Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a mostly sunny day, with a high temperature of sixty-six degrees. There will be a meeting of the Effigy Mounds Task Force at 4 p.m. today, and a meeting of the Landmarks Commission at 5 p.m. There’s a story at Wired entitled, Twitter Can Predict the Stock Market. Perhaps…
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City
Whitewater’s Fiscal Trend Analysis
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Law
A Read-the-Bill Rule for Congress
by JOHN ADAMS •
Hannah Volokh, while at visiting at Emory University’s law school, published an intriguing proposal in the Missouri Law Review: A Read-the-Bill Rule for Congress: In this Article, I argue that legislators have a duty to read the text of proposed legislation before voting to enact it. A Read the Bill political movement has formed in…
Cats
Cat-Abusing Savagery in Florida
by JOHN ADAMS •
In a shocking story from Florida, a cat recovers from severe torture while the cat’s abusers face the law: [Judge] Nazaretian called what happened to the cat the worst case of abuse he’s ever seen. Investigators say the cat was shot multiple times with a BB gun, locked in a crate and thrown into the…
Uncategorized
Video: Two Full Days of Saturn’s Aurora
by JOHN ADAMS •
Wired has a story about Saturn’s aurora, recorded with the Cassini orbiter. Lisa Grossman describes the aurora: Much like Earth’s northern and southern lights, Saturn’s aurora is triggered when charged particles from solar winds are channeled toward the poles by the planet’s magnetic field. At the poles, these particles interact with charged gas or plasma…
City, Poverty
The City Manager’s Selective and Deceptive Use of Data
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over a month ago, Whitewater’s city manager, Kevin Brunner, used his Weekly Report to tout data from the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance that he contended showed the strength of Whitewater’s fiscal position. (Predictably, the website of a local politician ran the figures that Brunner posted in full, without commentary.) Brunner aimed to show that, using data…
Conservation, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 9-21-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a day of thunderstorms with a high temperature of eighty-four degrees. In the City of Whitewater, the Urban Forestry Commission meets this afternoon, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The agenda is available online. Later, at 6:30 p.m., there will be a meeting of Whitewater’s Common Council. The…
Science/Nature
Moon Tour
by JOHN ADAMS •
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 9-8-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast for today calls for a sunny day with a high temperature of sixty-seven degrees. There will be a meeting of Whitewater’s Tech Park Board today, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The thorough, detailed, informative agenda is available online. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls the end in 1958 of an odd…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 8-30-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Today’s Whitewater forecast calls for a slight chance of thunderstorms and a high temperature of eighty-six degrees. At Wired‘s science column, there’s just the story for a Monday morning: Dancing Parrot Boogies Better With a Partner. Snowball the dancing parrot doesn’t just bob to the beat. The YouTube sensation, who proved last year…
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…
Innovation Center/Tech Park
Whitewater Innovation Center’s Second Tenant: As Unsuitable as the First
by JOHN ADAMS •
I am one of the few people who bothers to read the Weekly Report of Whitewater, Wisconsin’s City Manager, Kevin Brunner. Read it I do, and in the August 13th edition, one sees this announcement about a second tenant for the under-construction Innovation Center: Construction on Schedule for Whitewater Innovation Center; Another Tenant to Lease…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 8-6-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a mostly sunny day, with a high temperature of eighty-two degrees. At Wired, there’s a story about a funny science program, Look Around You — a spoof of science programs, really. In Look Around You: Science Video Reductio ad Absurdum, Daniel Dumas writes about the series: Remember being horrendously…
Comment Forum
Friday Open Comments Forum: Mad Men
by JOHN ADAMS • • 12 Comments
Here’s the Friday open comments post. Today’s suggested topic is about the show Mad Men. What do you like about the show, now ready to begin its 4th season on AMC this Sunday? Here’s a preview trailer from the show’s website: Link: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid101546270001?bclid=82069251001&bctid=104611124001 The use of pseudonyms and anonymous postings will be fine. Although the…