By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council members shared heart-felt stories and reflected on their experiences with the late alderman-at-large and the 58th mayor of Aurora, Robert (Bob) J. O’Connor, at the Tuesday, Sept. 27 Aurora City Council meeting. A moment of silence was held for O’Connor who received a
Speakers at a Tuesday, Sept. 27, press conference in Aurora on reproductive rights pose for a photo. From left are Rep. Katherine Clark, assistant speaker, House of Representatives; Congressman Sean Casten, D-6; and Jennifer Welch, president/CEO, Planned Parenthood of Illinois. Planned Parenthood’s Aurora health center hosted the presentation.
By John & Nisha Whitehead The U.S. government has become a master of deceit. It’s all documented, too. The government lies, cheats, steals, spies, kills, maims, enslaves, breaks the laws, overreaches its authority, and abuses its power at almost every turn and treats its citizens like faceless statistics and economic
By Peter Hancock State senator Emil Jones III has been charged in federal court with three criminal counts tied to his dealings with a redlight camera company. Jones, a Chicago Democrat, is the son of former Senate president Emil Jones Jr.. The younger Jones has served in the Senate since
State representative Keith Wheeler will be host to three casual meet-and-greets next week to have conversations with residents on state issues important to families here in the Fox Valley. He be in North Aurora, Bristol and Geneva to make it convenient for all to attend. Please feel welcome to stop
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council discussed attendance requirements for volunteer board members at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20. Eighth Ward alderwoman Patty Smith asked “Are we looking at the attendance records for all of our committees? All of our people?
By John & Nisha Whitehead “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” — Abraham Lincoln In the United States today, the government does whatever it wants, freedom be damned. “We
The DuPage County Board Tuesday, Sept. 13 approved chairman Dan Cronin’s appointment of Amy Phillips of Naperville to serve on the Board to fill a vacant seat in District 5. In nominating Phillips, Cronin highlighted her passion for helping people and accomplishing common goals. “Ms Phillips desires to work collaboratively,
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council honored volunteers of Aurora’s Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Tuesday, Sept. 13 at the Aurora City Council meeting as part of September’s National Preparedness Month. The event each September was created to raise awareness of the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that
League of Women Voters Aurora Area and Aurora Public Library will present Redistricting How Can We Do It Better from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the Aurora Santori Library, 101 S. River Street, Aurora. Many of us prefer to leave politics to the politicians, but we
City of Aurora government payroll staff members Alicia Alcaraz, Erin Milller, Araceli Zuniga
By John & Nisha Whitehead First came 9/11, which the government used to transform itself into a police state. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, which the police state used to test its lockdown powers. In light of the government’s tendency to exploit crises (legitimate or manufactured) and capitalize on the
By Jerry Nowicki The Illinois government Tuesday this week announced the award of the first electric vehicle manufacturing-targeted tax incentives made possible by a law signed by governor JB Pritzker last year. The incentives come from the Reimagining Electric Vehicles (REV) Act, which passed nearly unanimously and became law in
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council discussed results of the availability and disparity study performed by Griffin and Strong, P.C. at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, Sept. 6. City government of Aurora documents show by accepting the study and recommendations, staff members can
By Penny Panayiota DeligiannisAurora, Ill. We received an amazing telephone call from City Hall in Aurora, Ill.. In the State of Illinois, Aurora is the second largest city (Population: 177,070) after Chicago. With a unanimous vote, Aurora mayor Richard C. Irvin and the Aurora City Council officially have approved to
By John & Nisha Whitehead The American kleptocracy, a government ruled by thieves, continues to suck the American people down a rabbit hole into a parallel universe in which the U.S. Constitution is meaningless, the government is all-powerful, and the citizenry is powerless to defend itself against government agents who
By Peter Hancock Democratic Party governor JB Pritzker said Tuesday this week that abortion rights will be a central issue in the 2022 election, not just in his bid for reelection, but in races up and down the ballot. That includes races for Congress and the Illinois Supreme Court as
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council held a special meeting Monday, Aug. 29, to adopt a final ward map. During the City Council Meeting Tuesday, Aug. 23, the Aurora City Council deliberated on several options for potential new ward maps and voted unanimously to pass the redistricting ordinance by
Whether Mayor Richard Irvin’s run for the statehouse put Aurora on the map, a question asked by some, seems irrelevant on the heels of his third-place finish in the Illinois GOP primary. Admittedly, it was a tough loss for Irvin, the city’s first African American mayor. And it’s fair to
State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, is announcing that the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will be constructing more than $20 million in improvements to her community’s highway infrastructure. “People commuting to work, customers driving to local businesses, visitors coming in from out of town; Aurora’s highways play a huge role
