There’s more than one way to see the differences of policy and politics in Whitewater.
By one way of thinking, these differences are merely of taste, like a preference for blueberries over raspberries. Although one cannot be certain, this is probably how most officials see the decisions before government: a choice between simple preferences.
And yet, some important local political choices are not merely between blueberries and raspberries, but between raspberries and rat poison.