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Political opponents unite in defeat
Voters take down two fighters on Madison city council
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Incumbent Alds. Rebecca Kemble and Paul Skidmore both lost to challengers in the April 6 election.
The city councilâs staunchest backer of the police was defeated in the April 6 election. So was one of the cityâs most progressive reformers.Â
Political newcomer Nikki Conklin ousted 10-term incumbent Paul Skidmore with 56 percent of the vote in a contentious and expensive race on the cityâs far west side. Skidmore was strongly backed by the Madison police union which in a February press release called him âthe undisputed leaderâ on the council for âworking to meet the needs of public safety in Madison.â Skidmore leaned hard into a pro-police message in his campaign literature; one piece features a quote from former Madison police Chief Mike Koval â âDefunding the Police Plans are putting you and me in dangerâ â and a photo of a
University of Wisconsin student leaders announced plans Friday to create a COVID-19 Student Relief Fund dedicated to aiding students financially struggling amid the pandemic.
The Associated Students of Madison will propose legislation Jan. 26 to sponsor the creation of a COVID-19 Student Relief Fund, according to a press release from ASM Chair Matthew Mitnick and District 5 Alder Max Prestigiacomo an effort coordinated by them as well as Dane County District 5 Supervisor Elena Haasl.
The legislation sponsored by the authors of the press release four additional city council representatives, State Rep. Francesca Hong (D-Madison) and several other ASM representatives would allocate funds between $2 million and $4 million to students affected financially by the pandemic, Mitnick said in an interview with The Badger Herald. The fund would directly aid students with rental assistance and utilities.
Eric Hovde behind âSave Madisonâ billboards
Progressive Dane alders targeted for stance on police funding
Eric Hovde owns several commercial and residential properties in downtown Madison.
Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde says he saw âcrime escalatingâ in Madison and decided to do something about it. Just not publicly.
This summer the downtown Madison property owner quietly spearheaded an effort, dubbed âSave Madison,â aimed at alders who, he claims, want to âdefund the police.âÂ
âIn the last few years, public safety has really declined. Particularly in this last year, rather meaningfully so,â Hovde tells
Isthmus. âThe council has done nothing but attack the police. I mean, how many oversight boards do we need? And at the same time this is happening, weâve had an 80 percent increase in shootings.â (This is a reference to police data on incidents of âshots fired,â not individuals who
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