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Question Bin

Post 6 in a series. A list of questions, updated as new ones arise, from When Green Turns Brown. Find this post, and you’ll have found all the questions from the entire series as they’re added . (Every question in this series has a unique number, assigned consecutively based on when it was asked. All…

Review: Predictions for Whitewater, Wisconsin for 2010

Here is my early January 2010 post with predictions for the year. How did I do? Results below the post…. Here’s my local, amateur version of (the now late) William Safire’s tradition of offering annual predictions, when he was at the New York Times. The list for 2010: 1. In 2010, the University will win…

Weak Jobs Data Dash Hopes of Accelerating Recovery

We are likely to find ourselves in the longest period of high unemployment since the Great Depression. The way out is to allow people to keep more of their own earnings. There’s a new unemployment report out, and it shows an increase in national unemployment to 9.8%, with the “broader measure of the unemployment rate,…

Whitewater’s Fiscal Trend Analysis

About two months ago, the City of Whitewater prepared an analysis our small city’s fiscal condition, entitled, City of Whitewater Financial Trend Analysis (1988-2009) and City Budget Projections (2011-2016). I have embedded a copy of the document at the bottom of this post. It’s a description of only part of the city’s life, a part…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 8-31-10

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for today calls for a partly sunny day with a high temperature of eighty-nine degrees. Whitewater’s Common Council will meet tonight at 6:30 p.m. for a budget planning session. The agenda is available online. At the Huffington Post, there’s a story best read in the morning, rather than at night: “U.S.…

The Recovery Was An Illusion But That’s A Good Thing — Forbes

Sy Harding, in Forbes: Yes, the economic recovery was an illusion. So let’s not talk of double-dips. Let’s face the reality that the real economy’s first dip is still underway, that the real economy is still scraping along a bottom. That’s not a bad thing. It’s better than the thought that the economy recovered but…

U.S. Economy: Fears rise as disappointing figures pile up – latimes.com

….Most economists believe a dip back into recession — as well as an equally debilitating bout of deflation, or broadly falling prices — will be avoided. But many have nonetheless warned that the prospects are rising, and say the more probable scenario isn’t much more appealing: a protracted economic malaise with imperceptible growth and stubbornly…

Downtown Whitewater, Inc. Receives 2010 National Trust Main Street Accreditation

I received the following press release that I am happy to post: Downtown Whitewater, Inc. Receives 2010 National Trust Main Street Accreditation Downtown Whitewater, Inc. has been designated as an accredited National Main Street Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Trust Main Street Center. Each year, the National Trust…

The City Manager’s Greetings from Ames, Iowa

I’ve posted cards about Whitewater from earlier times, but it’s a card from Iowa that I’ve embedded today. Imagine someone passing along a card from Ames, Iowa, site of a recent International (!) Town and Gown Association meeting on sustainable partnerships. Here’s that recent find: Click card to view larger image The postcard that I’ve…