What was Naperville councilman Fieseler thinking
When you find yourself digging a hole and you're in it, the first thing most people would do is stop digging, but that's not Naperville councilman Bob Fieseler did at…
Naperville city council: A job with no description.
How many jobs do you know that have no 'job description'? It seems that every job has some type of description; something defining what the goal or purpose is, or…
Naperville councilman “Not lovin’ it”
Imagine going to a movie and leaving 15 minutes before the movie ends, or attending a baseball game and leaving in the 8th inning, or reading a book and stopping…
Vote was fair and square….but,
If you think I'm referring to Smart Meters, that would be incorrect, since the Naperville city council would not allow the vote to occur. However the informal vote still stands…
Blame it on the Smart Meters.
Let's begin by saying that I am one of many Naperville citizens who strongly believe that Smart Meters are not really that smart. In fact, for me it was…
Let’s swap city councils.
Have you ever noticed that there is a southern way of doing things, and then there is a big city influence way of doing things? Let’s take for example Keller,…
Naperville citizens are awake, but is the city council?
While more and more Naperville citizens are awakening to local government mis-management, most members of the Naperville city council, along with the city manager continue to doze. Tax dollars are…
The Forgotten Man
What happens at the Federal level happens at the State level, and it happens at the local level, including over spending, the expansion of government, and denying citizens the opportunity…
Does Naperville really need nine city council members?
I ran some errands last Tuesday and everywhere I went, I noticed cutbacks. The Volvo dealership no longer had coffee in the waiting area, the restaurant had fewer bananas in…
Q and A with the Watchdog
Q. Is there anything good that you can say about the Naperville city council? - Sherry A. from Naperville, Illinois A. Yes. They have term limits. Q. You ease up…
City of Naperville might want a do-over
Imagine the game is over, the points have been tallied, and the losing team has been trounced by a two-to-one or three-to-one ratio. Then about a year and a half…
Who’s who on the Naperville city council
If you show a group picture of the Naperville city council members to residents of Naperville, they are hard-pressed to know who anybody is, other than Mayor Pradel. If you…
The ‘McElroy Rule’
It happened again at the last Naperville city council meeting. Actually, it happened a number of times. In fact, it happens at each Naperville city council meeting. I am referring…
Rules of the Naperville city council
If you enjoy unusual forms of entertainment, you might want to consider attending Naperville city council meetings. They occur the first and third Tuesdays of each month, beginning at 7:00pm…
Let your collective voice be heard
Over 4000 citizens signed petitions opposing the installation of Smart Meters in Naperville. One person objected to those 4000+ citizen-signatures and petitions. When political posturing on the part of the…