Good morning, Whitewater School’s back in session for students. All that time spent reading Chaucer playing World of Warcraft over the last few days will finally pay off. Good for you. At 5 p.m., the Alcohol Licensing Committee meets. The agenda is available online. There’s a meeting of the Whitewater Common Council tonight. At 6:30…

Good morning, Whitewater There’s a 6 p.m. meeting of the Planning Commission tonight at the Municipal Building. The agenda for the meeting is available online, and here are posted hightlights for your free market enjoyment — 2. Hearing of Citizen Comments. No formal Plan Commission action will be taken during this meeting ON CITIZEN COMMENTS…

Good morning, Whitewater It’s chilly cold again today, in Whitewater, in Wisconsin, and much of America. There’s no school again today. There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. Today’s the anniversary of a bad, bad day in American history, when a great, free republic — ours — thought that…

Good morning, Whitewater It’s chilly today, in Whitewater, but it was much warmer in Los Angeles in 1967. More on that contrast, below. In Whitewater, it’s so chilly, that there’s no school. Play, play, play — responsibly. Juveniles may be a matter of concern somewhere in the city, but go ahead — enjoy a day…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no municipal public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. In our school district today, focus groups will meet to assist the school board in the search for a District Administrator to replace Dr. Steinhaus. Later, at 7 p.m., the Athletic Booster Club meets at the high school.

Good morning, Whitewater No municipal public meetings are scheduled today. It’s snowy, but there’s still school. There is a scheduled (but perhaps not to be held this evening) PATT meeting at Washington School. Weather? Some have written asking why there’s no weather forecast comparison between the National Weather Service and the Farmers’ Almanac. Well, it…

Good morning, Whitewater The week begins with three scheduled public meetings: the CDA Business Park Marketing Committee meets at 4:30 p.m. at the City Manager’s Conference Room. The agenda for the meeting is available online. City Manager’s Conference Room — sounds very posh, doesn’t it? Not exactly the Situation Room, but still, it must be…

Good morning, Whitewater The week ends with one scheduled public meeting: the Whitewater University Tech Park Committee meets at 1:00 p.m. at the UWW University Center- Room 241. The agenda for the meeting is available online. (For a post expressing my doubts about a university-technology park in Whitewater, see “A City-University Technology Park in Whitewater.”…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled for the city today. In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports that in 1910, our fair state experienced a startling episode of labor unrest, as “Vagrant Snow Shovelers Strike for Pay: On this date 228 vagrants were brought in to shovel snow…

Good morning, Whitewater There is a 7:00 p.m. FFA meeting scheduled at the high school this evening. Longtime readers know that I am a libertarian, and like all libertarians, not fond of Richard M. Nixon, a big-government Republican if ever there were one. (I am not fond of local versions of Nixon either, as I…

Good morning, Whitewater Tonight, at 6:30 p.m. there’s a Common Council meeting. The Common Council is down one member, but there are still community treasures, public servants, and the ambitious left to care for you. Just you, don’t you see? An agenda, to follow the proceedings, is

Good morning, Whitewater Here is the beginning — the first full week — of your new year. There are no scheduled public meetings in the City of Whitewater today. One never knows, though, if something terribly important, and offered as an exception to Wisconsin’s open meetings law, will arise. School’s back in session. Hope you…

Good morning, Whitewater Happy Birthday, General Mitchell. More on that, below. The last week of your year. There are no scheduled public meetings in the City of Whitewater today. I am sure that someone will talk about something with someone else at the Municipal Building, but nothing useful is likely to come of it. Your…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no scheduled public meetings in the City of Whitewater again today. Whitewater, did you get your Christmas wish early? I think you did. The National Weather Service predicts a certainty of snow, with a high of 26 degrees. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts that today will be fair and pleasant. Yesterday’s…