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The Investigation Part 2.5 - Open Records Antics

  I have a few questions about the latest (June 22) Village Board meeting. They have to do with my observations of: Another apparently illegal closed session meeting among a list of others. Extraordinary commandeering by the Village Board of the Village Clerk's duties as records custodian for questionable purposes. The Board's redaction of records without providing a legal reason. Joling's history of opposition to Open Records and Open Meetings. The Village Board firing an employee in almost the most inept, lawsuit-inviting manner possible. More incompetence, more lawlessness, more weak, failed leadership (all alleged). It looks to me, like the Village Board led by President Dan Joling has conducted   yet another illegal closed session   to conduct business that has not been properly disclosed to the public. I see that this habit of his has been going on   consistently   ever since he has been appointed president, which was also about the same time that James Da...

The Investigation Part 2, A dive into how these "third-party, outside investigations work."

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   Be sure to check out my other posts!             The "Investigation" Part 2 In the previous post on this site "The 'Investigation' Part 1" we looked at some introductory information regarding facts and events relating to President Joling's "third-party investigation", such as: The current $40,000 "third-party investigation" had   no apparent legitimate purpose. There was no "complaint"   involved at all, other than some kind of phantom, fictionalized one imagined by President Joling. Joling  apparently initiated the process   of an investigation into a non-existent "complaint" without informing or consulting the Village Board, as required by Village Policy. To the extent of addressing Administrator Davel's behavior, Joling   ignored the policy of procedures   directed in the Employee Handbook and Village Policy HR-009, intended to quickly resolve such matters. Dan Joling seems to have had a huge   conflict o...