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More Absurd Excuses from Brunner and Telfer: “UW-Whitewater Breaks Ground on Technology Park”

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…

Community Surveys and Popularity Real and Imagined

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…

The Whitewater, Wisconsin City Manager’s Unpersuasive Lament

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…

Buildings in Tokyo, Japan and in Whitewater, Wisconsin

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…

Eleven Fifty-Nine for 7-2-10

Good evening, Whitewater’s weather tonight should be clear and comfortable. People sometimes say that summer nights in the 50s or 60s are comfortable. That’s true (and tonight is forecast for 60 degrees), but even occasional colder nights are agreeable. Hard not to find these days other than agreeable. It’s the beginning of America’s largest summer…

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…

The Wall Street Journal on Private Campaigns Against Walmart

In prior posts, I’ve made clear the difference between competition between private merchants and local government’s endorsement of a campaign that expressly favors one kind of merchant over another. That’s not the place for government, either on principle (government should be limited) or prudently (government has a poor record of picking winners in the marketplace).…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 6-7-10

Good morning, Whitewater Today’s forecast calls for a day of isolated showers, with a high of seventy-one degrees. The City of Whitewater has a busy day ahead, with three municipal meetings scheduled. From 10 a.m. to noon, there will be a meeting of the Whitewater-University Tech Park Board. The meeting’s agenda is available online, and…

U.S. Economy: May Employment Gain Trails Forecast (Update1) – Bloomberg.com

I’ve contended that our economy, nationally and locally, remains week. The recent unemployment figures confirm that view. See, U.S. Economy: May Employment Gain Trails Forecast (Update1) – Bloomberg.com. The details of the latest report reveal a grim picture: American companies hired fewer workers in May than forecast and workers dropped out of the labor force,…

Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 5-24-10

Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a mostly sunny day with a high of eighty-nine degrees. There’s a meeting of Whitewater’s Community Development Authority today, beginning at 4:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. Over at Wisconsin Builder, there’s an article entitled, “Top Projects of 2009.” Our campus’s Hyland Hall is one of those top…

Whitewater’s Planning Commission Meeting from 5/10/10: Residential Overlay

At Item 10 of the May 10th Planning Commission meeting, the Planning Commission considered a residential overlay ordinance, that would place greater restrictions than there would be, for example, in a conventional R-1 zoning district. (Two or fewer unrelated persons living in the single residence, rather than three or fewer persons.) The item stated that…