Over at the City of Whitewater’s website, visitors will find links to Common Council agendas, minutes, and video recordings of council sessions. The links sometimes run behind the postings of the recordings, available online at Blip.tv. Here’s the page for the City of Whitewater’s videos on Blip.tv: City of Whitewater on Blip.tv

Japan’s response to her own deep recession of the 90s shows how many mistakes even an advanced nation may make in trying to restore prosperity. America is making some of those same mistakes now. Over at the Reason.tv, there’s a three-minute video that summarizes the findings of Reason Foundation policy analysts Anthony Randazzo, Michael Flynn,…

Whitewater’s Fourth of July weekend has its own website, at www.ww4th.com. Events run from Friday, July 3rd through Sunday, July 5th.

Concluding the 17 part series today, it’s Prisoner Monday here at Free Whitewater. Why? Because a longtime reader previously suggested to me that being in Whitewater sometimes felt like living the plot of The Prisoner. It’s a great British series, that tells the story of a secret agent who resigns from his agency, only to…

Good morning, Whitewater There are no City of Whitewater public meetings scheduled for today. There is a school board meeting scheduled for tonight, and summer school begins today. Here’s today’s almanac — Almanac Monday, June 22, 2009 Sunrise Sunset Official Time 05:16 AM 08:37 PM Civil Twilight 04:41 AM 09:12 PM Tomorrow 05:16 AM 08:37…

Well, thanks, Whitewater (and points far beyond, too)!  I very much appreciate your suggestions for a name to recommend to the German scientists who recently discovered a new, super-heavy element  (See my earlier post, Whitewater, Wisconsin — Name that New Element!  I’ll list your suggestions, and later today I’ll post the email that I send…

Note: This post will stay at the top of the site until Friday. Newer posts below. Some super-brainy, but apparently harmless, German scientists have discovered a new, super-heavy element.  It will occupy place 112 on the Periodic Table.  See, Periodic table gets a new element, from the BBC’s website.   The element doesn’t yet have a…

I received the following press release that I am happy to post —    The Walworth County Genealogical Society will meet Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 7:00 PM, at the Community Centre, 826 E. Geneva Street, Delavan.  Chris Jordan, Walworth County Veteran Service Officer, will give a talk on Military Records Available to Veterans, Family and Interested…

I received the following press release that I am happy to post — Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®  Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Library Park in Lake Geneva, WI – June 12, 2009 The 3rd annual Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk® for Walworth County will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Library Park in Lake…

I received an email recently from a defender of free expression and longtime reader of FREE WHITEWATER,  The Mysterious Miss X.  Very much my pleasure to hear from her again, and so very pleased that she’s doing so well.   Here’s what Miss X had to say, with my reply thereafter:  Hi John Adams,  It’s been…

Tom Weber of Price County photographed his cat standing up to a bear. The cat held its ground, and the bear moved off. Regardless of the bear’s intentions, there’s a lot of moxie in that cat. Photo Slideshow: Bear and Cat Standoff Sent via BlackBerry

I’ve often commented on the local press covering Whitewater, and how print newspapers are facing a bleak future. What, though, of editorial cartoons, once so much a part of a daily newspaper’s editorial page? Editor & Publisher asks if the cartoon might vanish… Editor & Publisher: Will the Editorial Cartoonist Vanish?

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel keeps track of federal stimulus money sent to Wisconsin. The Journal Sentinel also links to the Wisconsin Office of Recovery and Reinvestment. How your federal dollars are being spent… Wisconsin Stimulus Money Tracker Sent via BlackBerry

Fear-mongering from the mainstream media, culprit number one – Time magazine. Time Magazine’s Long History of Scaring the Hell Out of You