Yesterday, on his afternoon show at WISN radio, 1130 AM in Milwaukee, Mark Belling spoke about Free Whitewater, and municipal actions against this website. I did not have a chance to catch the program live, but heard about it later, and listed to the segment via the WISN website. Although Belling’s no fan of anonymous…
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Libertarians, Press
Small-town Blogger on the Pulse, WTDY in Madison, 1670 AM
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Libertarians, Police, Press
To the Municipal Opponents of Free Speech
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good afternoon, readers from across Wisconsin. Earlier this Sunday, the Wisconsin State Journal‘s veteran reporter, Dee Hall, published a story describing my recent experiences as a blogger in Whitewater, Wisconsin. It’s on the front page of the State Journal, and is entitled, “Whitewater Police Pursue Anonymous Blogger, Critic.” Her story recounts how City of Whitewater…
City, Police, Press
Answers for a Reporter, and the Community, on the Larry Meyer Case
by JOHN ADAMS •
Last week, I wrote on the Larry Meyer case in a post entitled, “Questions for a Reporter, and the Community.” I had two questions about coverage of the lawsuit against Larry Meyer, the now-retired investigator of the Whitewater Police Department. My questions were directed to the reporters of the Janesville Gazette, The Week, and their…
City, Police, Press
Questions for a Reporter, and the Community
by JOHN ADAMS •
Readers of FREE WHITEWATER know that I have written about the lawsuit against Larry Meyer, former investigator of the Whitewater Police Department. This is a public matter involving the conduct of a public employee. It tells much about how that employee was supervised and managed. Most recently, in a post entitled, “Clear Information in the…
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Writing and Readership
by JOHN ADAMS •
I love this beautiful town. I’ve been writing and publishing posts at FREE WHITEWATER for over seven months’ time. My first post was on May 22nd, and I’ve written over two-hundred thirty posts since then. This website has photos, an email link, a calendar, a translation tool, and a searchable archive. (Videos of places in…
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Depression over the Holiday Schedule for the Whitewater Register?
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Development, Economy, Free Markets, Press
On Nosek on Student Housing, Part 3 (McCann’s Story in the GazetteXtra)
by JOHN ADAMS •
In this third post, I’ll address the quality of the GazetteXtra story from Carla McCann entitled, “Neighborhoods Oppose Housing for UW-W students.” It’s one of the worst stories on Whitewater I have read in months, and is the same league as the biased and misleading stories from the Whitewater Register. The Register cuts short the…
City, Police, Press
Against Confidentiality in Municipal Litigation
by JOHN ADAMS •
Longtime readers know that I have covered the federal lawsuit against Larry Meyer, a now-retired detective of the Whitewater Police Department. Plaintiff, Steve Cvicker sued Meyer federal court alleging violations of his civil and constitutional rights. In March, Cvicker’s Fourth Amendment claims survived a motion for summary judgment. In October, newspaper accounts reported that the…
Elkhorn, Police, Press
Signs of a Broken Police Culture, Part 2
by JOHN ADAMS •
What a surprise – truly – to see the Register report in its 11/8/07 issue that the Walworth County District attorney’s office will not prosecute a felony count against a Whitewater man who was involved in a standoff with the police recently. Outside the man’s residence during the standoff, armed city and county officers reportedly…
Police, Press
Catching up with the Register, October 25th Issue
by JOHN ADAMS •
From the October 25th issue, on a story about an arrest in an overnight standoff — How many police officers and sheriff’s deputies does it take to persuade an apparently suicidal man to leave his home? In Whitewater, it takes approximately 30. What is a “suicide type statement,” by the way? It’s how an inarticulate…
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The Register’s Echo Chamber
by JOHN ADAMS •
Last Thursday’s Whitewater Register is evidence of the decline of that weekly, and how it has become an echo chamber for a small number of residents. “Editor” Carrie Dampier devotes precious front page space, above the fold, to a single council member’s pet topics from the last Common Council meting. Two topics preoccupied that council…
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Overheard by the Cash Register
by JOHN ADAMS •
I purchased a copy of the Whitewater Register yesterday. (I’m too old for Mad Magazine, and the Weekly World News no longer has a print edition.) When I took the copy to the counter of a well-trafficked store, I overheard this exchange between the two clerks behind the cash register: First clerk: “What’s this? I’ve…
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Dateline: Moscow!
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at the Register, there’s an account of a recent vote of the Planning Board 4-2 in favor of a conditional use, and a later vote 6-1 in favor of that same use. Counting all the votes, that’s an overwhelming 10-3 vote in favor. Register “Editor” Carrie Dampier, apparently disappointed in those results, writes her…