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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A trip around the world is easy at Global Market and Food Hall
The eat-in dining area is large with room for social distancing.
I was thrilled when I first heard about the opening of the Global Market and Food Hall, back well before the pandemic hit. The idea â the marriage of an Asian supermarket and a mall food court, populated with an array of Asian cuisines serving something close (or closer) to what one would find in an Asian street market than whatâs typically found in an American strip mall Chinese spot â would be groundbreaking for Madison.Â
Favorites from a vintage bus
David Rodriguez creates a drive-up restaurant in the parking lot of his catering company
David Rodriguez
As we head into the tenth month of COVID-19 restrictions in the restaurant world, invention and re-invention remain key. So I guessed something was up when, driving down Stoughton Road at dusk, I glimpsed strings of bulb lights illuminating the parking lot in front of a vintage school bus near the Cottage Grove Road exit.
I knew thatâs where David Rodriguez runs his International Catering Co. out of the former Gaylord Catering building, 709 Atlas Ave. Rodriguez bought the long-running catering company at the beginning of this year; he also owns the Melted food cart and has been serving his Taco Local and Melted menus out of the restored 1981 International Harvester bus on Atlas Avenue at lunchtime over the summer.Â
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