Naperville City Council Archives - Page 27 of 65

Special Census Could Provide Revenue Stream For City

By Watchdog Admin December 14, 2017Naperville City Council10 Comments

Naperville residents should prepare to get hammered by Naperville city officials when electric and water rates increase after the first of the year. The Naperville city council sees residents and…

City Council Kicking The Can Down The Road Again

By Watchdog Admin December 9, 2017Naperville City Council9 Comments

Dogs may be "man's best friend", but it appears the Naperville city council is not a best friend to a dog. When the Naperville city council had an opportunity to…

Naperville City Council Doesn’t Need A Referee … Yet

By Watchdog Admin December 7, 2017Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

There is no doubt that the Naperville city council has problems with it's seemingly inability to make timely decisions (puppy mills), and sucker-punching residents (surprise water rate increases), but as…

Naperville Councilman Krummen Has Right To Remain Silent, But Not The Ability

By Watchdog Admin December 3, 2017Naperville City Council4 Comments

A strange thing has happened over the last few months during city council meetings, councilwoman Patty Gustin is talking less, and Naperville councilman John Krummen has spectacularly filled the void.…

Naperville’s Director of Public Works In Over His Head

By Watchdog Admin November 30, 2017Naperville City Council4 Comments

It might be time for Naperville's Director of Public Works (Dick Dublinski) to take a long vacation or find another line of work. During the November 21 city council meeting…

Resident Haselhorst Speaks To Nine Empty City Council Seats

By Watchdog Admin November 26, 2017Naperville City Council3 Comments

The Naperville city council doesn't take too kindly to the public forum portion of city council meetings. Why should they? Typically city council members have already made up their minds…

Mayor Chirico Questions Leaf Pick-Up Process

By Watchdog Admin November 23, 2017Naperville City Council1 Comment

The third and final two-week leaf pick-up cycle ends tomorrow November 24. The good news is that the city made it through the cycle without snow fall. Now the race…

Naperville Residents And Kids Keeping Up The Image

By Watchdog Admin November 18, 2017Naperville City Council1 Comment

Is it just me, or did anybody else notice the common theme between two articles on the front page of Naperville's tenth council member (The Naperville Sun) last Friday? One…

Pedal Pubs Permitted Without Permit Or Pub

By Watchdog Admin November 16, 2017Naperville City Council4 Comments

When it comes to Naperville and liquor, there isn't too much that city officials have seen that they didn't like. Naperville and liquor are synonymous. So when a resident made…

Naperville City Officials Can’t Do Simple Math

By Watchdog Admin November 12, 2017Naperville City Council4 Comments

If you want to get Naperville city officials a useful Christmas gift this year, get them a little cheap calculator. The one I use is a Canon LS-80Z made in…

Naperville Councilman Krummen Having ‘Wicked’ Good Time On Taxpayers Dime

By Watchdog Admin November 9, 2017Naperville City Council4 Comments

Word leaked out last week, that Naperville's water utility miscalculated nearly everything possible creating a huge $3 million deficit in the water department's rate model used to determine water rates.…

One Leaf-Pick-Up Remaining

By Watchdog Admin November 5, 2017Naperville City Council4 Comments

I have lived in Naperville for almost 40 years, and for most of those years I never noticed the leaf pick-up process. There would be a pile of leaves in…

Halloween Works In Naperville Without An Ordinance

By Watchdog Admin November 2, 2017Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

Another uneventful Halloween has come and gone in Naperville without any need for an ordinance restricting the hours that Trick or Treaters can appear on your doorstep, banging on your…

Need To Cross The Street; Text An Uber

By Watchdog Admin October 29, 2017Naperville City CouncilNo Comments

Naperville city officials really like Naperville being ranked first. Not only first, but first at doing new things. It doesn't really matter what it is, as long as Naperville is…

Naperville Scores A First By Being Last

By Watchdog Admin October 26, 2017Naperville City Council5 Comments

Naperville has become accustomed to being ranked in Top-Ten lists, from schools, to libraries, to restaurants, to best places to live, etc. My personal favorite is Naperville ranking as "One…