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Daily Bread for 2.11.23: Foxconn Accused of Stealing from Its Own Wisconsin Employees

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 43. Sunrise is 6:56 AM and sunset 5:21 PM for 10h 25m 34s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 70.9% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1812, Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of “gerrymandering” for the first…

Daily Bread for 1.5.23: Will Mount Pleasant’s Local Government See Accountability for Foxconn?

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 34. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:35 PM for 9h 10m 30s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.2% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM.   On this day in 1914, the Ford Motor Company announces…

Daily Bread for 12.29.22: Pyromanic Criticizes Fire-Safety Efforts

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:29 PM for 9h 04m 23s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 44.4% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1845, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas. Foxconn was, and…

Daily Bread for 9.16.22: At Foxconn, Workers Are Bored and Go Home Early

Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with high of 79. Sunrise is 6:36 AM and sunset 7:02 PM for 12h 25m 20s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 61.9% of its visible disk illuminated.   On this day in 1959, the first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a…

Daily Bread for 9.5.22: The Grandiose

Good morning. Labor Day in Whitewater will be party sunny with high of 74. Sunrise is 6:24 AM and sunset 7:21 PM for 12h 56m 42s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing gibbous with 69.5% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1942, the Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major…

Daily Bread for 7.20.22: Michels Keeps His Money, Discards His Views

Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 86. Sunrise is 5:35 AM and sunset 8:27 PM for 14h 51m 54s of daytime.  The moon is in its third quarter with 50.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1969, Apollo 11‘s crew successfully makes the first manned landing on…

Daily Bread for 3.23.22: For Foxconn, It’s Someday, Perhaps, Kinda, Sorta…

Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of 49.  Sunrise is 6:50 AM and sunset 7:11 PM for 12h 20m 27s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 69.5% of its visible disk illuminated.  Whitewater’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1909,…

Daily Bread for 3.1.22: In Mount Pleasant, Village Representatives Vote to Extend Their Own Terms

Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 43.  Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 5:45 PM for 11h 16m 24s of daytime.  The moon is a waning crescent with 1.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 6:15 PM, and the Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM. On…

Daily Bread for 2.6.22: Food Dye, the Eighth Wonder of the World!

  Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be intermittently cloudy with a high of 37.  Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 5:15 PM for 10h 13m 11s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing crescent with 30.9% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1967, nationally-known activist Stokely Carmichael speaks at UW-Whitewater as part of…

Daily Bread for 12.11.21: A Christmas Gift For, and About, Scheming Development Men

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see snow this morning, of little accumulation, on an otherwise cloudy day with a high of 36.  Sunrise is 7:16 AM and sunset 4:20 PM for 9h 04m 43s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing gibbous with 55.4% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1901, Morris Pratt…

Foxconn: Perhaps – Perhaps – a Few Lessons Learned

Scott Cohn of CNBC reports After Wisconsin’s Foxconn debacle, states and companies rethink giant subsidies. Rethinking is a hopeful prospect, but there has been significant lasting damage, as Cohn reports: Economic development officials in Wisconsin say they are more than ready to move on to other matters now that they have renegotiated a massive subsidy deal…