Supreme Court Ruling Could Affect Naperville’s #1 Issue
There is often a disconnect between what officials view as their community’s number one issue and what residents view as their number one issues. Officials think it’s taxes, or crime,…
Campaign Phone Polling Already?
Last week, many Naperville residents received political polling phone calls and texts on matters relating to the next April local election. This is somewhat remarkable given that the election is…
Council Field Expands…Two Now Declared
Jennifer Taylor announced on social media that she will seek re-election to City Council…bringing the known field of council candidates to two. Bansal’s campaign kicked off tonight with an event…
Do People Know Any Councilman Can Motion for a Ceasefire
Residents continue to come to City Hall and demand a Ceasefire in Gaza resolution be passed by Naperville. This has been going on for months now - and to the…
Council’s Tax Free Caucus Open Their Wallets…Finally
In the home stretch of the last municipal election news broke that both Councilman White and Councilman Holzhauer had filed paperwork that exempted their homes from real estate taxes. The…
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…