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How About A Standing Ovation For Naperville Councilman Kevin Coyne

By Watchdog Admin February 23, 2019Naperville City Council1 Comment

It seems whenever a Naperville city official, other than Mayor Steve Chirico, is needed to take a strong, assertive, stand on a controversial issue, it's Naperville city councilman Kevin Coyne.…

Caylor Steps Up To Challenge Chirico For Mayoral Election

By Watchdog Admin February 16, 2019Naperville City Council4 Comments

It's not easy defeating an incumbent, even an incompetent incumbent, but it's especially difficult to defeat a successful, competent incumbent. That's the position Richard 'Rocky' Caylor finds himself in, trying…

Stampede Of Candidates For Naperville City Council Election

By Watchdog Admin February 9, 2019Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

Not counting the mayoral election, there will be 11 candidates running for four open positions on the Naperville city council. That means 7 of the 11 will lose and finish…

Naperville City Officials Hoping Snow Melts Very Slowly

By Watchdog Admin February 2, 2019Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

We made it through the record-setting polar vortex, now all we have to do is make it through the thaw. Naperville city officials are hoping it takes until July to…

Rather Than Face Defeat, Naperville Councilwomen Choose Not To Run For Re-election

By Watchdog Admin January 26, 2019Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

Sometimes the key to success is knowing when to give up and quit. At some point hanging in there and continuing on, makes you look like an even bigger loser.…

Final Score: Henderson, Nevada 1, Naperville City Officials 0

By Watchdog Admin January 20, 2019Naperville City Council1 Comment

Oops, Naperville city officials got caught again. This time the City of Henderson, Nevada outed Naperville city officials by threatening a trademark infringement lawsuit for using the term 'Water Street…

Naperville’s Citizen Police Academy

By Watchdog Admin January 12, 2019Naperville City Council3 Comments

I learned rather early in life that I wasn't made for hard, physical work. All it took was one long hot day of baling hay by hand in a t-shirt.…

Naperville Police Department, Mission, Values, Initiatives, And Critical Issues

By Watchdog Admin January 6, 2019Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

We can thank Sir Robert Peel (1788 - 1850), considered the father of modern policing, for creating the foundation for today's police departments. In 1829 Peel established the Metropolitan Police…

Naperville Police Department; Naperville’s Best Budget Investment

By Watchdog Admin December 23, 2018Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

There was a time when everybody in Naperville knew Robert Worthel, in fact, his name is prominently displayed just outside of the Naperville Police Department, along with the names of…

It’s Time To Recycle Naperville’s Recycling Bins

By Watchdog Admin December 15, 2018Naperville City Council3 Comments

Nine days remaining until Christmas day, which means in ten days the garbage and recycling trucks will be in high gear gathering everything we don't want, including boxes, boxes, and…

Naperville’s Traffic Signal Light Defenders

By Watchdog Admin December 9, 2018Naperville City Council1 Comment

The definition of 'serendipity' is 'the occurrence and development of events by chance in a beneficial way', or simply stated 'a stroke of luck'. Naperville city officials might want to…

Can Naperville’s Drain Defenders Rescue City Officials

By Watchdog Admin December 2, 2018Naperville City Council1 Comment

It's been said that given a sufficient amount of time anything that can happen will happen. It didn't take long for it to happen in Naperville. November 25th, the day…

Solving Naperville’s Problems, Simply Adjust The Norms

By Watchdog Admin November 25, 2018Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

Why does the Naperville city council wrestle with problems? Why don't they just apply Occam's razor, and also simply adjust the norms. Occam's razor is the problem-solving principle that the…

Naperville, Out With Natural Evergreen Christmas Tree, In With Polyvinyl

By Watchdog Admin November 18, 2018Naperville City Council2 Comments

OK kids, let's take hot cocoa drinks and homemade cookies, to downtown Naperville and sing Christmas carols around the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) Christmas tree. No more live Christmas tree in…

Who And What Are Naperville City Officials

By Watchdog Admin November 11, 2018Naperville City Council1 Comment

Naperville city officials are always saying something. Here are some recent comments from city officials: "Naperville city officials have ID'd clogged drains as a major cause of roadway flooding." "City…