Good morning, Whitewater
There are no public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today. (Even school is out of session.) What will everyone do? There’s lots to do, and you don’t need government assistance, guidance, regulation, or partnership to do it. A free and clever people doesn’t need a guiding hand, it needs a clear, unobstructed path.
According to the Wisconsin Historical Society, Isaac Stephenson was born in 1829. I had never heard of him, but he was a banker and a politician in our state and a representative to Congress. He may have been prominent in his day, but I’d guess he’s virtually unknown today. His public service must have seemed significant once, but it’s unknown now.
Public service may have many values (and private life still more), but an enduring popular legacy is often not be among them.