In most cities and towns, a few organizations and institutions play the role of community watchdog. Whitewater has no one who plays that role, as the Whitewater Register — our hometown paper — doesn’t behave like a community watchdog. In other towns nearby, the newspapers are willing to ask questions of elected and appointed officials.…
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City, Free Markets
“White, Non-Minority?”
by JOHN ADAMS •
I believe strongly in growth for Whitewater, and in the the importance of attracting new businesses to our city. The Whitewater Community Development Authority is part of that effort. Here is how the Community Development authority describes itself, from its website: The Whitewater CDA is a Housing and Community Development Authority formed in 1983 by…
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The Press Covering Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
We are a small town, without a good newspaper published within the city limits. There are some fine papers that provide limited coverage of Whitewater, but the city lacks a solid, responsible paper of its own. The Whitewater Register — part of a newspaper consortium — is sickeningly uncritical of real problems in the city,…
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Fundamental Challenges Facing Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
One must wonder, as perhaps you do, what would inspire this website. Our beautiful city deserves better than it has received from its government, civic organizations, and long-time residents. We are over fourteen thousand in number, but a few hundred short-sighted, self-interested citizens have led others astray, and by doing so leave Whitewater crippled. Our…