In Kankakee County, that’s why the County Board Chairman won’te be going to jail for taking a job with the Chinese Communist Party electric battery company Grotion.
From Illinois Leaks comes the following:
Kankakee County Board Chairman Resigns Prior To Vote For His Removal –
By John Kraft & Kirk Allen
On October 22, 2024
Kankakee County, Ill. (ECWd) –
Kankakee County Board Chairman Andrew Wheeler has resigned from office just prior to a discussion and vote to remove him from office during a Special Board Meeting this morning (See agenda).
There have been allegations that Chairman Wheeler, after negotiating a 30-year property tax abatement for GOTION with other taxing bodies, recently accepted employment with GOTION.
GOTION is a lithium-ion battery manufacturer who is set to receive more than $8 billion in state and federal funding, plus property tax abatements, and will build and operate an EV battery factory in Manteno, Illinois – in Kankakee County.
Watch the short meeting below:
Kankakee County Board Chairman Resigns Prior To Vote For His Removal –
By John Kraft & Kirk Allen
On October 22, 2024
Kankakee County, Ill. (ECWd) –
Kankakee County Board Chairman Andrew Wheeler has resigned from office just prior to a discussion and vote to remove him from office during a Special Board Meeting this morning (See agenda).
There have been allegations that Chairman Wheeler, after negotiating a 30-year property tax abatement for GOTION with other taxing bodies, recently accepted employment with GOTION.
GOTION is a lithium-ion battery manufacturer who is set to receive more than $8 billion in state and federal funding, plus property tax abatements, and will build and operate an EV battery factory in Manteno, Illinois – in Kankakee County.
Watch the short meeting below:
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A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision let a northwestern Indiana Mayor off the hook for accepting a gift from a garbage company which received a city contract.
The Court ruled that it was not a quid pro quo, but a gratuity, therefore not illegal.
Pardon me if I write this with a “wink, wink.”
