Good morning,
The forecast calls for blowing snow, with a high of about nineteen degrees: a typical Wisconsin day in January.
The week ends with no municipal, public meetings scheduled today for Whitewater.
In our schools, it’s spirit day at Washington (Elementary) School, and at Whitewater Middle School.
I don’t know how many vagrants we have in Whitewater, but there was a time when Wisconsin knew how to deal with people who were just walking around, doing nothing, all day long. It was a long time ago, though, and in the century since we’ve created all sorts of management jobs for people of this disposition. The Wisconsin Historical Society recounts how we once handled these matters, and how even then, vagrants were an ornery lot:
1910 – Vagrant Snow Shovelers Strike for Pay
On this date 228 vagrants were brought in to shovel snow at the Chicago & Northwestern rail yard in Janesville. Shortly thereafter, they went on strike for 25 cents an hour and better food. Two days later, they went on strike again, asking for 30 cents an hour. [Source: Janesville Gazette]