Good morning,
The Whitewater forecast calls for a chance of snow, and a high of thirty-one degrees.
In the City of Whitewater, there’s a Common Council meeting tonight, at 6:30 PM. The agenda for the meeting is available online.
It’s primary election day in Walworth County, and the county has a race for circuit judge. The Gazette offers a story on the four candidates, entitled “Primary to reduce judge field to two in Walworth County.” Elsewhere, the Wisconsin State Journal‘s Dee Hall asks “Is the stage set for judicial elections to become more partisan in Wisconsin?” Her story is about the 4th District Court of Appeals, but the answer to that question will likely be the same for other judicial levels.
In our school district, there’s a principal-for-day program, where movers and shakers get to follow our district’s principals around. One seldom picks an ordinary parent for a task like this; it’s usually a big fish from our small pond. This year, City Manager Brunner will shadow Whitewater High School’s principal.
I don’t know if Brunner will be teaching any classes. He’d be qualified, if only the curriculum included Techniques of Municipal Distraction (entry level and advanced course), Exaggeration as a Way of Life, or How to Spend Eleven Million to Pad a Résumé to Get a New Job. (The Music Parents’ already sponsored a concert, so it’s too late for City Manager: The Musical!)
The Wisconsin Historical Society reports that on this day in 1808
1808 – Lysander Cutler [Was] Born
On this date Lysander Cutler was born in Worcester County, Mass. Cutler moved to Milwaukee in 1856. In July, 1861, he was commissioned Colonel of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry. He was appointed Brigadier General in November, 1862, and Major General in August, 1864. He participated in the battles of Gainesville, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and in the Wilderness campaign. He was wounded at Gainesville, Frederickburg, and Weldon Road.
