Category: Madison aldermanic elections 2021
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Madison reimagines public safety
A new moderate coalition in Madison? The loss of Paul Skidmore stings but there’s more evidence that the April 6 aldermanic election in Madison WI was not a good day for the Hard Left. As part of Mayor Satya’s efforts to eviscerate the police, she proposed transfering parking enforcement out of MPD. It passsed 11…
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Progressive priorities are killing Madison
How much progressivism before more die? The Capital Times is declaring progressive victory after the April 6 Madison Common Council election. The real shift on the council is in the direction of diversity and progressive policy making. The majority of council members are now people of color. And the overwhelming majority of members ran and…
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‘A lot of disappointment for Madison’s left.’
Yeah, April 6 could have been a lot worse. Despite the loss of Paul Skidmore, the Werkes is on record saying the April 6 city election was not a total wash. An ethereal publication called Tone agrees. Even more than The Capital Times, Tone seems to speak for Madison’s hard left. (It IS a fun…
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Madison Common Council is majority minority
Got melanin? Vote for me because I am (pick one): ☑️ Black, ☑️ Hispanic, ☑️ Queer, ☑️ Transgender, ☑️ Disabled. But if you pitched your candidacy that your are 🔲 White you would be called a racist. You would, in fact, be racist. The Werkes longs for the day when our politics returns to who is ☑️ Best Qualified and aligns with…
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Progressive Dane elects 7 Madison alders, down 2
Progressive Dane elected 7 alders in Tuesday’s 04-06-21 Madison Common Council election out of 13 the Hard Left party endorsed. That’s down from nine the council elected two years ago. Isthmus PD alder Marsha Rummel did not seek re-election and her unchallenged successor Brian Benford (somehwat surprisingly) is not PD. PD endorsed Christian Albouras in…
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Mara Eisch won’t drink the Kool Aid
No hardliners this time around, pls. We never see our friendly acquaintance Greg Humphrey in the candle-lit Republican catacombs deep under the streets of Madison WI. Suffice to say: the guy is insufficiently Deplorable. Under the nom de plume of Deke Rivers, Greg blogs Caffeinated Politics from the city’s isthmus — the beating heart of…