Good morning. Today’s forecast calls for a breezy day, with a high temperature of forty-five degrees. Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets at 5 p.m. today. The meeting agenda is available online. Over at Wired Science, Rachel Ehrenberg begins a story on the alteration of a 19th century painting with these clever lines: Experimenting with…
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 1-24-11
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a slight chance of snow, with a high temperature of twenty-nine degrees. In the City of Whitewater today, there will be a meeting of the Community Development Authority Board of Directors from 4:30 to 7 p.m. That meeting will include a Public Hearing and Presentation of TID 4 Plan…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 11-4-10
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater’s forecast calls for a chance of rain or snow (that’s what the National Weather Service says), with a high temperature of forty-six degrees. There will be a Common Council session tonight in Whitewater, at 6:30 p.m. The session will include a resolution on a moratorium for building permits in the TID 4…
Eleven Fifty-Nine
Eleven Fifty-Nine for 7-24-10 (When Bison Attack)
by JOHN ADAMS •
From Fox, here’s a video of a bison attacking a tourist at Yellowstone Park: I first found a shorter version of the video at the Huffington Post, and that website described the attack as a ‘summer bummer.’ Oh no — it’s a gift of amazing bragging rights. The tourist apparently survived with only bruises after…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread: November 4, 2008
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning, Whitewater It’s the first Tuesday in November. There is no public meeting to be found anywhere in the City of Whitewater today — there is only the right and necessary power of citizens to choose their representatives. No one stands in your way, or decides for you. Far more than one-hundred million across…
Libertarians
Goldwater ’64: Reagan’s Time for Choosing for Goldwater
by JOHN ADAMS •
Libertarians, here is a direct and clear address, the antidote to empty rhetoric in this troubled season. Reagan speaks on behalf of Goldwater against the many errors of the Johnson Administration, in an address called A Time for Choosing. Reagan delivered versions of this speech several times during the campaign. The full address, and transcript…
Bad Ideas, CDA, City, Corporate Welfare, Development, Economics, Economy, Government Spending, Local Government, State Capitalism, Taxes/Taxation, That Which Paved the Way
‘Crony Capitalism and Social Engineering: The Case Against Tax-Increment Financing’
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Whitewater’s residents may have heard, as I have, ignorant and false boasting about the benefits of tax incremental financing. It’s variously described as increment or incremental financing, but either way, it’s a plan to entice developers with taxpayer funds by segregating from the general fund, if any, the revenue generated from a development to pay…
Conflicts of Interest, Local Government, Politics, School District, That Which Paved the Way
First Serving
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Whitewater’s longtime politician, current school board member, and ersatz newsman Jim Stewart has published an update on candidacies for upcoming school board, city council, and county board races. A few quick comments: 1. Stewart’s Update on Compensation. Stewart has an update to his post, or rather UPDATED, on the compensation for each office. Why he…
City, Economy, Politics
The Winnowing Transition
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Today’s a good day to post about the transition through which Whitewater is now going. It’s a winnowing transition, in which many political and economic positions formerly popular are slowly being swept away. (There are, in fact, few leading public officials even from a decade ago still around. Those who are operate in conditions of…
City, Economy, Local Government, Politics
Mr. Yvarra’s Campaign: Even More Deceptive Than Before
by JOHN ADAMS • • 5 Comments
I’ve written previously about the contested race in Whitewater’s Fourth Council District, an election choice between Lynn Binnie and Paul Yvarra. See, on this topic, On Whitewater’s 4th District Council Race, and (about the Yvarra campaign) A Dodgy and Deceptive Campaign. In a statement to the Gazette, for their comprehensive election series, Paul Yvarra has…
City, Elections, Politics
A Dodgy and Deceptive Campaign
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Of our local elections, with a spring general election next Tuesday, one may confidently say two things. First, there is one contested Whitewater election on the ballot, between incumbent Lynn Binnie and Paul Yvarra for the 4th Council District. Second, and sadly just as true, the Yvarra campaign is running the most error-prone and deceptive…
Business, Economy, Free Markets, Hip & Prosperous
Downtown Whitewater and an Emerging Business Culture
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
At Tuesday’s Common Council meeting, there was a brief presentation from two board members of Downtown Whitewater (DTWW), with others from that group also in attendance. In the life of a small town, success of merchants matters greatly. (I’m opposed to pitting local independent merchants against local chain stores, but I very much support local…
CDA, City, Corporate Welfare, Government Spending
The City of Whitewater’s 2013 Budget: CDA & Bus
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Whitewater’s Common Council considered four budget items at length during her 11.13.12 session. I’ll address now the first two of those four, immediately below. The Community Development Authority Budget. Someday, one hopes, Whitewater’s Community Development Authority won’t require tens of thousands from the City of Whitewater’s general fund, as it does now, since the CDA…
Business, City, Laws/Regulations, New Whitewater, Planning
The City of Whitewater’s 2013 Draft Budget: Downtown Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Under the 2013 draft budget, there’s the possibility of the City of Whitewater increasing the contribution for Downtown Whitewater, Inc., to compensate for the loss of funding via Tax Incremental District 4. While I’d surely rather the city didn’t prop up businesses, and I’d rather it didn’t fund just one area at that, I candidly…