It's not difficult to impeach a politician, considering impeachment is nothing more than an indictment; it's been said you can indict a sandwich. President Trump set a record by being…
If St. Anne, Illinois can have a successful Pumpkin Festival every year, why can't Naperville have a yearly Pot Festival! Think of the possibilities of transitioning from Family Friendly Naperville…
COVID has created a new activity for Naperville Electric Utility users; they can watch the little dials move around on their electric meters. Looks like some folks in Naperville are…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…