PSA: The Watchdog Takes a Bite Out of Trolls
PSA: The Watchdog blocks fake profiles or what appear to be fake names. We make some exceptions for those who make substantive comments through such accounts. Generally speaking, anonymous trolls…
Liberal Group Calls Conservative Group Hateful…Yawn
The radically far Left activist group named the Southern Poverty Law Center just published a list of nearly 1,000 groups it self-defines as “hate groups”. It included the Naperville-based Awake…
Council Election 2025 Begins!
We already have one candidate who has stepped up to enter the 2025 Naperville City Council election….Meghna Bansal is entering the field and over the weekend announced her campaign kickoff…
Naperville Settlement Summer Events Draw Everyone Except Councilmen
The Watchdog had the opportunity to check out the most recent rendition of Naperville Settlement’s summer concert series this weekend. It was fantastic. A large, happy crowd enjoying excellent music…
Naperville Loses its Ribs and a Whole Lot More
Naperville’s Ribfest actually had been gone from Naperville for a spell … a few years ago now. While it left for Romeoville, it had kept Naperville in the name as…
Should Naperville Throw NCTV a Lifeline
At the last council meeting, the City heard an outpouring of support from many in the community for NCTV. NCTV is in dire financial straits and faces closure if substantial…
Jaiswal Looks for a Mulligan
Nag Jaiswal, in a fairly short period of time, has drawn a lot of attention to himself. While new to the Naperville scene, he already has run for office twice.…
A Fight That Was Not Worthwhile
If it was your time and money at issue, would you risk an expensive, high profile lawsuit, and sweeping financial exposure over a used pair of $100 iPods? Well that’s…
Bailout Frenzy Comes to Naperville
During the housing crash, America bailed out many of the banks and institutions who caused the crash. During COVID, America unloaded billions in forgivable PPP loans in a completely reckless…
Naperville: Lead Statewide or Prolong Ruination
At the last council meeting, it was unearthed that three councilmen advised City Manager Krieger that they did not support a letter going from the City to State leaders that…
Nichols Library Parking Lot: A 1st World Problem
For a solid 20 plus years now, local leaders have heard complaints about the very busy Nichols Library parking lot and whether or not a parking garage should be built…
Naperville TopGolf: Beyond Thunderdome
This weekend Naperville police reeled in yet another gun arrest…19 in all since last September. A shocking number….that’s a felony gun arrest every two weeks over a 9 month period.…
Does Anyone Have $5 Million to Spare
To the outrage of a great many suburban mayors, Governor Pritzker announced that he will seek to end the “Food Tax”. This tax has been an enormous source of revenue…
Council Embarrasses Itself
Today Naperville held its annual State of the City address. As has been the case for many years, it was very well done. It was a great opportunity for City…
The Canvassers Are Coming!
This morning the League of Women Voters put out a statement that canvassers were going door to door to collect signatures to place a binding referenda on the November ballot…