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Two Veterans Force 102 Corrupt Officials to Resign, Place Entire Local Board Under Citizen’s Arrest (Videos)

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By Josey Wales

2 IL Veterans Force 102 Corrupt Officials to Resign, Place Entire Local Board Under Citizen’s Arrest.

These two veterans are showing the nation how to take America back, through their use of the law and taking part in all public meetings, they are holding their elected representatives accountable for their actions.

What would we do without the sacrifices our veterans who have already given so much to this country and continue to fight for the oath they all so proudly took to defend this nation.

People ask all the time, “well what am I susposed to do to fix the corruption”? Here is your answer, participate in your government, attend town hall meetings, county meetings, read up on the statue’s  that are in place to hold our elected officials and public servants accountable for their actions. Record these public meetings so you have the evidence you need to hold them accountable for their misconduct.

Organize other citizens in your communities and form groups that have the same concerns. Organize people who are willing to participate in cleaning out the corruption that is taking place in most of our communities, and even at the state level. It has to start some where, it has to start with you.

Here is how it’s done. God bless our Veterans.

Illinois residents John Kraft and Kirk Allen, who run an anti-corruption non-profit called the Edgar County Watchdogs, have waged a campaign against crooked public officials over the past two years, forcing resignations from 102 bureaucrats and politicians and at one point placing an entire park district board under citizen’s arrest.

With four former governors having served time behind bars, Illinois’ government is widely-viewed as being riddled with corruption. However, according to a recent expose by Forbes, two military veterans in Edgar County have begun to fight back and, in just under two years, have drastically cleaned up corruption in their community.

In an effort to take back their government from self-serving politicians and bureaucrats, John Kraft and Kirk Allen established a group called the Edgar County Watchdogs.

Through a combination of public pressure, Freedom of Information filings, lawsuits, and media exposure, they have created a system that deeply threatens Illinois’ corrupt, entrenched political establishment.

They operate a blog called Illinois Leaks that exposes corruption at the state and local levels. Considering the fact that, according to Forbes, their home county’s government has racked up over $79 million in debt all on its own while serving only 18,000 residents, Kraft and Allen have their work cut out for them.

Despite an uphill battle, the anti-corruption twosome have been surprisingly successful. By doggedly pursuing justice for even the smallest infractions by bureaucrats and politicians, the Edgar County Watchdogs have driven 102 public officials to resign from their posts, including 33 officials in Edgar County alone.

The pair busted the mayor of Redmond for attempting to hold office while living out of town. They represented themselves in court and beat Illinois Assistant Attorney General Emma Steimel in a lawsuit seeking access to state emails. Officials who have resigned due to the Watchdogs’ efforts include a property tax assessor, the Edgar County board chairman, an entire airport board and its manager, the attorney for Kansas Township’s fire department, Shiloh’s superintendent of schools, and Effingham’s health department administrator, among others.

After they exposed corrupt, illegal, and self-serving spending habits by the Ford-Iroquois County health department, the entire bureaucracy was dissolved. In some cases, federal agents have even stepped in to investigate and issue subpoenas to local officials after receiving tips from Kraft and Allen.

In what was one of their most epic displays of political crime-fighting, seen in the above-embedded video, Allen and Kraft held the entire Clark County Park District Board under citizen’s arrest on May 13, 2014 for violating the Illinois Open Meetings Act, a Class C misdemeanor. According to NBC-5 Chicago, when Clark County Sheriff Jerry Parsley responded to the scene of the heated dispute in which local residents were not allowed to make public comments at a park district board public meeting, he chose to enforce Kraft and Allen’s citizen’s arrest. Sheriff Parsley explained his rationale behind enforcing the arrest to NBC Chicago, “The people need to have their voice. It’s not a dictatorship. It’s a democracy.”

Inspired by Dillon’s Rule, a 19th-century principle that municipal governments can only act on the basis of powers that have been lawfully granted to them, the duo force public officials to prove that they are spending public funds and using public resources in a lawful manner. Activities like these helped Kraft and Allen catch a school superintendent who spent $5,000 worth of school funds dining out at restaurants.

What began as an effort to clean up Edgar County has become a state-wide initiative to hold public officials accountable. In a short time, two concerned citizens who happen to be military veterans have dramatically shaken up Illinois’ infamously-corrupt political landscape.

Kirk Allen ejected, for no reason at all, from Edgar County Board meeting during public session. 

Notice how they keep their kool, record everything, and do not make their actions focus of negative attention with disorderly conduct. This is how it’s done.

 

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    • Cleareyes

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    • TruthandFreedom

      Unfortunately they will never win their cases in court, as the court is loyal to the crown – not to the American people!… The judges, the politicians, and their lawyers all need to be prosecuted under common law!

      • ecwd

        Actually we have not lost a single case in court yet! We have sued several public bodies and have prevailed in all of them that are completed. We currently have 6 cases in one county, two in Edgar, one in the State Appellate courts.

        • truthzilla

          You’re doing great work…Very brave and honorable…USAF vet…I will be gathering more info about your techniques…I am in philly which is not much better….I will sub on the youtube stuff under godbluffvdgg

        • x4livin

          Is there any chance you would expand to a federal level?

        • popeter

          Great work!! With you guys and with people who practice jury nullification, we should be able to eventually wrap up the corruption and get back to the Constitution !! Thank you!!

        • EcWd-itWorks

          ECDW, if you are one of those indicated in the story, then congratulations on your success. Now I usually do not ever bother chiming into the comments section of most articles. In fact I have not done so in some five years or so. Generally the sentiment is favorable to what is contrary to what is sensible and therefore, I conclude; why bother engaging in backwards ass thinking. Anyhow if you are one of those indicated in this story I would like to share some insights with you. here is my ee mail: i get and send AT gmail. Its really simple. Anyhow I hope to hear from you. Once I have your email I can then send you a reply with some thoughts. I appreciate it in advance.

    • Alan

      They wish to have not fought in vanity, ia calling to redeem their soul. :cool:

    • bobystyles

      AMEN and to understand the depth of the deceit…

      Page 2—“New VA boss Vows to Clean House” plagued by cover-ups, mismanagement and shame in need of Integrity……as many employees were “silenced” when reporting the wrongdoings to officials year before. To some, the word veteran (and the fundi ng that goes along with it) means how much money can they put in their pockets when using the word Veteran for one purpose.
      Our 10/23/2013 court victory also began years ago. Regarding what is going on today-You will never end corruption when the wrong hands control the money … and with egos and greed in control, they need the greed to continue by altering “numbers” —plain and simple. The true policy is to silence/eliminate/retaliate against any and all that report corruption as you continue to reward those for their lies and altered reports. Freedom of Speech—needs freedom, not fear to speak, and we must restore our checks and balances and safeguard the whistles (employees) that believe in honesty and integrity and report corruption (not yet denied even by investigators.) No different than at the V.A. where employees that report the wrongdoing are silenced by the system—ask our Chancellor’s relatives or the heads at the S.B.A. if this is not true at the Research Foundation (C.U.N.Y. /S.U.N.Y.) regarding the taxpayer/student funded “partnerships” of the government and what happened to their State recognized V.A. program. OUR taxpayer funded private non-profits knowingly replace accomplishment with “Numbers” as they alter/fluff the reports, and why like Dock, Sandy and at the V.A., many rake in big money while little is actually done or accomplished for the community

      • daWolf

        Thank you for sharing! We all need to listen and learn so that we can be better able to challenge the crooks. They should never hold public office ever again.

    • airportengineer

      Awesome! Of course they have to allow Public Comment! The morons cannot just say “no”! I don’t know any Open Doors Law that does not allow Public Comment at REGULAR board meetings!

    • awakenow

      This may or may not be a valid condition.
      All I see is an overview of allegations.

      It is NOT a Democracy, ( It is a REPUBLIC ) for example.
      Is this the degree of understanding and accuracy that is being used?
      The word Democracy has been used by liberals to promote their propaganda lies all over the world, Research Plato’s definition of the work Democracy is you doubt me.
      Also the History of Propaganda / Ralph Waldo Emerson.

      i am concerned that this kind of hover intimidation that can discourage responsible
      lawful participants from being involved in public affairs.

      If they are so great, why don’t they go after the community organizer that is
      essentially a illegal alien masquerading as a man with his queer buddy Mike in the White House

      None of this will be of any consequence if they catch Ebola.
      Whats with the blackout on Ebola.
      What is the latest update on Ebola.
      Is the next update going to be, that it is spreading out of control and we are mandated
      the shots that actually weaken our immune system?
      Are there localized riots in our USA over the system breaking down?
      Whats the latest on EBOLA right NOW ????????

    • ichabodcrane

      If these vets are such heros they should go after military rapist!
      http://theusmarinesrape.com/FaceBook.html

    • James Edwards

      KUDOS AND PRAISE to these two ‘Illionois vigilantes’! The way it used to be done, they simply HUNG the bastards when they caught them STEALING – MAYBE we should go back to that!

      This is a classic example of WHAT can be done when citizens take an interest in their local government. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to bring this to a NATIONAL LEVEL. But, I have an IDEA that THAT is coming soon!

      Something MUST be done, or America is going to simply DROWN in a sea of DEBT!

    • truthlovingsoul

      bravo! thank you! awesome work!

    • Bucky

      :eek:

    • Rob

      True Patriots, and for those of you who are afraid or reluctant to fight the concept of “POWER CORRUPTS” just remember only 3% stood up to what seemed like overwhelming odds in the 1770′s …. You to can be in the history books for the right reason. Signed Bon “Let There Be Rock” Scott :cool:

    • Bucky

      Dear BIN moderator,
      Is there a reason my comments don’t show up?

    • GLoLady

      Holding them accountable in Asheville Buncombe County NC. Local media refuses to cover the story.

      Filed a Civil Rights Lawsuit:
      http://dockets.justia.com/docket/north-carolina/ncwdce/1:2014cv00146/75440 waiting on the Judges decision now.

      The one who says you can’t change the World is the one not willing to try.

    • Patrick S.

      We need watchdogs like these in every county. Not only for the local and state governments, but to protect the children in our schools too.

    • Wyt Raven

      I’ve got one word for these gentlemen……RESPECT !

    • CoolBreeze

      The REAL news story here is: THESE GUYS ARE STILL ALIVE!

    • LAYNALAND

      As much as I praise this work, I THOUGHT IT WAS A NEW OUSTING, TIL I SAW THE FACE OF THE VIDEO, WHICH IS FROM SOME TIME AGO.
      STILL, WE NEED TO SEE A PURGE IN ALL STATES – BUT, PLEASE GET THE FACTS STRAIGHT, WHEN YOU ARE ADDRESSING THESE CRIMINALS – YOU ARE RETURNING AMERICA TO A ‘REPUBLIC’ NOT A ‘DEMOCRACY’ which is what Russia and china, etc., have…’mob’ rule.

      and, any such moves like this, must be backed up with prevailing prayer – to jesus Christ – for, it will fail, miserably, without HIS ENDORSEMENT.

      L. :idea:

    • FirebrandOne

      What you guys in the states need is a system of Direct Democracty, this means the people can call their own referendum an any issue if they can first get 3 % of the electorate to sign a petition supporting the referendum, this triggers the referendum and the people vote yea or nea, if they vote yea then it becomes law. Referendia cal be called on a loca,l cournty or national basis. Direct Democracy has been in Switzerland for the past 200 years, Switzerland is the richest country in the world – DD works
      In Ireland we are setting up Direct Democrcacy Ireland and have contested the last local and European elections – the people like what we say because the people are back in charge under this system.

    • Don't be hating!

      Good for them. They should all wear White Hats!

    • Countyguard

      That is the way we are working as well… The Archuleta County Guard and creating our area a “Liberty Zone.” Holding our reps accountable is key, and we have a pending suit we plan to file against parties who have violated our rights to petition our government at the local level. Everyone needs to get involved at their local level…

    • Dr. John

      “Know the law, and be well disposed to use it.”

    • CrowPie

      I tried to comment on this article the first day it was posted, but was having technical difficulties.

      Anyway, these men are remarkably like the men who raised me. Men who knew what they were talking about and had the back bone to stand up for what they knew was right. Men of understanding, morals and intestinal fortitude.

      But most of all….the attitude to successfully get the job done without ever being demeaning, laying a hand on anyone or drawing a gun.

    • AJjj100

      My guess is this is fake. because there is no town board that would let anyone film there corruption. If is on the up and up was anyone fined for the corruption? I think not. Next town meeting back to the corruption.

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