Good morning.
Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 92. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset is 8:37 for 15 hours 17 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 97.5% of its visible disk illuminated.
The Whitewater School Board’s Human Resources Committee meets at 5 PM.
On this day in 1963, ZIP codes are introduced for United States mail.
There’s a story over at Wisconsin Pubic Radio about the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial campaign turning negative. See Anya van Wagtendonk, Wisconsin Democratic primary for governor turns negative, Wisconsin Public Radio, June 30, 2026. The particulars of this intraparty clash are mild, and in any event I’m not a Democrat.
Clash between candidates, however, where clash (a debating term) is a direct response of one side to an opposing side’s claims, is an encouraging development. It’s informative to know where someone stands, and to know of other positions for which he or she will not stand.
There’s much too much at stake to be vague, anodyne, or toxically positive. Have at it, and grow stronger for it.
Some Democrats will prove stronger than others, and so show themselves stronger candidates in the fall. Tom Tiffany, Trump’s man in Wisconsin, isn’t going to go away. He will need to be shown the door in November.
There’s no point in a candidacy if the candidate doesn’t intend to win. Intending to win is not a task for the demure and delicate.
A bit of intraparty clash between candidates? Keep going.
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Upcoming posts (in no decided order): A Whitewater Comparative Analysis, Whitewater’s Workforce, and a New Ethics Ordinance.
At the World Cup, France fans revel in dazzling victory over Sweden. Well done:
France fans spilled out of New York-New Jersey stadium singing ‘Allez les Bleus!’ after watching Kylian Mbappe net twice to help them to a 3-0 win over Sweden and into the World Cup last 16.
The United States plays against Bosnia and Herzegovina this evening at 7 PM CDT in Santa Clara at Levi’s Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area.