Good morning, Whitewater There is a Lakes Management meeting at 3 p.m., and a Waste Treatment meeting a 4 p.m. Those two meetings should never be scheduled back-to-back. On this day in history, in 1919, Wired reports on a first — but not last — step along the path of government regulation and taxation, “Oregon…

Good morning, Whitewater There’s a Chapter 2 Review committee meeting today, in Whitewater, from 2 to 3 p.m. Interesting, but not as interesting as an entire fictional program in which No. 2 didn’t stay the same for long: So, is Whitewater like an episode of 1967’s The Prisoner, as someone once suggested to me? I’m…

Good morning, Whitewater You’re in luck — two municipal meetings today. At 4:30 p.m., the CDA Board of Directors meets. There are minimal requirements for a community development authority, and organizational structure is among them. A board directs the activity of the CDA; whether — in these or other times the CDA truly directs much…

Good Morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled for the City of Whitewater today. At Washington School today, there is a scheduled Souper Bowl event from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (“Come enjoy 4 different kinds of soup. Benefits will go towards the Whitewater Food Pantry”) and a 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sock…

Good morning, Whitewater There is a Common Council meeting at 6:30 p.m. tonight. The agenda for the meeting is available online. The session tonight includes a State of the City presentation. Later, the meeting will go into closed session regarding the extension of the South Whitewater multi-use trail. On this day in 1868, from the…

Good morning, Whitewater The Tree Commission meets from 4-5 tonight, and there’s a Police and Fire Commission meeting at 7 p.m. Here’s the amended agenda for the Tree Commission: (AMENDED) Agenda 1. Call To Order 2. Roll call 3. 2009 Spring Planting Planting location Review Tree variety’s ordered 4. Discussion of McDonald’s removed Trees 5.…

Good morning, Whitewater There are two public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today, and one election. There’s a meeting of the Whitewater-University Tech Park Committee at 12:30 p.m. today, at the University. Later, there will be a South Campus Neighborhood Association meeting, at 7 p.m., at the Municipal Building. It’s also election day in Whitewater, because…

Good morning, Whitewater The Municipal Building is closed today, for Presidents’ Day. It’s closed for some, but not all, federal holidays. The building was open, and ready for business — such as that is — through the evening of January 19th. Some federal holidays are a day of rest for municipal employees public servants, and…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no public meetings scheduled in the City of Whitewater today. It’s activity night, though, at the Middle School. If there must be activity in town, the Middle School’s as good a place as any. And in commemoration of this day…

Good morning, Whitewater It’s Lincoln’s birthday today. The History Channel has more on the anniversary of Lincoln’s birth: On this day in 1809, Abraham Lincoln is born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Lincoln, one of America’s most admired presidents, grew up a member of a poor family in Kentucky and Indiana. He attended school for only one…

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…