Park District: August 2008 Archives

Ray McGury -- Bolingbrook police chief and a 20-year veteran of the Naperville Police Department -- met with the Naperville Park District board Tuesday night behind closed doors to discuss the vacant executive director position.

He says he could remove the revolving door that has characterized the top administrative post in the Park District for much of the past decade.

On the heels of the Daniel Betts' ridiculously short tenure as parks chief, could McGury be the one to return stability to the Park District? Why did the park board pass over McGury a few months ago when it hired Betts? How do you think Ray McGury would do as Park District executive director?

UPDATE 8/28: The park board has hired Ray McGury to be executive director.

There are just too many good stories in the paper today, I couldn't decide on a topic for this thread. We have the wonderful, charming story about Naperville's world-famous paleontologist, Paul Sereno, thanking his fifth-grade teacher for influencing him. Daniel Betts has resigned as director of the Naperville Park District. Then there is the tragic story we have exclusively today about two troops, a Marine and a soldier, from Naperville who have been killed while fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

So feel free to comment on those stories, or any other story in the paper, or take this opportunity to comment about any Naperville-related topic at all. Or, you can suggest a topic that you think the editors should start a thread about.