Good morning, Whitewater
It’s predicted to be a beautiful day in Whitewater. The National Weather Service says sixty-nine degrees and breezy. Good enough. Farmers’ Almanac predicts a spell of pleasant weather. They’re either both wrong, or both right.
As we approach summer, each day has been about two or three minutes longer than the preceding one. Although the official time for sunset is a just past 7:30 p.m., civil twilight extends for about a half hour more. There’s ample light to live, work or play outside until past 8 o’clock. (There’s my libertarian outreach to a favorite smart growth planning slogan.)
Today in our history, the battleship USS Wisconsin was commissioned, in 1944. On Wisconsin!
At 7 p.m., there will be a meeting of the tree commission. That’s the only public meeting scheduled in the city today. There has been periodic concern about leaf collection in the city — focusing on how irritating it is to rake them up. There is also a small number that favors government regulation at every turn.
I am surprised these two groups have not joined forces. Whitewater could be the first city in Wisconsin that mandates a cactus-only policy. No leaves, and I’m not even sure if the needles ever fall off.
There’s a policy that will attract attention far and wide.