Here’s the FREE WHITEWATER list of the scariest things in Whitewater for 2010. The 2007, 2008, and 2009 editions are available for comparison. The list runs in reverse order, from mildly frightening to super scary. (Before I begin, I’ll note that I think this last year was the worst in recent memory, a time of…
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Economy, Government Spending
Reason.tv: Where are the Jobs? The Parallels between Today and the Great Depression
by JOHN ADAMS •
Reason considers our economic situation today and compares it with one from the ’30s. I don’t think the New Deal brought private jobs back, but I will say this much for FDR (as I have before): his New Dealers cared more about results than any local official hawking an empty idea like a so-called ‘Innovation…
Free Markets, Government Spending, Liberty, Planning
Sumner, Roosevelt, and the Forgotten Man
by JOHN ADAMS •
School District
About that Public Hearing… (Part 2)
by JOHN ADAMS •
I posted on Wednesday about a public hearing on the proposed Whitewater Unified School District budget. See, About that Public Hearing…. In that post, I offered a few suggestions for next year. (Hold the hearing at a convenient time outside of ordinary working hours, “Announce the hearing prominently on the main page of the district’s…
Uncategorized
On the Upcoming 2011 Whitewater, Wisconsin Municipal Budget
by JOHN ADAMS •
It’s municipal budget season in Whitewater, Wisconsin, and in towns across America. Whitewater’s budget will be presented in stages, over more than one Common Council meeting. That’s been a practice here for years; this year is no different. I’ll offer a few remarks on a municipal budget, before commentary another time when the city’s proposed…
Recent Tweets: 10-3 to 10-9
by JOHN ADAMS •
Is there freedom of speech in China? – No! Slate Magazine http://slate.me/bqt7fn 8 Oct A dictatorship at work: China blanks Nobel Peace prize searches – CNN.com http://bit.ly/cY7Tro 8 Oct Employers Continue to Discriminate Against Jobless, Think ‘The Best People Are Already Working’ http://huff.to/b7r3Hr 8 Oct Goodbye, Free Trade? High tariffs & currency wars cost us…
City, Innovation Center/Tech Park
Wisconsin State Journal: Work was stopped on Whitewater technology park due to federal rules violations
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s a story on Whitewater’s Technology Park and Innovation Center, from the Wisconsin State Journal. See, Work was stopped on Whitewater technology park due to federal rules violations. Reporter Dee Hall writes that Work on the Whitewater University Technology Park was temporarily halted last week when the federal government notified officials with the city and…
Recent Tweets, 9-26 to 10-2
by JOHN ADAMS •
Frogs bring color – and danger – to Milwaukee Public Museum – JSOnline http://bit.ly/dhajf7 5:54 AM Sep 30th RT @reasonmag: Faking the Pledge: How Republican promises of fiscal sobriety ring hollow http://ow.ly/2LDtQ 10:45 AM Sep 29th CatoInstitute: Buckley opposed War on Drugs – why don’t today’s conservatives? Harvard economist J Miron makes case: http://lat.ms/cncXcG 10:39…
Recent Tweets, 9-12 to 9-18
by JOHN ADAMS •
Bacteria Ate Mostly Gas, Not Oil In BP Spill http://huff.to/d9vqu7 September 16, 2010 9:09:38 PM RealClearMarkets – AP – Markets – – US homes lost to foreclosure up 25 pct on year http://bit.ly/aZgEU4 September 16, 2010 9:06:10 PM CDT BBC News – Pigeon flies past broadband in data speed race » FREE WHITEWATER http://bit.ly/9i2uow September…
City, Innovation Center/Tech Park, Planning
At the Whitewater, Wisconsin Business Park
by JOHN ADAMS •
Scenes from a local, overly-planned economy — Whitewater, Wisconsin’s Business Park. This empty building alone is half the size of a planned Innovation Center, and has more vacant space than the Innovation Center now has signed rental space (rental space for two related, publicly-funded, non-tech agencies).
City, Innovation Center/Tech Park
More Absurd Excuses from Brunner and Telfer: “UW-Whitewater Breaks Ground on Technology Park”
by JOHN ADAMS •
Excuses made on behalf of Whitewater’s publicly-funded Innovation Center and Tech Park are growing increasingly absurd, and are easily refuted. Each attempt of officials to justify the project only shows, yet again, what a wasteful scheme it is. Serious and thorough examination of tech parks like this shows they’re money-draining failures. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel…
City
Community Surveys and Popularity Real and Imagined
by JOHN ADAMS •
In December 2009, the City of Whitewater announced the results of a “2009 Comprehensive Plan Community Survey.” Whitewater’s City Manager, Kevin Brunner, predictably touted the results as proof of satisfaction with his municipal administration. Around that time, I saw the survey results online, but I’m sorry to say I didn’t comment on the survey or…
City, Government Spending, Taxes/Taxation
The Whitewater, Wisconsin City Manager’s Unpersuasive Lament
by JOHN ADAMS •
I read, each week, the Weekly Report from Whitewater’s City Manager, Kevin Brunner. The August 13th issue has clippings that Brunner chose to include from news stories and columns published elsewhere. Brunner included one from New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Here’s the clipping Brunner included: Krugman States Anti-Government Movement Hurting “Basic Government Functions.” Paul…
City, Government Spending, Innovation Center/Tech Park, Planning
Buildings in Tokyo, Japan and in Whitewater, Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s an intriguing video on YouTube that records in time-lapse filming the construction of a tower in Tokyo. It’s the Tokyo Sky Tree. The video depicts work over an extended period. (Although the description on YouTube somewhat misstates the timespan of the recording, it’s still fascinating.) Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb8MUeZrxbc. Despite all its beauty, the video invites…