, but USD #116 seems...
by Check CU | Apr 24, 2023
These records were provided by the Illinois State Board of Elections in response to a FOIA request which asked for all candidate petitions, including all signature and SOE pages, for the Regional Office of Education #9 for 2018 to now. LEWIS GARY CHAMPAIGN-FORD...
by Check CU | Apr 21, 2023 | Latest Articles
The Urbana School District #116 Meeting on February 21st, 2023 A recent decision by the Urbana School District #116 Board of Education to close an elementary school has brought heavy criticism from the public, along with some troubling questions about the legality of...
by Check CU | Mar 27, 2023 | Latest Articles
Mayor Diane Marlin (right) claimed that the Urbana Police Department had made commitments to improve civilian police review, but the City can’t find any records of those commitments At the March 13th, 2023 Urbana City Council meeting, right before splitting a...
by Check CU | Mar 26, 2023 | Latest Articles
The declarations of Evanston’s public officials, are not entirely consistent with their actions when it comes to accessing government records On July 28th of 2022, Check CU sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the City of Evanston, Illinois...
by Check CU | Mar 22, 2023
These records were provided by the City of Evanston, Illinois on March 22nd, 2023 in response to a FOIA request which asked for: “All complaints/petitions/notices received by the City regarding sexual misconduct within the Parks and Recreation Department. All reports...
by Check CU | Mar 17, 2023 | Latest Articles
A screenshot of the Illinois Documents website, where hundreds of Central Illinois public officials are listed in a single directory In recognition of Sunshine Week, Check CU would like to draw attention to some Central Illinois resources that make public records and...
by Check CU | Mar 17, 2023 | Latest Articles
Urbana City Clerk Charlie Smyth pioneered records denial schemes that continue to be repeated and cause damage today In recognition of Sunshine Week, Check CU presents the elected official who pioneered illegal public records denial schemes for the City of Urbana,...
by Check CU | Mar 15, 2023 | Latest Articles
The Illinois Attorney General released the 2022 Public Access Counselor’s Annual Report on March 13th in recognition of Sunshine Week. The annual PAC reports are a good resource for anyone interested in keeping up to date on issues related to the Open Meetings...
by Check CU | Mar 15, 2023
The Illinois Attorney General releases an annual report summarizing the work of the Public Access Counselor’s Office. This report was released on March 13th, 2023 with the following statement: “In recognition of Sunshine Week, Attorney General Kwame Raoul...
by Check CU | Mar 13, 2023 | Latest Articles
Ward 5 Councilperson Chaundra Bishop made big promises on police reform during her campaign in 2020/2021, but her actions on Council indicate that she actually wants to slow down and prevent reforms. Some of the new Urbana, Illinois City Council members appear to have...
by Check CU | Mar 12, 2023 | Featured, Latest Articles
Interim Chief of Police Richard Surles (center table, right) and Finance Director Elizabeth Hannan (center table, left) represented the people of Urbana in their negotiations with the Fraternal Order of Police last year (for an explanation, see CU-Perspective’s...
by Check CU | Mar 6, 2023 | Latest Articles
University of Illinois Professor Erik J. Sacks, after performing research on the internet, concluded that everyone running against him in a City Council election was an extremist terrorist. Conspiracy theories touted by University of Illinois Professor and prior...
by Check CU | Jan 29, 2023 | Latest Articles
The City of Evanston, Illinois is being sued for unlawfully concealing police misconduct records. Check CU filed the lawsuit in Cook County Court on September 30th, 2022, alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The lawsuit shows that on...
by Check CU | Nov 6, 2022 | Latest Articles
Champaign, Illinois County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman Just months into his first term, which began in 2018, Champaign, Illinois County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman seemingly engaged in a series of unlawful activities regarding free speech and public records laws. In 2019,...
by Check CU | Aug 7, 2022 | Latest Articles
Just over two months ago, Urbana Interim Chief of Police Richard Surles released a statement which revealed that more than ten percent the City’s police officers were looking to apply to the Illinois State Police (ISP). Check CU sent a Freedom of Information Act...
by Check CU | Jul 28, 2022 | Latest Articles
The City of Evanston, Illinois is refusing to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act request seeking records of sexual misconduct within the Parks and Recreation Department – a scandal involving female lifeguards and other beach workers that has amassed intense public...
by Check CU | Jul 26, 2022 | Latest Articles
Rantoul, Illinois Village Attorney David Wesner and Police Chief Tony Brown are not only concealing police misconduct records, they are asking the court to overturn public records laws that have existed for over four decades A Champaign County judge denied an attempt...
by Check CU | Jul 24, 2022 | Latest Articles
Urbana, Illinois City Administrator Carol Mitten and past City Attorney James Simon have spent part of their careers ensuring that discrimination complaints are never processed by the City After Urbana, Illinois City Administrator Carol Mitten unlawfully overthrew the...
by Check CU | Jun 22, 2022 | Latest Articles
Urbana, Illinois City Attorney was reappointed by the City Council for an additional two years The Urbana, Illinois City Council has opted to reappoint David Wesner as City Attorney, despite his reputation for getting municipalities into legal trouble with dubious...
by Check CU | Jun 6, 2022 | Latest Articles
A City Council member in Urbana, Illinois made a concerning declaration at a recent City meeting: Councilwoman Shirese Hursey alleged that the utilization of the Zoom conferencing platform by the City for public meetings during COVID attracted “blatant racism”, and...
by Check CU | Jun 5, 2022 | Latest Articles
Urbana, Illinois City Attorney David Wesner Members of the public are still waiting to hear an explanation from Urbana, Illinois City Attorney David Wesner in regards to his erroneous legal guidance on an Open Meetings Act (OMA) issue. Nearly a year ago, Wesner...
by Check CU | May 25, 2022 | Latest Articles
On April 14th, 2022 Check CU reported that the Urbana, Illinois Police Department (UPD) had ceased use of force review in September of 2021 – immediately after getting their new Fraternal Order of Police contract pushed through City Council. New records acquired from...
