There’s a paragraph from the Whitewater city manager’s Weekly Report for March 5, 2010 that reveals all one needs to know about how these two gentlemen view community outreach. Here’s the paragraph: City and UWW Police Departments Hold Community Forum On Tuesday of this week, Officer Saul Valadez and Chief Jim Coan participated in a…
City
City, Police
Chief Coan Remains
by JOHN ADAMS •
One sees that Whitewater’s police chief, Jim Coan, wasn’t hired for the public safety director’s job in Mankato, Minnesota. Coan faced an uncertain field, and even then, he wasn’t hired. One candidate dropped out, one candidate wasn’t even currently working, and the third rival Coan faced wasn’t even a police officer. Coan sought a position…
City, Police
Mankato Free Press: Miller Chosen as New Public Safety Director
by JOHN ADAMS •
From the Mankato Free Press story: MANKATO — Todd Miller, an experienced police chief who most recently served in Texas, will be Mankato’s next director of public safety…. Miller will be replacing Jerry Huettl, who is retiring after more than 28 years with the city. Mankato City Manager Pat Hentges, who chose the new director,…
City, Laws/Regulations
The New Prohibition – Drink Specials (Part 2, Advice)
by JOHN ADAMS •
On a ship, the officer of the deck looks out, and sees storms directly ahead. He makes no mention of it to the captain, or anyone else among the crew. The ship sails directly into the storm, and is tossed about, being badly damaged from high waves and fierce winds. Afterward, the captain confronts the…
City, Laws/Regulations
The New Prohibition – Drink Specials (Part 1, Regulation)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Not long ago, Whitewater’s common council saw a proposal to regulate the drink specials that some taverns in Whitewater offer. After a half-hour discussion of the proposal, the matter was sent to an alcohol licensing committee for further consideration and recommendation to the common council. Not for unfettered consideration — for consideration to propose an…
City, Police
Whitewater, Wisconsin’s Tiny Chameleon
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater’s police chief, Jim Coan, is a candidate for the director of public safety position in Mankato, Minnesota. I’ve written about his candidacy before, in a post entitled, Whitewater Chief Coan’s Interview with the Mankato Free Press: Dodgy! after reading his answers to questions from the Mankato Free Press. (Readers who’ve emailed remarking that Coan’s…
City, Planning
Haste Makes Waste
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater’s City Manager, Kevin Brunner, trumpets what he considers a speedy advancement of a publicly-funded tech park for Whitewater. Brunner considers this a sign of accomplishment. He’s wrong, twice over. First, there’s less to Whitewater’s supposed accomplishments than meets the eye. Second, and even more important for our town, is the fundamental understanding among successful…
City, Free Markets, Libertarians
“Quiet Libertarian Victories”
by JOHN ADAMS •
Jeremy Lott has a brief essay entitled, Quiet Libertarian Victories, about how the last year has proved libertarians right about their core principles, and some successes effecting change toward more liberty. Lott observes that The last several years have not been easy for libertarians to stomach. The U.S. government, which had bloated under President George…
City
Whitewater Community Television
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater’s public access cable station has a spiffy new website: www.whitewatertv.org. I have a link to it on the left sidebar of FREE WHITEWATER. Recording public meetings is one way to assure an accurate and honest description of meetings and events. A camera or tape recorder tells an honest tale. There are good newspapers and…
City, Police, Press
Whitewater Chief Coan and Mankato, MN Candidacy Update
by JOHN ADAMS •
There are a few updates on the search for a Public Safety Director in Mankato, MN, a search for which Whitewater Police Chief Jim Coan is a candidate. First, there’s a story in the Mankato Free Press, entitled, “Public Safety Candidates Go Public,” about the search for the next public safety director for Mankato. The…
City, Planning
Carts Before Horses, and Presentations Before Buildings
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Police
Whitewater Chief Coan’s Interview with the Mankato Free Press: Dodgy!
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater Police Chief Jim Coan has treated Whitewater, WI (and Mankato, MN) to one of the greatest examples of dodgy answers in their respective histories. Whitewater Police Chief Jim Coan is a candidate for the public safety director’s post in Mankato, Minnesota. I’ve written about his candidacy there before, in Signs of a Broken Police…
City
Traffic Lights and Limelights in a Small Town
by JOHN ADAMS •
Like many small towns, Whitewater, Wisconsin has one main thoroughfare through town, past our college campus, connecting the east and west sides of the city. At the campus, there’s a street named Whiton that runs into Main. At the intersection of the two streets, many college students, faculty, and workers cross from campus to homes.…
Cartoons & Comics, City, Dog X
The Debut of Dog X: On ‘Drink Specials’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here in our small city, among all the advocates for individual liberty and limited government, one in particular has observed quietly, pondering town politics. He’s a stalwart defender of personal freedom, free markets, and honest, open government. He also enjoys a rawhide now and again — It’s my pleasure to introduce Dog X. In this…