Discerning Whitewater

So in May my family got a puppy. I grew up in the U.P.. The puppy came from the shelter in the town in which I grew up. They named him Scooby and we kept the name. His mom was a pure bred Doberman and his dad a pure bred Golden Retriever. I went to high school with the owner of Scooby’s parents.

I already had a dog, Cruiser (from the same shelter). Cruiser was my COVID Dog, having gotten him in April 2020. Cruiser is the most laid back, obedient dog one can imagine. He was about three years old when we got him.

If having Cruiser is 1.0x difficult, then having Cruiser and Scooby has been 10x hard. I seriously had no idea how difficult puppies are… always chewing on stuff. My home smelled like a Petco for about two months. He need to be put out at 2am and again by 6am (even on weekends). Yesterday he discovered the lazy susan in my kitchen and ate a small jar of (most likely outdated) mayonaise.

Well, Scooby is the most loving puppy ever. He gets along great I look forward to him being obedient. Here is Scooby now:

Dogs are the best. No doubt they are man’s best friend.

Today’s topic: Fix the Lakes First

So it’s been a couple years since the lakes were drained. The lakes could not be less enjoyable.

The cat tails have overtaken such a large portion of both Trippe and Cravath lakes.

In the middle of a beautiful day, there will be no one enjoying the lakes.

I need to start attending the lakes meetings. If you are on or attend those meetings, maybe we can have coffee sometime and we can talk.

The lakes have such unrealized potential.

So I have some simple questions.

Can we fix the lakes before taxpayers spend $5.1M taking on the risk for large, unneeded appartment complexes? (What percentage of the cost and risk did taxpayers assume? 25-35%?

Can we fix the lakes before we spend a million dollars fixing the water tower?

Can we fix the lakes before we give two million dollars to the Whitewater Gro Co?

Can we fix the lakes before we spend any more taxpayer dollars telling businesses how to subvert immigration laws?

Can we fix the lakes before we invest another dollar in unproven, woke initiatives such as DEI?

Just to name a few.

City Manager John Weidl owns the lakes cleanup. He has been here long enough.

The City

So I have been on this journey for a couple years. It started by asking the questions, “why is there more evil in cities?” and “why are urban areas more prone to voting democrat?”

There is a lot of fascinating theology present in this knowledge.

As I have gone down the path of learning the theology of a city, I have chased many rabbits:

• Cain and Abel – one of the most fascinating, between the lines, stories in the Bible imho
• John Bevere and The Bait of Satan
• The Prophet Samuel and King Saul and the people’s begging for a king
• The pursuit of idols and the Return of The Gods (and idols)
• That The New Jerusalem will be a city and that cities can be good
• The need to be part of your community is Biblical (I want to make the case)

So, anyways, The Bible Project has an awesome podcast series on The City. Below you can check it out. I strongly recommend.

I look forward to discussing this much more, and eventually tying it together into a single package.

I definitely love Whitewater. Looking forward to making it even better.

Thanks to those that reached out to me as I start blogging again. Love to hear.

Peace and love,

-mike

yeah, he’s a cute dog