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…
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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 •
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…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 7-23-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Last evening was one of stormy weather, with a tornado touching down in nearby Cold Spring. Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a day of thunderstorms, with a high temperature of eighty-seven degrees. Here’s a link to raw video of a funnel cloud near Whitewater. Here’s a link to photos of the storm…
Eleven Fifty-Nine
Eleven Fifty-Nine for 7-12-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good evening, It’s a slightly overcast evening, with a low of about sixty degrees for the overnight temperature. I blogged on Whitewater’s Planning Commission meeting earlier this evening, and I will later update that post with a few additional remarks. See, Whitewater’s Planning Commission Meeting for 7-12-10 (Live Blogging). Much of that meeting concerned residential…
Eleven Fifty-Nine
Eleven Fifty-Nine for 7-7-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good evening, We had the rain, and thunderstorms, that were forecast previously for our area. There was a tornado report in the Village of Cambria, about fifty miles north of Whitewater. A tornado that touched down in June near Old World Wisconsin, of Eagle, Wisconsin caused considerable damage, as a story at the GazetteXtra.com describes.…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 7-2-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a sunny day with a high temperature of eighty-one degrees. Whitewater’s Independence weekend events continue, and a full description is available at ww4th.com. Here’s what’s scheduled: Festival Schedule Friday, July 2nd 5:00 PM Festival Opens – Midway by Christman Amusement Opens – American Legion Beer Tent Opens…
City, Innovation Center/Tech Park
The City Manager’s Greetings from Ames, Iowa
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Development, Free Markets, Planning
The Wall Street Journal on Private Campaigns Against Walmart
by JOHN ADAMS •
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).…
City, Economy, Free Markets, Government Spending, Planning, Uncategorized
America’s War Between Free Enterprise and Government Control
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s an essay in the Washington Post, that wonders if we face America’s new culture war: Free enterprise vs. government control. Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, considers the topic and concludes that we do face such a cultural clash. First, Brooks considers the irreconcilable systems of free enterprise and state control: This…
City
Hello, Maurices! Welcome to Whitewater, from your friend, John Adams
by JOHN ADAMS •
Hello, Maurices, and welcome to Whitewater. I’m John Adams, a blogger from Whitewater, Wisconsin, and I welcome your latest store, one of a seven-hundred store chain, to Whitewater. I am sure that your corporate leaders, and those of your multi-billion dollar parent company, Dress Barn, have made a smart decision to offer popular products to…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 5-21-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, The forecast for Whitewater calls for a day of likely showers, and a high of sixty-seven degrees. It’s Coffee with the Principal in our schools today, from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Sometimes even the most impressive designs fail to account for actual behavior and ordinary conditions. There’s a story at Wired that illustrates…
City, Law, Laws/Regulations, Planning
Whitewater’s Planning Commission Meeting from 5/10/10: Residential Overlay
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…