Mayor's Message | City of Darien

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

9/1/2022

The other evening I was working on my Sunday crossword while Cathy was watching “Celebrity Family Feud.”

There is more in us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will be unwilling to settle for less.

7/28/2022

I have noted in past Mayor’s Messages, that I spent my professional career in the field of education, as an instructor and administrator.

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.

7/21/2022

Imagine a four-year-old boy, his eight-year-old sister and their father going out every Wednesday evening to a Chicago Public Library to select two books each for their weekly reading.

I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that ...

4/21/2022

Have you ever been part of a conversation where someone brought up information regarding the city or another entity, and you think to yourself, “why didn’t I hear about that,” or “is that really true,” or “how did I miss that one?”

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

3/31/2022

Several weeks ago, I wrote a Mayor’s Message that began with a quote regarding “comfort” and “truth” and how one affects the other.