Naperville plummets from #3 to #53
Recently Money Magazine listed the top 'Best Places' to live, and Naperville ranked #53. That sounds good unless you are one of the 52 cities ranked better than Naperville. Additionally…
Q and A with the Watchdog (part 6)
Q. Why do you think the Naperville city council wants a 'do over' vote for districts, and why wouldn't they want a 'do over' vote for term limits? …
Naperville’s population growth is stagnant
Suppose you are fortunate enough to have a job, and let's say that you're earning $142,051 per year and it's annual review time. The boss calls you into his or…
Naperville city officials wasting tax dollars again.
One would think by the actions of the Naperville city council, that the city was overflowing with extra dollars to simply give away for pet projects of the council. As…
Naperville resident winning class-action lawsuit against city of Naperville.
How many times does the city of Naperville have to get hauled into court by Naperville residents and told by the court to 'shape up and get their act…
Attorney General’s office cites Naperville Electoral Board on violations.
The Naperville Electoral Board consisting of Mayor Pradel, councilman Doug Krause, and city clerk Pam LeFeber said they didn't do it. The city attorney, Margo Ely adviser to the board,…
What was Naperville councilman Fieseler thinking
When you find yourself digging a hole and you're in it, the first thing most people would do is stop digging, but that's not Naperville councilman Bob Fieseler did at…
Naperville city council: A job with no description.
How many jobs do you know that have no 'job description'? It seems that every job has some type of description; something defining what the goal or purpose is, or…
Naperville councilman “Not lovin’ it”
Imagine going to a movie and leaving 15 minutes before the movie ends, or attending a baseball game and leaving in the 8th inning, or reading a book and stopping…
Vote was fair and square….but,
If you think I'm referring to Smart Meters, that would be incorrect, since the Naperville city council would not allow the vote to occur. However the informal vote still stands…
Blame it on the Smart Meters.
Let's begin by saying that I am one of many Naperville citizens who strongly believe that Smart Meters are not really that smart. In fact, for me it was…
Let’s swap city councils.
Have you ever noticed that there is a southern way of doing things, and then there is a big city influence way of doing things? Let’s take for example Keller,…
Naperville citizens are awake, but is the city council?
While more and more Naperville citizens are awakening to local government mis-management, most members of the Naperville city council, along with the city manager continue to doze. Tax dollars are…
The Forgotten Man
What happens at the Federal level happens at the State level, and it happens at the local level, including over spending, the expansion of government, and denying citizens the opportunity…
Does Naperville really need nine city council members?
I ran some errands last Tuesday and everywhere I went, I noticed cutbacks. The Volvo dealership no longer had coffee in the waiting area, the restaurant had fewer bananas in…