In our small town, with the added needs of customers at cafés during the summer, there is no reason leaders of our police department could not patrol regularly in the summer. If we are short-staffed, then those who lead might regularly walk through our downtown. To whom much is given, much is expected. Not the…

It’s odd and funny sometimes how a merchant will hear, from some on Whitewater, Wisconsin’s Common Council, how his or her business desires are not legitimate, not the right desires. Not from everyone in office, but from some. This took two forms at the June 16th Common Council meeting. First, one heard from our oldest…

Our last Common Council meeting is available online.  (See, Whitewater Common Council, 6/16/09.)   Over half an hour into the meeting, there was discussion of sidewalk cafés for some establishments near the Cravath lakefront.  The Council had a first reading of an amendment to the local ordinance application to these cafés.  There were two proposed changes…

I’ve some catching up to do on our last Common Council meeting.  The last Police and Fire Commission meeting had a posted agenda so short that it was easy to tease about it.  The agenda crammed item after item, including two police officer interviews, into a proposed 20 minute window.  (See, Whitewater’s Latest Police and Fire Commission…

I’ve contended previously that, whatever the trouble with the State of Wisconsin’s budget, municipal and school district declarations that cuts made were forced as a consequence of declining state aid masks the responsibility and accountability for choosing one cut over another.  (See, Inbox: Reader Mail — Budget Cuts, General and Specific,  Inbox: Reader Mail —…

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…