They Said It, Are They Doing It
Running for office and getting elected can be easy, simply tell people what they want to hear, whether it's true or not. Getting re-elected can be easier, especially if the…
Here We Go Again, H2O 2.0 Project
It was about a decade ago when Naperville city officials were bullying Naperville residents with the forced installation of so-called Smart Meters. City officials tried just about every devious method…
Campaign Promises Can Make Or Break Council Members
Making promises or commitments while campaigning for election can help candidates get elected, however those same promises and commitments can lead to defeat when running for re-election. Candidates try to…
To Recuse Or Not To Recuse, That Is The Question
The definition of 'recuse' is to excuse oneself from a case because of potential conflict of interest or lack of partiality. The issue to recuse, or not to recuse is…
Naperville’s Chicago-Style Politics
Naperville has an emergency. It's not a spiking crime wave, or speeding vehicles, or J-walking; it's not even overdue books at the library. It's something far worse than any of…
More Unanswered Questions
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HraaYH-sJBI Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in the 1987 movie 'Wall Street'. Fast forward 34 years to this Tuesday in Naperville when the Naperville city council will be deciding whether…
Questions Unanswered
Most cities don't have the luxury of dedicating dollars for artwork. Not only does Naperville have the dollars available to do so, they also have the ability to triple the…
Power Outage Or Cyberattack
Did anybody notice the state's largest independent physician group, the DuPage Medical Group, suffered what they called a 'power outage' July 13th, which experts more commonly call a cyberattack. Calling…
Conflict Of Interest
Considering all the problems in the world, the country, and the state, if Naperville's biggest problem is artwork on the Century Walk, then we must be in pretty good shape…
Naperville’s Next Police Chief
It's been 16 days since Naperville's police chief, Bob Marshall, retired and all seems to be good in Naperville. No riots, no crime spike, no chaos, no bedlam no kerfuffles,…
Good Old Boys Club In Naperville Part Two
It's not just 'boys', and it's not really 'old' and it's definitely not 'good', but it is a club, that likes to recycle former city officials and bring them back…
245 And Counting
As we celebrate this 4th of July and our country's 245th birthday from 1776 through 2021, those who fought for our independence from Great Britain, paid an enormous price in…
Naperville Police Chief To Retire
Naperville police Chief Robert Marshall will retire this Friday July 2nd after 44 years with the city of Naperville, including 37 years in the police department. That's a long time…
‘Good Old Boys Club’ Alive And Well In Naperville
There are nine city council members in Naperville, with the mayor being one of the nine. Three responsibilities separate the mayor from the other eight; 1) the mayor leads the…
City Of Naperville’s Family Is Growing
The City of Naperville has another Sister City. It's the beautiful Caribbean coastal city of Cancun, Mexico. Naperville has two other other sister cities, Nitra, Slovakia (1993), and Patzcuaro, Mexico…