This post follows a recent story (from 7.17.12) about a waste digester proposed for Whitewater, Wisconsin (see, Waste-to-energy project coming to Whitewater“). For an earlier post along these lines, see Questions for the Press about a Proposal with Green Energy Holdings. 1. Does anyone think, as the 7.17.12 story states, that the City of Whitewater…
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An Open Letter to the Interim City Manager on a Proposal between Whitewater and Green Energy Holdings
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good afternoon. Here’s a post to follow previous ones on this website, and a story today in the Janesville Gazette, about a proposal between the City of Whitewater and Green Energy Holdings for a waste digester. The project has been touted as a large one, but large claims for municipal projects require substantial justification. In…
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Questions for the Press about a Proposal with Green Energy Holdings
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
This week, I’ve posted a series of general questions about a proposed deal with Green Energy Holdings for a waste digester. See, Preliminary & General Questions about a Proposal with Green Energy Holdings and Questions for the CDA about a Proposal with Green Energy Holdings. (For a comprehensive list of all posts about this proposal,…
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Preliminary & General Questions about a Proposal with Green Energy Holdings
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
There’s a development proposal now pending between the City of Whitewater and Green Energy Holdings for a waste digester. The community’s heard only a bit about the proposal, from one newspaper story, and an item in then-city manager Brunner’s Weekly Report (publicized verbatim thereafter). The proposal’s been described in big terms, but there’s been little…
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The CDA and GEH
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
There’s a meeting of the Community Development Authority today, and of the topics on the agenda, there’s an item (number 7) to “Discuss Development Agreement with Green Energy Holdings LLC.” (The agenda and packet appear below.) This item is a reference to approval, from last Thursday’s Common Council meeting, of an agreement with Green Energy…
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On the Initial Steps toward a City Leader
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
I wrote last evening with a brief summary of Whitewater’s Common Council session of 5.21.12, during which Whitewater’s city manager submitted his resignation effective 6.22.12. See, Whitewater’s 5.21.12 Common Council Meeting. A few remarks about that session’s discussion. The Bigger Trends are Still the Bigger Trends. Whitewater will pick a new city executive of some…
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Whitewater’s 5.21.12 Common Council Meeting
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Whitewater’s Common Council met on Monday evening to appoint three residents to city boards or commissions, and thereafter to discuss the resignation and departure of her city manager, and finally to appoint an interim city manager. All seven members of the Common Council were present. (For tonight, I’ll offer a summary of the principal 5.21.12…
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Whitewater’s present, future
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
I’ve had a good bit of email asking about possible changes in Whitewater’s municipal administration, and whether I think her city manager will take a job elsewhere. On Friday, I wrote an initial reply to the news of City Manager Brunner’s candidacy for a post in Fond du Lac: Qui-Gon Jinn’s Sound Advice for Whitewater.…
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Distressed TID 4
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
There’s an observation from 2011 from Whitewater’s city manager to consider about the distressed status of tax incremental district 4. (I came on the observation while reading this week about Generac.) Before going further, I’ll observe that when one talks about distressed tax incremental districts, one’s talking about rare birds. By the assessment of the…
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Whitewater’s 3.20.12 Common Council Meeting
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Sometimes the most telling discussion within a meeting occurs early, in remarks offered nearly offhand. That was true with last night’s Common Council meeting, in remarks from her city manager, Kevin Brunner. Two of his topics deserve mention. On the Innovation Center, the city manager distributed a glossy one-year anniversary book, and a glossy tri-fold…
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Whitewater’s 2.7.12 Common Council Meeting
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Update: links fixed. Whitewater’s Common Council met last night, and here are assorted observations on the meeting. Scads of Objectives. Whitewater’s city manager lists 133 major city objectives, of which 85.7% were ‘completed or achieved.’ What should one say? It would have been better to achieve a few meaningful goals, than to list over a…
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Daily Bread for 1.30.12
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Whitewater will have a mostly sunny Monday, with a high temperature of thirty-nine; in Tallahassee, it’s a sunny day, with a high of sixty-seven, before tomorrow’s primary. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority will meet today, at 4:30 PM. These last years have been difficult for the CDA, and a wrong direction over several years…
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Daily Bread for 1.19.12
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. It’s a clear and breezy day for the Whippet City, with a high of nine; in Las Vegas, it’s a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of sixty-five. Tonight at 7 PM, the League of Women Voters hosts a program at city hall: “Budget Repair Bill Update: Impact on City/County Operations” with…
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Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters January 2012 Newsletter
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
The Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters’ January 2012 Newsletter is out, featuring both articles and a calendar of upcoming LWV events. This latest edition is available as a link on my blogroll, and is embedded below, with coding through Google. Upcoming events: Whitewater League Website to Launch February 2012 A landmark event in the history of our league will…