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Naperville City Officials Are Listening To Themselves

By Watchdog Admin October 14, 2013Naperville City Council1 Comment

City officials in Naperville are doing it again. It's called 'socially acceptable non-productive behavior'. They appear to show interest in what resident's want, but then they go about doing exactly…

Naperville Councilman Builds Trust

By Watchdog Admin October 4, 2013Naperville City Council3 Comments

Something very unusual happened recently within the Naperville city council. A Naperville city councilman kept his word by following through on a campaign commitment to the residents of Naperville. Relatively,…

Naperville City Officials Say It’s True, It Must Be….Right?

By Watchdog Admin September 29, 2013Naperville City Council1 Comment

Recently Naperville made 267 proactive repairs to installed smart meters. Naperville city officials said that this type of thing is going to happen. And when it does happen, it's not…

A Better Way To Elect The Mayor

By Watchdog Admin September 26, 2013Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

Often times we make it much too difficult to do something. We think the more elaborate we make it, the better it will be. Maybe we need to rethink how…

Naperville City Officials ‘Lead’ Like The Cubs Play Baseball

By Watchdog Admin September 22, 2013Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

Let's set the record straight, I have been a Cubs fan since dirt was new. I have seen some bad Cub baseball over the years and the last two years…

Naperville City Officials Continue To Lose Credibility

By Watchdog Admin September 19, 2013Naperville City Council1 Comment

This has not been a good week for Naperville city officials as they continue to lose credibility with Naperville residents and others in the Chicago-land area. This seems to be…

Has Naperville Become Like America?

By Watchdog Admin September 15, 2013Naperville City Council3 Comments

“What Has America Become” is the title of a “Letter to the editor' of the Iosco County News Herald, published on June 9, 2010 in the Opinion column. It was…

Which Naperville Council Member Lost A Bet

By Watchdog Admin September 12, 2013Naperville City Council5 Comments

Parades are fun and always worth a good laugh at some point of the procession. At this year's Labor Day Parade in Naperville that point came when two-thirds of…

Bad Decisions By Naperville City Officials Hurt Residents

By Watchdog Admin September 8, 2013Naperville City Council3 Comments

Naperville residents are feeling the pain every time they look at their electric bill. In fact, just about more pain than any other city in the state of Illinois,…

More Wisdom From Naperville Councilwoman Brodhead

By Watchdog Admin September 6, 2013Naperville City Council2 Comments

Who can forget these memorable and insightful words which were uttered at a Naperville city council meeting by councilwoman Judy Brodhead while comparing chickens and dogs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl5F7GaCMYA A brilliant observation…

What Would Joe Naper Have Done

By Watchdog Admin September 1, 2013Naperville City Council2 Comments

Friday August 23, Naperville city officials unveiled a nine and one-half foot tall statue of the city's founder, Joe Naper. He was considered a leader and an entrepreneur, and to…

Naperville Mayor Pradel’s Shrine

By Watchdog Admin August 28, 2013Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

A couple of weeks ago, an out-of-state friend called me and wanted to get together for lunch. I suggested a couple of places in downtown Naperville, and he didn't want…

Restructure Naperville City Council Compensation

By Watchdog Admin August 25, 2013Naperville City Council2 Comments

I don't think I'm getting my $1.67 worth from members of the Naperville city council. That's how much I, along with each resident of Naperville pays annually towards the compensation…

Naperville Is Obese With Council Members

By Watchdog Admin August 18, 2013Naperville City Council5 Comments

It isn't often that you hear city officials suggest eliminating half of the city council in order to save money and become more of a deliberative body by demanding more…

Naperville City Officials Want More And More

By Watchdog Admin August 14, 2013Naperville City Council1 Comment

The city of Naperville conducted a survey of residents to find out what the city needs to do, to make Naperville more efficient and friendly. Sounds good doesn't it. The…