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'.…
With the recent approval of Naperville's first-ever municipal sales tax, the city still still finds itself with a $1.8 million budget deficit. Part of the 'deal' with residents was that…
In spite of what you may have heard, based on a council member's comment, Naperville is not a sanctuary city, a term for some cities that have policies or laws…
Seldom do Watchdog postings not get some type of response from readers, either in the form of comments on the postings or emails about the postings. With 370 postings, including…
Have you ever realized that something in your home has been there for so long, that you don't even know it's there. And then one day you ask your wife…
When new government programs get hatched, they have a way of sounding exciting. City officials are there with their shovels to break ground, podiums are in place for speeches, and…