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Last Naperville City Council Member Sitting

By Watchdog Admin January 11, 2020Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

Now that Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and other holidays are over, it's time to get back to what's important; competition, sports, and game-changers. The college football championship between LSU and…

Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico Takes A Bold Stand On Mission Statement

By Watchdog Admin January 4, 2020Naperville City Council1 Comment

Welcome, not only to a new year, but also a new decade. Five days into a new decade and the Naperville city council has yet to make a bad decision;…

Naperville Fast Tracks New Mission Statement

By Watchdog Admin December 28, 2019Naperville City Council1 Comment

To no one's surprise, Naperville city officials decided to update and fast track its Mission Statement to highlight inclusiveness and diversity as values. This was brought about by recent negative…

Councilwoman Brodhead’s Solution Is Buy Tiny Cars

By Watchdog Admin December 21, 2019Naperville City Council1 Comment

If you want to get something done in Naperville, just find one person to complain about it, and the city council is more than willing to use heavy handed methods…

Let’s Cut Back On Useless Work

By Watchdog Admin December 14, 2019Naperville City Council8 Comments

Kudos to the Naperville city council for cutting back on expenses. The council continues to make valiant efforts to find ways to trim expense. There are only so many ways…

Naperville City Council Losing MVP

By Watchdog Admin December 7, 2019Naperville City Council1 Comment

Michael Jordan, Ernie Banks, Walter Payton; all MVP's, all gone, but still the best at what they did. It doesn't mean they weren't replaced, they were, But the results of…

What Happens In Closed Session

By Watchdog Admin December 1, 2019Naperville City Council1 Comment

Have you noticed that sometimes Naperville city council meeting agendas list "Closed Session" prior to the regular open session meeting. 'Closed', why does it have to be closed? What goes…

Will Naperville City Council Support Police And Fire Departments

By Watchdog Admin November 23, 2019Naperville City Council5 Comments

Naperville's 2020 budget proposal ($491.7 million) will be about 9% higher than the 2019 budget ($451.4 million). With a $40 million increase in spending, city staff projects the property tax…

Naperville City Council Needs Huge Chiropractic Adjustment

By Watchdog Admin November 17, 2019Naperville City Council3 Comments

Imagine you and your family want to build a new home on a very nice piece of property. You have a very good home builder and all you need to…

Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico On A Losing Streak

By Watchdog Admin November 9, 2019Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

What do the Chicago Bears, Houston Astros and Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico have in common? They all have lost four in a row. The Bears have lost their last four…

Naperville City Council Rejects Occam’s Razor

By Watchdog Admin November 3, 2019Naperville City Council3 Comments

The Naperville city council voted to deny the sale of recreational marijuana, however they kept the door open by supporting a non-binding referendum allowing residents to vote their preference. All…

Naperville’s Burning Issue Could Be Pot Of Gold

By Watchdog Admin October 26, 2019Naperville City Council10 Comments

The Naperville city council has done a lot of listening and talking about selling recreational marijuana within city limits and they are not done yet. Though the council voted 6…

Naperville’s Rogue City Council Member

By Watchdog Admin October 20, 2019Naperville City Council8 Comments

Naperville has had its share of city council members that have said unusual things with odd requests, however the City may have the beginnings of its first rogue council member,…

Representative Grant Wehrli, The Man, The Myth, The Legend…In His Own Mind

By Watchdog Admin October 12, 2019Naperville City Council5 Comments

It's that time of the political cycle again, pre-election, when politicians pop-up their heads like whack-a-mole, hoping to secure enough votes to get re-elected. The current mole to pop-up in…

Naperville City Council, Year 2039

By Watchdog Admin October 5, 2019Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

Quick, name two Naperville city council members in 1999. O.K, so you got former Naperville Mayor George Pradel correct, but you're drawing a blank on a second council member? Twenty…