• Inbox: City Managers, Old and New • Common Council Meeting for November 6th • Questions on the Reported Settlement in the Case Against Larry Meyer • Beautiful Whitewater • Friday Cartoon Feature

Thanks much to my readers. It’s been another solid month at FREE WHITEWATER. Despite traveling unexpectedly and being away for a week this October, traffic to the site has been high, and up again over the prior month. I wrote recently that I have “grown old in this beautiful city.” That’s true of everyone –…

• Common Council Meeting for October 30th • Considering the 2008 City Budget • Beautiful Whitewater • Halloween Special: Scariest Things in Whitewater • Friday Cartoon Feature

No matter how beautiful other places, with the adventure of unexpected travel, it’s a pleasure to be back home. Here’s what’s in queue for this week, with additional posts always possible. • Thoughts on Planning • Congeniality in Politics • City Council Meeting for Tuesday, October 16th • Inbox: Reader Mail • Catching up with…

• Dateline: Moscow! • Beautiful Whitewater • City Council Meeting for Tuesday, September 18th • Poverty in Whitewater and Elsewhere • Friday Cartoon Feature

Someone asked me recently if I wondered if some members of the town faction would abandon their weakest contentions and arguments in light of public criticism. My reply was that they would not, and I would be surprised if they did. My surprise was met with her surprise: why would they persist, and why would…

Carrying Water for Larry Meyer Beautiful Whitewater: Stone Stable Update Robust, Inquisitive Commentary (a holdover from last week) The Whitewater Register‘s Bleak Future Planning and Architectural Review Board Meeting for Monday, September 10th Friday Cartoon Feature

America, and Americans, are generally a rough-hewn lot. We have a few dignified ceremonies — among them presidential inaugurations or funerals — but otherwise not many elaborate, refined, polite events. We are, thankfully, unburdened with the fancy pageantry of Britain. Britain, though, was no match for Louis XIV, whose court was the very model of…

Honoring Labor Day Beautiful Whitewater The Uses of Politeness Robust, Inquisitive Commentary Concerning Copyright An Open Letter Common Council meeting for Tuesday, September 4th Friday Cartoon Feature

I have been asked to set out a quick statement of basic beliefs. Here’s a quick, but not exhaustive — as it would not be for anyone’s own — list. There is no meaningful order to the list. I believe in the radical, dynamic power of free markets to enrich and liberate. Where there is…

Planning and Architectural Review Commission meeting for Monday, 8/27 What I Believe Beautiful Whitewater Friday Cartoon Feature

People often add short, pithy quotations to memoranda and email messages. Sometimes they’re inspirational, or thought-provoking. Sometimes they’re not. Consider, for example, two quotations that I ran across recently. They’re interesting, but puzzling, too. Here’s quotation Number 1: These disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory sometimes, but…

Quotations, Rights, and Hope The Common Council meeting for Tuesday, 8/21 Civil Litigation and Public Office Ignoring the Big Story: Larry Meyer Beautiful Whitewater Friday Cartoon Feature

Beautiful Whitewater: More on what’s lovely in Whitewater. Review: Our Wal-Mart (a holdover from last week). Review: The new City of Whitewater website. Tips for Meetings and Conferences. Reader Mail. Lot’s more, too…