Eckert A group of Metro-East mayors will be calling on state law makers to reject legislation that would funnel state sales tax to developers of a 900-acre retail development in Glen Carbon.
On the heels of a Dec. 1 order transferring more than 80 cases from Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack's docket, Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis entered an order a week ago taking on another 146 cases from Stack, who will be retiring by the end of next year.
Mitchell Documents released under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request Tuesday show that attorneys who represented Fairview Heights in its four-year battle with 13 online travel companies took more than 80 percent of the total settlement.
Mitchell At a city council meeting Tuesday -- where three council members walked out -- Fairview Heights Mayor Gail Mitchell appointed three aldermen to a committee to find the city's new legal advisor.
Mitchell The Madison County Record has filed a second Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the City of Fairview Heights asking for documents related to attorneys' fees from the city's lawsuits against 13 online travel companies.
Mitchell Fairview Heights officials are still waiting for City Attorney Al Paulson to explain why he refused to honor a newspaper's request to view attorneys' bills related to the city's four-year battle with online travel companies.
Mitchell City officials have yet to formally state why they denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Madison County Record that asked to see attorneys' bills.
Mitchell The city of Fairview Heights has rejected a request to examine its bills from City Attorney Al Paulson for his work on the city's four-year battle with online travel companies.
Burke The Madison County Record has requested copies of legal bills going back four years from the city of Fairview Heights in an attempt to determine what, if anything, was paid to the city's lawyers during a battle with 13 online travel companies. A previous request for the legal bills went unfulfilled.
Mitchell Although the suits ended months ago, questions remain unanswered about the city of Fairview Heights' four year battle with 13 online travel companies and what its attorneys took away.