Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 76. Sunrise is 6:42 AM and sunset 6:51 PM for 12h 08m 45s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 47.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released…
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Daily Bread for 9.21.23: What’s Left of Old Whitewater’s Politicians Put Past Practice Ahead of Principle or Reason
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
Catspaw, CDA, City, Common Council, Conflicts of Interest, Council Leadership, Daily Bread, Entitlement, Foul Pursuits, Hubris, Local Government, Low Standards, Regulatory Capture, Self-Dealing, Sycophancy, Tantrums, That Which Paved the Way, Unfit
Daily Bread for 9.19.23: There’s a Reason Some Local Politicians Have No Platform
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
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Daily Bread for 9.13.23: Who Holds the Leash?
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
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Daily Bread for 9.4.23: Labor Day 2023
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Bad Ideas, CDA, City, Daily Bread, Housing, Hubris, Regulatory Capture, Special Interests
Daily Bread for 6.14.23: The Proposal to Use Whitewater’s $1.9 Million Single-Family Housing Fund to Subsidize Landlords and Non-Occupant Investors
by JOHN ADAMS • • 8 Comments
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Daily Bread for 5.17.23: The Great Recession Returns (But Then, It Never Left)
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
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Daily Bread for 2.23.23: The Businessmen Who Won’t Let Go (with Whitewater Versions)
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 37. Sunrise is 6:38 AM and sunset 5:37 PM for 10h 58m 34s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 14.1% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. (At four o’clock, the City of Whitewater will…
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Daily Bread for 1.27.23: Whitewater’s Other ‘Big Dark’
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
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Daily Bread for 10.10.22: He Won’t Divest — He’ll Only Say He Has
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 67. Sunrise is 7:03 AM and sunset 6:19 PM for 11h 16m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1492, the crew of Christopher…
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Daily Bread for 9.28.22: Local and National Views of Child Poverty
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
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Daily Bread for 9.6.22: The Boosters’ Big Capital but Small Society
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with high of 76. Sunrise is 6:25 AM and sunset 7:19 PM for 12h 53m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 79.9% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1803, British scientist John…
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Daily Bread for 9.5.22: The Grandiose
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Labor Day in Whitewater will be party sunny with high of 74. Sunrise is 6:24 AM and sunset 7:21 PM for 12h 56m 42s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 69.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1942, the Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major…
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Daily Bread for 7.19.22: Individual and Household Well-Being
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 89. Sunrise is 5:34 AM and sunset 8:28 PM for 14h 53m 39s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 61.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1903, Maurice Garin wins…