Campaign Phone Polling Already?
Last week, many Naperville residents received political polling phone calls and texts on matters relating to the next April local election. This is somewhat remarkable given that the election is…
Council Field Expands…Two Now Declared
Jennifer Taylor announced on social media that she will seek re-election to City Council…bringing the known field of council candidates to two. Bansal’s campaign kicked off tonight with an event…
Do People Know Any Councilman Can Motion for a Ceasefire
Residents continue to come to City Hall and demand a Ceasefire in Gaza resolution be passed by Naperville. This has been going on for months now - and to the…
Council’s Tax Free Caucus Open Their Wallets…Finally
In the home stretch of the last municipal election news broke that both Councilman White and Councilman Holzhauer had filed paperwork that exempted their homes from real estate taxes. The…
PSA: The Watchdog Takes a Bite Out of Trolls
PSA: The Watchdog blocks fake profiles or what appear to be fake names. We make some exceptions for those who make substantive comments through such accounts. Generally speaking, anonymous trolls…
Liberal Group Calls Conservative Group Hateful…Yawn
The radically far Left activist group named the Southern Poverty Law Center just published a list of nearly 1,000 groups it self-defines as “hate groups”. It included the Naperville-based Awake…
Council Election 2025 Begins!
We already have one candidate who has stepped up to enter the 2025 Naperville City Council election….Meghna Bansal is entering the field and over the weekend announced her campaign kickoff…
Naperville Settlement Summer Events Draw Everyone Except Councilmen
The Watchdog had the opportunity to check out the most recent rendition of Naperville Settlement’s summer concert series this weekend. It was fantastic. A large, happy crowd enjoying excellent music…
Naperville Loses its Ribs and a Whole Lot More
Naperville’s Ribfest actually had been gone from Naperville for a spell … a few years ago now. While it left for Romeoville, it had kept Naperville in the name as…
Should Naperville Throw NCTV a Lifeline
At the last council meeting, the City heard an outpouring of support from many in the community for NCTV. NCTV is in dire financial straits and faces closure if substantial…