Good morning, Whitewater
There are no public meetings scheduled in the city today.
In Wisconsin history today, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society, on this day in 1967, Lake Geneva “city government passed an ordinance banning go-go girls, dancers in bikinis, and swimsuit-clad waitresses from working in establishments that served alcohol.”
There must have been the possibility that at least one establishment wanted to employ waitresses dressed this way. Here government legislates morality, and over a trivial rather than an extreme display.
The contention, presumably, would be that the community should not accept swimsuit-clad waitresses. Yet, if the ordinance were need to prevent private activity, there must have been a market, and a community preference, for restaurants like this. They would not be my choice; I would not support government deciding that they cannot be your choice.
The National Weather Service, predicts a high of 86 degrees and patchy fog. The Farmers’ Almanac, predicts “stormy weather.” They are not similar predictions — only one, or neither, will be right.