Naperville City Council’s ‘Final Four’
Naperville City Council’s ‘Final Four’. The results are in for the Naperville City Council pre-election voting and when all the dust settled four candidates were selected as the top four…
It’s a New Day and a New Choice for the Mayor of Naperville
It’s a New Day and a New Choice for Mayor of Naperville The Watchdog voting results are in for the Naperville Mayoral race between incumbent Mayor George Pradel, and councilmen…
Q & A with the Watchdog (part 3)
This is our third of a three-part series of questions and comments to the Watchdogs along with our responses. We thank you for your submissions. We encourage you to continue…
Setting the Record Straight and Out of Control
Part of the Mission Statement for City Council Watchdog is to ‘promote awareness of local issues among Naperville citizen-voters’. Occasionally we need to be ‘set straight’ by our readers. It…
Q and A with the Watchdog (part 2)
Continuing our three part series of posting ten reader’s questions to the Watchdogs, we will also be posting more questions and answers on March 23rd. Thank you to those who…
Naperville City Council saved by the bell
If the open forum portion of the Naperville City Council meeting held March 1, 2011 would have been a heavy weight boxing match, it would have been a victory by…
Q and A with the Watchdog (part 1)
We had a great response regarding our request for reader’s questions. Some we responded to individually via email. Other questions were similar in content, so we took the liberty to…
Is the Smart Grid really smart?
The Tuesday February 15th City Council meeting had some interesting moments including Councilman Boyajian thinking it was Roll Call, when in fact his name was called for a vote. Another…
Referendums, mandates and landslides
It’s been 100 days since the November 2, 2010 elections when two referendums were overwhelming approved by Naperville citizens; one for term limits for city council members and the Mayor,…
From 41 minutes to 48 hours.
From 41 minutes to 48 hours Let’s give credit where credit is due; the City Council did not cancel the Tuesday Feb 1st meeting. They could have because it was…
Slip sliding away.
Slip sliding away. Is it any wonder why in the short span of a couple of years Naperville has gone from being ranked the second best city to live in…
Something new and something old
Something new and something old. Now here is something new and something old at the same time. The January 18th meeting of the City Council could have surprised all in…
Who’s watching the City Council watch us?
Who’s watching the City Council watch us? We are seeing watchful eyes at both the Federal and State levels of government; however at the local levels of government the misuse…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Naperville City Council meeting on Tuesday January 4th showed both the best and the worst aspects of local government leadership. In a group of 11 people (8 council members,…
Who works for whom?
Attending a Tuesday evening City Council meeting is an eye opener, and I mean that literally. Your peripheral vision allows you to see what you can’t see when viewing the…