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Daily Bread for 2.21.23: Will Wisconsin Find a Shared Revenue Resolution?

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 32. Sunrise is 6:41 AM and sunset 5:34 PM for 10h 52m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.3% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1947, in New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first “instant camera,” the…

Business, Daily Bread, Development, Foxconn, Hubris, Speaker Vos, State Government, WEDC, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 12.29.22: Pyromanic Criticizes Fire-Safety Efforts

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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…

City, Daily Bread, Elections, Local Government, Politics, School District, State Government, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 11.10.22: Wisconsin’s Statewide Election Trends

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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 75. Sunrise is 6:41 AM and sunset 4:36 PM for 9h 54m 25s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 95.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1674, as provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New…

Daily Bread, Elections, Local Government, Politics, State Government, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 8.10.22: Wisconsin’s August 9th Primary

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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 5:56 AM and sunset 8:03 PM for 14h 06m 28s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing gibbous with 96.3% of its visible disk illuminated.   On this day in 1977, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (“Son of Sam”) is arrested for…

Business, Daily Bread, Federal Government, Hubris, Local Government, Planning, State Government

Daily Bread for 5.7.22: Fordlandia’s Folly

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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 62.  Sunrise is 5:39 AM and sunset 8:02 PM for 14h 22m 59s of daytime.  The moon is a waxing crescent with 35.4% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1992,  Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law.…

Far-Right Populism, Local Government, Never Trump, Politics, School District, State Government, Trump, Trumpism

Conservative Populism Moves in One Direction Only

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While there’s more than one kind of conservative Republican (traditionalist, transactionalist, or populist), it’s the populists who are the most numerous and most demanding. Over time, they’ve pushed other kinds of conservatives – even transactionalists who are behind-the-scenes manipulators – into subordinate positions. (See generally Whitewater’s Local Politics 2021.) These rightwing populists have outlasted Trump,…

Bad Ideas, Corporate Welfare, Development, Foxconn, Marketing, Mendacity, Public Relations, Scott Walker, Special Interests, State Capitalism, State Government, WEDC, WISGOP, YMBFKM

Foxconn’s Venture Capital Fund

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Bruce Murphy has a solid assessment of Foxconn’s much-touted (by Foxconn) venture capital fund in About That Foxconn Venture Capital Fund. It’s well worth reading in full. A few key points: Unfulfilled: Louis Woo of Foxconn had promised this venture fund for startup companies would naturally connect to Foxconn’s innovation centers in Eau Claire, Green Bay…