There are few worse tragedies than ones that come about by our own hands. New York City has seen more than her share of tragedies, of all sorts, and so-called urban renewal has been one of them. These experiments are mostly over for major cities, but the impulse behind them still persists, plaguing others as…
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Business, City
Tenure as Curse and Code
by JOHN ADAMS •
Generally, a long tenure in a job or office is a bad thing – too much time in one place, without enough exposure to other people and practices. It’s a stagnant pool, as against the more vigorous environs of rushing waters. Most people see this, and understand this, easily. They move willingly from one position…
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Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters’ Presentation on Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law
by JOHN ADAMS •
Beautiful Whitewater, City
Tomorrow
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Beautiful Whitewater, City
Two Days
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Beautiful Whitewater, City
Three Days
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Four Days
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Six Days
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Seven Days
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Beautiful Whitewater, City
Seven Days, Twenty-Three Hours
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s a press release with more info on the October 1st Pork in the Park event at the Cravath lakefront. The release – with info on the day’s happenings – can be enlarged or printed from the link immediately below the embedded image. Please note that some events begin before the regular 10 a.m. start…
City, Economy, Planning, Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s median income plunged over the last decade
by JOHN ADAMS •
Shocking, and proof of infuriating, disgraceful political failure. Down 14.5%, far worse than the American average (itself an unwelcome decline). Of what use were so many grand, much-touted state and municipal projects? One Next Big Thing after another, and all of them doing nothing to prevent a double-digit decline in common people’s incomes. Every big-talking…
City, Innovation Center/Tech Park
The Innovation Center, Virtual and Real
by JOHN ADAMS •
Every exercise in puffery about the taxpayer-funded Innovation Center is an opportunity to demonstrate how wasteful the project really is. The gentlemen behind the project would do better to say nothing about it than to hype it yet again, but that they cannot do: insisting on the grandeur of that empty effort is who they…
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Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters September 2011 Newsletter
by JOHN ADAMS •
The Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters’ September 2011 Newsletter is out, with articles and a calendar of upcoming LWV events. The latest copy of the LWV newsletter is available as a link on my blogroll, and is embedded below, with coding through Google. Upcoming events: Date: September 10th (Saturday) Event: Whitewater Area LWV Board Meeting…
Beautiful Whitewater, Charity, City
Thursday, August 25th: Relay for Life Fundraiser at Jessica’s Family Restaurant
by JOHN ADAMS •
Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., during Jessica’s Family Restaurant’s grand re-opening, there will be a fundraiser for Relay for Life. Five percent of all proceeds will be donated to Whitewater’s Relay for Life. Among the many offerings will be a prime rib dinner for only $9.95, and there will be both raffle prizes…