By Jerry Nowicki Any vaccinated Illinoisan will be automatically entered into a lottery for $10 million in prizes without having to take any extra steps to enter. Governor JB Pritzker announced the “all in for the win” vaccine lottery at an event in Chicago, noting it would award $7 million
By Ralph Padron Ralph Padron presented information at the June 17 Public Services Committee meeting of the Kane County Board that he gathered through FOIAs from eight surrounding counties’ clerks regarding the 2020 General Election. Padron’s report centered on examining Kane County and its surrounding counties’ ballot count integrity regarding
By Roger Eddy The Spring session of the Illinois General Assembly is history. At the beginning of the session, there was renewed hope that critical aspects of Illinois government might change. After all, for the first time in decades, the House had a new speaker. After nearly 40 years as
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Almost every tyranny being perpetrated by the U.S. government against the citizenry, purportedly to keep us safe and the nation secure, has come about as a result of some threat manufactured in one way or another by our own government. Think about it.
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, the City Council met in person for the first time since March 2020. Mayor Richard Irvin expressed appreciation for two City employees who are retiring soon. Chief Community Services officer Dan Barreiro will retire June 18
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “When you upload your DNA, you’re potentially becoming a genetic informant on the rest of your family.” — Law professor Elizabeth Joh Guilt by association has taken on new connotations in the technological age. All of those fascinating, genealogical, searches that allow you
By Jason Crane The Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, lasted only a little more than 25 minutes but was packed with anticipation for several events this weekend. Communications director Clayton Muhammad presented information about Activate Aurora, grand re-opening weekend with three ribbon-cutting
The City of Naperville government, along with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA), was host to a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, June 4 to formally unveil its new solar energy system at the Springbrook Water Treatment Facility, 3712 Plainfield-Naperville Road. Its more than 3,000-panel solar energy system, a testament to
Chief of Police Robert Marshall has announced his retirement from the Naperville Police Department effective July 2. This announcement marks the culmination of the Chief’s 44-year career with the city government of Naperville, seven of which were spent in the City Manager’s office. Marshall has served as Naperville’s police chief
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead We’re being spied on by a domestic army of government snitches, spies, and techno-warriors. This government of Peeping Toms is watching everything we do, reading everything we write, listening to everything we say, and monitoring everything we spend. Beware of what you say,
By Bela “Bill’ SuhaydaAurora President Joe Biden promised us he would “Build Back Better!” “The Green New Deal” was going to be about green in our pockets, clean energy, and more ice at the North Pole. But, don’t ask about the solar collectors’ bringing us sunlight energy. You shouldn’t know
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council discussed how to handle an ordinance amending Chapters 2 and 9 of the City of Aurora Code of Ordinances pertaining to the sale of pets within the
Democratic Party map-makers in Springfield have crafted new legislative district lines that are so laughably offensive to the Illinois Constitution that the State Supreme Court either will have to reject them outright, or, confirm the Court’s reputation for partisan political corruptness. You decide this one for yourselves, readers. The State
U.S. congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) addressed the State House to honor the dedication to science of Jennifer Lauermann (Aurora University alum, Lisle resident) and her fifth grade class at Pleasantville Middle School in Burr Ridge. Ms Lauermann’s class spent the last school year studying rocks. They met with geologists and
State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, issued the following statement upon the General Assembly’s adjournment of the Spring legislative session this week: “Earlier this year, we underwent a refreshing, long-sought-after change to House leadership as my colleagues and I came together to elect a new speaker of the House, Emanuel “Chris”
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead If you’re nervous about traffic stops, you have every reason to be nervous. Trying to predict the outcome of any encounter with the police is a bit like playing Russian roulette: Most of the time you will emerge relatively unscathed, although decidedly poorer
The first installment of the Kane County Real Estate Tax is due June 1, and the second installment will be due on, or, before September 1. The Kane County Treasurer’s Office is open to our residents. Taxpayers are encouraged to make payments in the following methods: • Recommended, online at
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council honored several individuals for their work and awards received. Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman was one of three 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award winners from American Association of Community Colleges
Have you noticed the current interest in unidentified flying objects (UFO) sightings? They’ve been getting a great deal of press lately since secret military videos have been leaked or released. Some documented UFO sightings have been in our area in the not-to-distant past. Over Aurora, we’ve had five orange, fireball-type
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “There is now the capacity to make tyranny total in America.” -James Bamford It never fails. Just as we get a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, there might be a chance of crawling out of this totalitarian cesspool in which we’ve
