Somewhere, there must be books that describe how one should properly and appropriately set table, with the correct and approved position of plates, glasses, knives, forks, and spoons. I have never read any of those books, nor felt that I should. When I go to a restaurant, I assume that the owner has figured all…
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Animals, Beautiful Whitewater, City, Good Ideas, Hip & Prosperous, Laws/Regulations, Liberty, Local Government, New Whitewater
Common Council Session of 12.18.12: Backyard Chickens
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Here’s my fourth post on last night’s meeting. Approved unanimously, and waived from a second reading, Whitewater now has a backyard chicken ordinance. Not just an ordinance, but a fine, model one of which we should be proud. This is a good idea, that’s come to Whitewater through the hard work of a thoughtful resident.…
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Update on the Urban Chicken Movement
by JOHN ADAMS •
I’ve written about the urban chicken movement . It’s goal is to persuade communities to allow residents to keep a hen or tow for fresh eggs. Many communities, ironically including rural communities like Whitewater, there are prohibitions on backyard hens in residential neighborhoods. Ordinances like this are more social than rational: I think it’s mostly…
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Wisconsin State Journal: Milwaukee Suburb May Join Urban Chicken Movement
by JOHN ADAMS •
Many communities have regulations against chickens or other animals on a private homeowner’s land. Even one may violate a city’s code. These government impositions on private activity likely have less to do with health than with the class consciousness of regulators against activities deemed beneath them. Urban chickens? You bet – Wisconsin State Journal: Milwaukee…
Animals, Beautiful Whitewater, City, Good Ideas, Hip & Prosperous, Liberty, Local Government
The Backyard Chicken Trend
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
We’re not alone among communities recently allowing urban chickens. A good and smart friend sent along news of Beloit’s urban chicken ordinance, now in effect in that city. She noted in her message that backyard chickens are a positive trend, and she’s right. (For a prior post on this topic, see Common Council Session of…
Agriculture, Animals, Beautiful Whitewater, City, Farming, Food, Good Ideas, Hip & Prosperous, Laws/Regulations, Liberty, Local Government, New Whitewater, Planning
A Model Ordinance
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
These last few months, beginning in September, Whitewater’s Planning Commission has heard, and subsequently considered, a proposal for an urban (backyard) chicken ordinance. The proposal is not mine; I have been a mere observer of this effort. One may write about a topic, but only after months of careful observation, as in this case. I…
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Daily Bread for 3.7.12
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater looks to be warmer than yesterday, with a high temperature of sixty-four, and a good chance of rain. This afternoon, Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 5 PM. The Wisconsin Historical Society marks a notable birthday today: 1811 – Increase Allen Lapham Born A pioneer naturalist and noted author, Increase Allen Lapham was…
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Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 2-24-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast today calls for a chance of snow, with a high temperature of twenty-five degrees. This may be a day without a public meeting for the City of Whitewater. There’s our mid-week respite. Enjoy. When one starts a timeline, it helps to start from the beginning. It helps even more when the…
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Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 2-17-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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Daily Bread for 8.2.21
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 75. Sunrise is 5:48 AM and sunset 8:13 PM, for 14h 24m 54s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 32% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission Grants and Sponsorship Sub-Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this…
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Daily Bread for 8.3.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. It’s a partly cloudy day for Whitewater today, with only a small chance of rain, and a high temperature of eighty-six. There’s a meeting of Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission this afternoon, at 5 p.m., in the city manager’s conference room at the municipal building. The agenda is available online. Danielle Venton, writing at Wired…
Free Markets, Laws/Regulations, Liberty
Huffington Post: Making the Business Case for Dairy Farmer Civil Disobedience
by JOHN ADAMS •
The war against raw milk sales in a dairy state, a war whose generals are big business interests, is underway in Wisconsin. I’ve written about previously about Governor Doyle’s veto of a bill allowing modest raw milk sales, and about regulatory badgering of dairies that offer raw milk for sale. (Some raw milk may be…