Good morning,
Whitewater, Wisconsin’s forecast calls for cloudy skies, with a high of thirty-one degrees
For circuit judge in the spring general election, it’s David Reddy and David Danz on the ballot. Walworth County voters won’t be able to say they don’t have different candidates from whom to pick.
In nearby Janesville, the Janesville Plan Commission recommends against chickens. On a 6-0 vote against, the planning commission voted against a hens-only ordinance to allow urban chickens.
I’m not surprised, and I have a theory about acceptance of urban chickens. Even though chickens are less trouble or risk than some dogs, there’s almost surely a class element involved in acceptance of urban chickens. Working class and farming communities seem biased against them, likely because it’s too much a reminder of their own origins. Upscale communities have none of this insecurity, and are more receptive to urban chickens.
It’s not planning based on risk or inconvenience that holds sway; it’s merely a social bias, of planners themselves, imposed on all the community.
In Wisconsin history on this date, the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that in
2002 – Wisconsin Skater Takes Gold
On this date West Allis native Chris Witty won a gold medal in speed skating’s 1000 meter at the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games. She broke the world record with a time of 1:13.82, even though she was recovering from mononucleosis. Before Witty competed in ice staking, she was a professional bicyclist. [Source: US Olympic Team]