district of Edgar County. According to Forbes, Edgar county has managed to rack up $79 million dollars in debt in the past few years while serving only 18,000 people, so Kraft and Allen certainly have their work cut out for them. As the Ocala Post wrote: By relentlessly 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 e-mails. 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. And their latest and most publicized achievement is one in which they managed to get 6 out of 7 of the county Clark County Park District Board arrested for violating the Illinois Open Meetings Act which is a Class C misdemeanor.
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