I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. Last week’s posts included discussion of Jim Coan’s Big Night, suggestions for Kim Hixson, the view of a consultant and schemer, and the disappointing direction of the 2008 city budget. This week’s coming attractions include — • Planning/Architectural Review Board Meeting for November 26th • Beautiful…

• Common Council Meeting for November 20th • Beautiful Whitewater: Video • Beautiful Whitewater: Photos • The Secret Career of Pierre St. Menteur, International Planner, Consultant, and Schemer • Thanksgiving Holiday Post • Friday Cartoon Feature

• Planning Commission Meeting for November 12th • Video • Beautiful Whitewater • Considering Public Education • Friday Cartoon Feature

You’ll meet a few people who believe that commentary published anonymously or pseudonymously is wrong, and should be rejected. They’ll contend that they would never deign to read this website because it’s published pseudonymously. Kindly remind those people of the society in which they live, as they seem to have forgotten. Those who reject pseudonymous…

You know, and I know too, that contemporary American professional life spills over with slogans, catchphrases, and ideas in flashy guise. Many of these phrases, like inspirational sayings on cards, or on motivational posters, have value. It’s hard to argue that they’re not true, sometimes, somewhere. I don’t begrudge these sayings their place in ordinary…

• 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