The busiest department at Naperville's city hall must be the legal department. It seems like city officials are trying to fend off one lawsuit after another. You would think they…
It would be difficult to argue against the idea that anybody can sue anybody for anything. My neighbor could sue me for driving a 1990 Volvo because it was made…
Keeping it simple is something you may hear at the Naperville Municipal Center (City Hall), but when it comes to experiencing it, it's a totally different story. Government tends to…
It's that time of the year again, when Naperville city department heads present their requests for capital expenditures to the Naperville city council. The process is very similar to kids…
The City of Naperville began the third and final two-week cycle of picking up leaves last Monday November 16. Residents were diligently and hastily raking and blowing their leaves into…
Sometimes it's all about the timing. Just as a report, by online media 24/7 Wall Street LLC, was being released showing that Naperville, along with Elgin and Chicago have the…
It's always more fun spending than trying to figure how to spend less. Governments tend to excel at spending, and fail miserably at cutting expense. Naperville city officials…
Naperville city officials are still searching for possible cuts in expenditures in order to cover the $1.8 million budget deficit. So far the only cut mentioned was outlined by Naperville…
It was just a little over three years ago that the City of Naperville's online network was hacked. So what exactly have city officials learned from the embarrassing experience and…
It's official. If you would like to use a meeting room at the Naperville Municipal Center, you'd better bring cold hard cash, your checkbook, credit card or a bunch of…
Naperville city officials have been playing with liquor ordinances and policy for years, tweaking it here and there, making it more and more confusing, while making liquor more and more…
Last weekend was my weekend to gather leaves around my home and rake them into the street at curbside. I take this chore as a personal challenge. As my dad…
It's budget time in Naperville, which means it's crunch time for the Naperville city council which means it's time for residents to get crunched by city officials. Naperville city manager,…
Brain teaser. Can you use the following words in a seven-word sentence: deduct, defense, defeat, and detail? Time is up. The answer is, 'Deduct jumped over defense defeat before detail'.…