Good morning, Whitewater The are no public meetings scheduled from the City of Whitewater today. There is, however, a scheduled Listening Session with Representative Tammy Baldwin, scheduled from 3-4 p.m. today, at the Irvin Young Memorial Library, on Center Street. In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society reports that on this date…

Good morning, Whitewater The holiday weekend begins, and there’s lots of posting ahead over the next few days — on local press coverage, the Police and Fire Commission, our local economy, and charitable and civic press releases to publish. To set the right mood for the writing ahead, I offer two clips that encourage a…

Good morning, Whitewater There’s a Common Council meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. (It’s a pdf but not a useful, searchable text pdf like other City of Whitewater agendas.) On this date in 1934, the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls the anniversary of a step toward bigger government, intrusion in commercial and…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled in the City of Whitewater today, but there will be a Common Council meeting tomorrow, and a Police and [sic] Fire Commission meeting on Wednesday. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a student protest in Milwaukee on this date in 1964: On this date, the 10th anniversary…

Good morning, Whitewater The City of Whitewater has one public meeting scheduled for today. At 3:00 p.m., there will be a Police Day ceremony at the municipal building. According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, on this date in 1911, the City of Janesville sought to ban — wait for it — fortune tellers: On this…

Good morning, Whitewater The City of Whitewater’s Planning Commission meeting will take place tonight, beginning at 6 p.m., at the municipal building. The meeting agenda is available online. There will be a Whitewater Middle School Band Concert, held at the High School Auditorium, tonight at 7 p.m.

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings listed for the City of Whitewater today. There will be others later this week; you’ll not go too very long without public regulation of your productive, private activity. On this day in 1846, Congress granted President Polk’s request for a declaration of war against Mexico. Many prominent…

Good morning, Whitewater There are three public meetings in the City of Whitewater today. A 5 p.m., there is a combined meeting of the Community Development Authority and Common Council. Also at 5 p.m., the Park and Recreation Board will meet. Later, at 6:30 p.m., the Irvin Young Memorial Library Board will meet. In Wisconsin…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings listed for the City of Whitewater today. It’s a big day for big government in Wisconsin, and America. The Wisconsin Historical Society notes that on this day in 1891, Arthur J. Altmeyer was born. I didn’t know who he was, either, but the Society’s website supplies the…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings listed today for the City of Whitewater. We’ll muddle through. Almanac Thursday, May 7, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 05:41 AM 08:02 PM Civil Twilight 05:10 AM 08:33 PM Tomorrow 05:40 AM 08:03 PM Tomorrow will be: 2 minutes longer Amount of sunlight: 14h 21m Amount of…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings listed for the cIty of Whitewater today. I’ll assume that the city manager’s Weekly Report mention of a Police and Fire Commission meeting tonight was erroneous. Why erroneous? Because if there were a meeting, a confident police leaders would be happy to list notice of it in…

Good morning, Whitewater There’s a council meeting tonight, at 6:30 p.m. The agenda for the meeting is available online. Among the items on the agenda tonight are consideration of a chronic nuisance ordinance and appointment of citizen members to boards and commissions. At Washington School, it’s Eagle and Spirit Day today. Local Government Watch, a…

Good morning, Whitewater It’s a new month, with much catching up to do. But first, a post for the beginning of the day. In the City of Whitewater, the city manager’s weekly report lists the following entry for today at 10:30 a.m.: “10:30 A.M.-Whitewater Technology Park Board, City Municipal Center, Cravath Lakefront Room, 312 W.…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. Over at the Wisconsin Historical Society website, there’s an entry commemorating an event from 1845: “Wisconsin Approves Free Schools.” The text of the text of the entry accurately places free in quotations (that is “free”): On this date, under the leadership of Michael…