Good morning, Whitewater
There’s a Birge Fountain Committee meeting at 2 p.m. today, at the White Memorial Building. That’s Whitewater’s only apparent public meeting. If we must have city government, then our municipality’s focus on the Birge Fountain’s better than most activities in which someone would otherwise meddle. If you’ve not already requested time off from work to attend the meeting, there’s still time. I’m sure your private sector employer will understand why you want to wander off attend a fountain meeting in the middle of the day.
Scheduling like this isn’t even a public meeting, for goodness’ sake — it’s like someone’s club, styled as a public activity. Sell the fountain to some rich person with poor taste in sculpture, and let him scrub it, or polish it, or whatever. It probably wouldn’t even go for that much, on the market, anyway. A few hundred bucks would probably get a buyer the fountain, filled with water, and even a few goldfish thrown in the deal. After the sale — one less item to schedule on the city’s calendar.
Well, if a fountain committee in a town with vacant storefronts (by Main & Elizabeth, Main & Tratt) isn’t enough, there’s more to lift your pride today — it’s Jerry Zucker’s birthday. The Wisconsin Historical Society marks the occasion —
On this date [in 1950] film producer Jerry Zucker was born in Milwaukee. With his brother David, he has written, produced, and directed a number of classic comedies including Naked Gun, Airplane!, Top Secret, Police Squad, and Rat Race. Zucker also produced My Best Friend’s Wedding, First Knight, A Walk In the Clouds, and My Life and gave the 2003 commencement address at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Be proud.