I’ve posted earlier about a March 16th candidates’ forum in Whitewater. This post continues a discussion about the upcoming election, in which candidates for council aren’t the only candidates on our local ballot. A few additional remarks appear below, about the races and candidates. Unopposed is a bad thing. Most of our races, for common…
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City, Elections, Local Government, Politics
Local Politics: Sideshows
by JOHN ADAMS •
Whitewater’s in transition. Part of this is a shift – slow but inexorable – in the political culture of the city. (See, along these lines, New Whitewater’s Inevitability and Horses and Automobiles, Contemporaneously.) There’s more than one way to wage a local race, and our city is getting a taste of the difference between a…
Elections
Politics in Whitewater, Wisconsin: The February Supreme Court Primary
by JOHN ADAMS •
Across Wisconsin on Tuesday, voters narrowed the Wisconsin Supreme Court field (Justice Patience Roggensack, Prof. Ed Fallone, and Atty. Vince Megna) from three candidates down to two. April will see a contest between Roggensack and Fallone. Look at these results, and one sees something about the political future of the city. Justice Roggensack did well,…
Elections, Music
Post-Election Music
by JOHN ADAMS •
Beautiful Whitewater, City, Elections
Beautiful Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Elections
Election Day
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Elections
Whitewater Polling Location Notice (August 14th Primary)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Please see a notice from the City of Whitewater about the location of the August 14th primary polling site: NOTICE The polling location for the August 14, 2012 Partisan Primary has moved to the City of Whitewater Municipal Building, Common Council Chambers, 312 W. Whitewater Street, Whitewater, WI 53190. The location has moved due to…
City, Elections, Politics, Recall
The (Red) State, the (Blue) City
by JOHN ADAMS •
A few remarks on the recall elections: There are thousands of happy and thousands of disappointed Wisconsinites today. A third-party voter looks at elections differently, because in many cases he or she doesn’t have a partisan candidate in the race; one votes for or against the candidates of other parties. This places a certain distance…
City, Elections, Liberty, Wisconsin
The Secular Call
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Law, Wisconsin
Wisconsin General Recall Election Voting Rights
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Politics, Recall
The Fitzgerald-Compas Debate in the 13th Senate District
by JOHN ADAMS •
One typically expects that a longtime incumbent will easily manage a newcomer-challenger. Those conventional expectations were upset last week. Lori Compas matched Scott Fitzgerald in last Wednesday’s candidate debate between the incumbent majority leader and his recall challenger for the 13th Senate District. A libertarian on the ballot, Dr. Terry Virgil, was sadly not invited…
Campaign Ads, Elections, Recall
Sen. Fitzgerald’s foolish contention that recall challenger Lori Compas isn’t running her own campaign
by JOHN ADAMS •
In the 13th district recall battle between Sen. Majority Leader Fitzgerald and challenger Lori Compas, Fitzgerald recently expressed his doubts about Compas’s control of her own campaign: For the record, Fitzgerald said he doesn’t buy Compas’ Pollyanna image. He knows some people are painting the race as a David-vs.-Goliath contest. But Fitzgerald said he thinks…
Beautiful Whitewater, City, Elections, Law, Liberty
Beautiful Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Elections, Politics, Recall
Video for the Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS •
I posted earlier about the Democrats’ recall forum on 4.25.12 at UW-Whitewater. I’m not a Democrat, but it was an event well-worth attending. All four Democratic candidates for governor, and other office-seekers, were there. For my posts on the evening, see The Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater and The Democrats’ Recall Forum @ UW-Whitewater (Compas…