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Daily Bread for 6.8.22: Residents’ Ongoing Concerns Over the Whitewater Unified School District

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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see showers and thunderstorms with a high of 65. Sunrise is 5:16 AM and sunset 8:31 PM for 15h 15m 39s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing gibbous with 58.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1950, the iconic Volkswagen Type 2 “Bus” begins production. The…

City, Culture, Daily Bread, Education, Fire Dept, Freedom of Speech, Local Government, Open Government, Police, School District

Daily Bread for 6.7.22: Big Changes Require Big Explanations

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 74. Sunrise is 5:16 AM and sunset 8:31 PM for 15h 14m 50s of daytime.  The moon is in its first quarter with 49.4%% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified District School Board meets in closed session at 6 PM and…

City, Daily Bread, Local Government, Open Government, Public Records

Daily Bread for 4.23.22: Two Examples in Which the City of Whitewater Fell Short on Open Government

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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 77.  Sunrise is 5:58 AM and sunset 7:46 PM for 13h 48m 01s of daytime.  The moon is in its third quarter with 49.2% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1985,  Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is…

Daily Bread, Open Government, Public Meetings, School District

Daily Bread for 4.12.22: Open-Session Meetings Should Always Have an Opportunity for Public Comment

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see scattered rain and thundershowers with a high of 61.  Sunrise is 6:16 AM and sunset 7:34 PM for 13h 17m 58s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing gibbous with 79.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM, and the city’s Public Works Committee…

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

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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will see snow with a high of 36.  Sunrise is 6:36 AM and sunset 7:20 PM for 12h 43m 44s of daytime.  The moon is new with 0.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1889, the Eiffel Tower officially opens.  While Speaker of the Assembly Vos has spent…

Bad Ideas, City, Daily Bread, Environment, Nature, Open Government, Press, Water

Daily Bread for 10.22.21: Reporting About Artificial Herbicides in Whitewater, Wisconsin

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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 51.  Sunrise is 7:18 AM and sunset 6:00 PM for 10h 42m 15s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 96.7% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1707, four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because…

Budget, CDA, City, Government Spending, Local Government, Open Government

Whitewater Common Council Meeting, 10.6.20: 9 Points

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The Whitewater Common Council last met on 10.6.20. The agenda for the meeting is available, and a recording of the early October session appears above. (As always, the best record is a recording.) Council discussed, among other items, Trick or Treating during the pandemic, a preliminary city budget, whether to return to in-person council meetings,…

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In Whitewater, Three Recent Trespasses Against Public Comment

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Whitewater’s public comment periods are lawful rights worth defending, and there has never been a time when respecting public comment – humbly and gratefully – has been more important for the city. Since June, there have been three meetings during which Whitewater’s current council president has deprecated public comment, or wrongly set the order of…

City, Conflicts of Interest, Coronavirus, Laws/Regulations, Local Government, Open Government

Whitewater Common Council Meeting, 9.15.20: 4 Points

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Updated 9.16.20 with meeting video. Last night, among other items, Whitewater Common Council’s met and considered municipal actions in response to the pandemic, heard presentations from Downtown Whitewater, Inc. and Discover Whitewater, and appointed a resident to fill a council vacancy in AD 5. A few remarks —  1. Pandemic Responses. Whitewater’s council last week declined, on…