Naperville Council Members Need To Put Some Skin In Utility Rates Game
It seems too easy for Naperville city council members to raise electric and water rates. All it takes is a city council meeting, where they talk endlessly about the perceived…
A Race Between Skyrocketing Electric Rates And Water Rates In Naperville
Hold on to your water faucets and spigots; water rates are going up again in Naperville. Naperville city officials are keeping residents busy running back and forth between their electric…
Naperville’s Fuller Brush Collection
The new administration in Washington, D.C. is thinking and operating more and more like a lean, mean, corporation focusing on expense and efficiency striving for better results, and it appears…
Naperville A Sanctuary City? Councilwoman Becky Anderson Would ‘Welcome All’
Sooner or later it had to happen, the idea of Naperville as a sanctuary city. It's been circling around the city like a beat-up, nasty, ping pong ball circling in…
Naperville’s Quick Response To Resident
The last time we saw Naperville resident, Mr. Ron Keller (February 7) , he was pleading his case in front of the Naperville city council regarding the high cost of…
Eight Naperville City Council Candidates For Four Open Seats
In just 44 days we will know which four of the eight Naperville city council candidates will transition from being a candidate to becoming a member of the Naperville city…
Downtown Naperville, It’s Pedestrians Vs. Vehicles
Have you ever noticed, when you're driving in downtown Naperville, you're dealing with idiot pedestrians, but then if you're lucky enough to find a place to park, you become a…
Naperville Sucker-Punches Residents Again With Electric Rate Increase
It's like an earthquake with constant after-shocks. A horrible decision by Naperville city officials to enter into an agreement as a member of the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA) in…
Naperville, Bee Hive Capital Of The World
They said it couldn't happen, and it did. The Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Then just six days later, something else that couldn't happen happened; Trump was elected President.…
Doubtful That Annexation Referendum Will Be On Ballot
It looks like the battle of four mayors against one resident will be won by the politicians, with a little help from the court system. This comes as no surprise.…
Naperville Survey, One Glaring Question Not Asked
The results from the City of Naperville's Survey Report, have been gathered, totaled, certified, and now available in a 143 page report. It comprises almost everything you would want to…
Naperville Ranks High And Low In Separate Lists
It seems that when the temperature rises, kerfuffles and dust-ups, typically liquor-fueled also increase in downtown Naperville. It happened during the very early hours of January 21 near Bar Louie,…
Naperville City Officials Well-Insulated From Criticism
Naperville city officials are well-insulated from criticism, negative comments, and journalistic investigations, which gives officials free reign to do as they want. If you look on the city website there…
DuPage Water Commission’s ‘Forgotten Man’
Just when you think you have seen the last of him, he pops up again, like gum on your shoe on a hot August day. I'm referring to Naperville's ex-councilman…
Watchdog Responds To Naperville’s 10th Council Person
Naperville's local newspaper (Naperville Sun), also known as Naperville's 10th council person, ran an editorial in last Sunday's January 15 edition, "Talk of merging towns is just silly" in which…