Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled in the city today. Surprising, really, yet apparently true. Not even a single committee or commission? Even a tiny task force? It’s an odd anniversary in Wisconsin history, as the Wisconsin Historical Society observes that in 1842 there was a shooting in the Wisconsin territorial legislature:…

Good morning, Whitewater The finest two minute video you’ll ever see. Beautiful for the power of Friedman’s calm reasoning. (Hat tip via Instapundit.com.)

Good morning, Whitewater There are two public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater, today. One of them will enrich our present and next generations, in so many ways, and the other is the CDA Business Park Marketing Committee meeting at 4:30. The one that can shape Whitewater’s future, and places beyond, is the Young…

Good morning, Whitewater So far as I know, there are no municipal public meetings today. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. Regardless, even without the gathering of a single municipal task force, somehow our lives will go on. Perhaps, just perhaps, something good will happen today without government intervention. That’s just the optimist in me, I…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings today. The weekend comes early, Whitewater. It’s a memorable date in Wisconsin history, today: On this date in 1849, the University of Wisconsin opened. The Wisconsin Historical Society tells of those early days — On this day in 1849 the University of Wisconsin began with 20…

Good morning, Whitewater The Whitewater Landmarks Commission meets today at 5:00 p.m. The agenda for the meeting is available online. There’s an executive session of the School Board tonight, and under our law, that type of meeting is closed to the public. Interestingly, in my most recent pop quiz poll of concerns facing Whitewater (admittedly…

Good morning, Whitewater There are two municipal public meetings scheduled for today: A Whitewater-University Technology Park meeting at 12:30 p.m., and a Common Council meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. (The agenda for the Common Council meeting, scanned as a pdf and readable as though an image file, is available online.) In our schools today, a…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for today. You’re on your own today, responsible for your own betterment. It’s a holiday today, and in Wisconsin, Jimmy the Groundhog, with his own website, will offer his forecast shortly. (The more famous Punxsutawney Phil, of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and Groundhog Day move fame, has…

Good morning, Whitewater There are municipal public meetings scheduled for today. Some days in Wisconsin history are less memorable than others. Yesterday was the birthday of actress Heather Graham, and today brings the birthday (from 1916) of actor Frank Andrew Parker: On this date Franciszek Andrzej Paikowski (Frank Andrew Parker) was born in Milwaukee. He…

Good morning, Whitewater Tonight at 7 p.m. there will be a meeting of the East Campus Neighborhood Association at the community building in Starin Park. The agenda of the association is available online. Agenda items include remarks from City of Whitewater City Manager Kevin Brunner, Councilmember Roy Nosek, City Attorney Wallace McDonell and Neighborhood Services…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. There was, yesterday, a CDA Board of Directors meeting at 4:30 p.m. On this day in American history, in 1888, the National Geographic Society was founded: On January 27, 1888, the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C., for “the increase…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. There is, however, a regular school board meeting of the Whitewater Unified School District tonight, at 7 p.m. Even better, however, is the FFA event in Elkhorn, this afternoon and tonight. The former meeting only serves, really, to support the latter event…

Good morning, Whitewater There’s no school for students in Whitewater today. Enjoy your three-day weekend. There are no municipal city public meetings, either. On this day in history in 1957, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, we find a sad day in Wisconsin history: “Edward Cochems Died.” So who was he? I didn’t recall either,…

Good morning, Whitewater There’s a League of Women Voters talk tonight, at 7 p.m., in the Common Council chambers on Polling Issues and Analysis from Professor Bill Mickelsen, UW- Whitewater, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science. More information on upcoming League events may be found in the January 2009 LWV newsletter. In our schools, First…