Naperville City Council, Four Winners, Seven Losers
One election is down, and another looms after the New Year. No, I'm not talking about another election that can be stolen, the Georgia runoff, I'm talking about the Naperville…
Some Naperville Property Owners Could Get $4 City Tax Cut
It was an exciting day in the Watchdog household, when the family gathered around the kitchen table covered with never-before-worn masks. Finally, some good news, something other than which masks…
The World According To Naperville Council Members Brodhead And White
Some of us are old enough to remember when professors in college encouraged students to think for themselves rather than being told what to think. Somewhere along the way it…
Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico Takes Heat For Attending Wedding
Making the front page of two successive issues of the Naperville Sun, is one thing, but who would have guessed that Naperville's mayor, Steve Chirico, would qualify to be the…
Naperville City Council Threatens Citizens With Possible Mask Mandate
Sometimes it all comes down to timing. Things were rolling along just fine during the last city council meeting, November 17, the pre-Thanksgiving meeting, when feathers seldom get ruffled, but…
Welcome Back Grant
It finally caught up to Grant Wehrli, not that he lost an election, but that he had to run against a real person, a candidate that qualified to run for…
DuPage County Board Loses, Naperville City Council Wins
Until cloning becomes a successful venture, somebody can only be in one place at a time. Often I have wished for a clone of myself so he could run errands…
Hey, Please, Take My Leaves
It's that time of the year again, World Series, election, and leaves. Naperville's leaf pick-up program probably keeps someone at the Municipal Center up late at night during this 6-week…
Naperville Councilman Patrick Kelly Wavering In The Wind
How easy is it to sway Naperville councilman Patrick Kelly's position on an issue? The answer is that it is very easy to have him question his own decision-making ability.…
Naperville Council Members Brodhead And White Failed To Do Their Job
For years many Naperville city council members, including Patty Gustin have talked and talked and talked; they can't put a lid on it. It's no wonder that meetings drag on…
Naperville City Council Withdraws A Helping Hand To A City In Need
The Naperville city council had a unique opportunity to offer a helping hand to a city (Cancun, Mexico) in need of an ambulance, even an old beat-up one, but withdrew…
Council Member Theresa Sullivan, Protects Naperville Taxpayers
It's fun giving away other peoples money and belongings. Naperville city officials did it, then they did it again, and now they want to do it again. If it looks…
Former Naperville City Councilman Wehrli Taking A Pounding In Media
Former Naperville city councilman Grant Wehrli has had an easy path to getting elected until this year. He used his family name Wehrli (as in Road and football Stadium) to…
City Of Naperville Outed Themselves
Who knew that Naperville has some deep-seeded diversity and inclusion issues that require hiring a diversity and inclusion manager. Wow, I didn't see that coming over the last 42 years…
Give Police What They Need, So Residents Can Have What They Want
More than a half-century ago (1969),The Rolling Stone wrote "You Can't Always Get What You Want", (but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need).…