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Assistant City Manager Robert Marshall has been chosen as the new Naperville Police Chief.

The teacher pension system in Illinois isn't broke--yet. There are serious concerns about the system's viability and whether or not it can meet its obligations, especially to younger teachers.

What should we do to solve the problem?

Looks like you'd better. A car burglary ring, referred to as "The Felony Lane Gang" might be operating in town again. Their method of operation involves breaking into vehicles and stealing property. The gang is using information from stolen purses for the purpose of identity theft.
The thefts can occur anywhere anytime. Police Sergeant Gregg Bell advises, "the only way to prevent yourself from being victimized by this group of criminals is to not leave your purse in the car. Remember: these are career criminals who make a living by stealing from others."

Not just national but local. Bill Foster has $994,000 raised so far in his bid to get back to congress. Judy Biggert has $1.2 million raised in order to stay there.
Obana strategist David Axelrod told an audience at Benedictine University, "Frankly, my biggest concern is this proliferation of money in politics." He noted that political action committees are poised to spend $750 million through the November elections.
Bill Mego in a recent column, talks of voting machine trustworthiness and an effort to get Naperville on board with amending the Constitution so only natural citizens and not "associations of citizens," i.e. companies, have First Amendment rights.
Agree? Disagree? What should we do? What can we do?

Plans for a fertility clinic in downtown Naperville hit an unexpected snag when community members came out to protest the clinic. Citing moral objections and questioning the location people have spoken up and written to the Sun against the project. The City Council is addressing the issue again.
Columnist Mark Brown, a parent of children through in vitro fertilization, has weighed in.
He's surprised by the sudden opposition to such a clinic and relates in a second column how the threatened protests might be the first such effort of their kind.
What's your take?

The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010, is under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices may throw out part, or all of the act as unconstitutional. Or it may stand. Edward Hospital officials have weighed in on the issue.
What are your thoughts?
The majority of Americans favor some changes to health care. What shall we do? What about health care in America needs fixing?

Mayor A. George Pradel gave his 17th annual address on the State of the City of Naperville and things, according to him, are in good shape.
Pradel cited things like redevelopment projects, an increase in income from local sales taxes and saving money on road salt and snow plowing, as things that are positive about the city.
"People are attracted to Naperville, because they get the best value for their tax dollar," he said.
The question is how do you feel about the state of the city? What's good? What needs improvement? What's bad?
Share your thoughts.

They didn't expect a big crowd. Sponsors of a forum on heroin reserved a room the library that was too small to accommodate the hundreds of people who came out to hear the presentation on heroin in Naperville.
Between the young people who have died or the arrest of those selling the drug, the issue is starting to resonate in the community. In fact, the south end of Naperville has been called "ground zero" in the fight against heroin. The issue does center on south Naperville but the drug plays no favorites, as has been said.
How big an issue is it in your neighborhood?
Did you attend the forum? Should there be more?
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