Watchdog’s Voting Algorithm For Selecting City Council Members
April 4th is the big voting day in Naperville for electing city council candidates. It's not that difficult to do, if you create a process or set of rules to…
Naperville’s Electric Rates; When Pennies Are Better Than Dollars
Naperville's electric rates are consistent, they are consistently going up, not by a little, but by a lot. This is totally contrary to what the Naperville city council and specifically…
How Welcoming Is Naperville Councilwoman Becky Anderson?
Naperville councilwoman Becky Anderson is doubling down on her quest to "remind people who we are", as if the fine folks of Naperville have forgotten and need to be reminded.…
National Guard Not Needed In Downtown Naperville
If you every want to make an issue of something, just start talking about it, no matter what it is. Naperville is not going down the road towards bankruptcy. It…
Watchdog’s Endorsements For City Council, Who’s In, Who’s Out
Too many candidates for the Naperville city council, and too few seats available to be filled. In 16 days voters in Naperville will determine which four candidates will be elected…
Naperville’s 33-Minute City Council Meeting 7 Minutes Too Long
Naperville's March 7 city council meeting nearly broke the record for the shortest council meeting on file. The meeting lasted just 33-minutes, whereas most meetings last a little over two…
Naperville Council Members Need To Put Some Skin In Utility Rates Game
It seems too easy for Naperville city council members to raise electric and water rates. All it takes is a city council meeting, where they talk endlessly about the perceived…
A Race Between Skyrocketing Electric Rates And Water Rates In Naperville
Hold on to your water faucets and spigots; water rates are going up again in Naperville. Naperville city officials are keeping residents busy running back and forth between their electric…
Naperville’s Fuller Brush Collection
The new administration in Washington, D.C. is thinking and operating more and more like a lean, mean, corporation focusing on expense and efficiency striving for better results, and it appears…
Naperville A Sanctuary City? Councilwoman Becky Anderson Would ‘Welcome All’
Sooner or later it had to happen, the idea of Naperville as a sanctuary city. It's been circling around the city like a beat-up, nasty, ping pong ball circling in…
Naperville’s Quick Response To Resident
The last time we saw Naperville resident, Mr. Ron Keller (February 7) , he was pleading his case in front of the Naperville city council regarding the high cost of…
Eight Naperville City Council Candidates For Four Open Seats
In just 44 days we will know which four of the eight Naperville city council candidates will transition from being a candidate to becoming a member of the Naperville city…
Downtown Naperville, It’s Pedestrians Vs. Vehicles
Have you ever noticed, when you're driving in downtown Naperville, you're dealing with idiot pedestrians, but then if you're lucky enough to find a place to park, you become a…
Naperville Sucker-Punches Residents Again With Electric Rate Increase
It's like an earthquake with constant after-shocks. A horrible decision by Naperville city officials to enter into an agreement as a member of the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA) in…
Naperville, Bee Hive Capital Of The World
They said it couldn't happen, and it did. The Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Then just six days later, something else that couldn't happen happened; Trump was elected President.…