Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:29 AM and sunset 8:32 PM for 15h 01m 43s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1789, French revolutionaries storm and seize control of the medieval armory, fortress,…
Legislature
Courts, Daily Bread, Law, Legislature, Open Government, Politics, Public Records, Speaker Vos
Daily Bread for 3.31.22: The One Effective Trick Robin Vos Learned He Learned Before Trump
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Big Lie, Daily Bread, Elections, Flop Sweat, Horde, Legislature, Politics, Speaker Vos
Daily Bread for 3.18.22: Small, Scared Man Pours Gasoline on Fire and Runs Away
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see rain, and perhaps some snow, with a high of 38. Sunrise is 6:59 AM and sunset 7:05 PM for 12h 05m 49s of daytime. The moon is full with 100% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1865, the Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last…
Courts, Daily Bread, Legislature, Speaker Vos, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 1.12.22: Speaker and Deponent
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Daily Bread, Elections, Gerrymandering, Legislature, Politics, State Government
Daily Bread for 1.9.22: They’d Rather Stay Forever
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 19. Sunrise is 7:24 AM and sunset 4:40 PM for 9h 15m 47s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 49% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1992, the first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander…
Daily Bread, Elections, Law, Legislature
Daily Bread for 9.21.21: Gableman Requests an Inquisition
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see scattered showers this morning on an otherwise cloudy day with a high of 69. Sunrise is 6:42 AM and sunset 6:52 PM for 12h 10m 14s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.6% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Common Council meets at 6:30 PM.…
Daily Bread, Legislature, Litigation, Public Health, UW Madison, UW System, Vaccines, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 9.4.21: Nass Digs In
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see showers with a high of 73. Sunrise is 6:24 AM and sunset 7:22 PM, for 12h 58m 51s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 7.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1882, the Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant…
Education, Legislature, School District
Whitewater School Board Legislative Breakfast, 2.15.21: 6 Points
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
On Monday morning, some members of the school board and administration met online with area legislators (Reps. Vruwink & Loudenbeck, Sens. Ringhand & Nass) for an audiovisual conference in place of a traditional breakfast meeting Board members and administrators recounted, among other items, lessons from schooling during the pandemic, and serious matters present before and…
Bad Ideas, Gerrymandering, Legislation, Legislature, WISGOP
WISGOP Legislation Would Gerrymander Wisconsin’s Electoral Votes
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
A WISGOP legislator, Rep. Gary Tauchen, has drafted a bill to award Wisconsin’s electoral votes by congressional district, thereby maximizing the importance of gerrymandering. Melanie Conklin writes that GOP has bill to reallocate Wisconsin’s electoral votes by congressional district: And that is what a new bill authored by Rep. Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel) would do. It…
Courts, Elections, Law, Legislature, Politics, Public Health, Wisconsin
‘This Principle Is More Important Than Winning’
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
In the New York Times, Justice-elect Jill Karofsky writes I’m the Judge Who Won in Wisconsin. This Principle Is More Important Than Winning (‘We must get away from a partisan view of the law‘): In cities like Milwaukee and Green Bay, the wait [to vote] ended up being as long as three hours. And because the…
Games/Puzzles, Legislature
On Card Games at Work – Simply Tell Them to Stop
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
There’s a story in the State Journal about Sen. Nass’s concern that legislative pages (mostly part-time pages and part-time students) are playing card games during working hours: A Republican state senator is complaining about legislative pages using work time to play a card game that pits fascists against liberals trying to root out a “secret…