There isn’t much to be said about the initiative itself that hasn’t already been said by other bloggers or the campus papers, but I think the manner in which is passed helps tell us it’s author.
In my mind Ald. Eli Judge has now had two big proposals that he authored and really pushed to get passed: the photo ordinance and now the Downtown Residential Lighting Initiative (DRLI). The photo ordinance passed unanimously and now the DRLI passed 19-1. Agree or disagree with his political beliefs, I think this says quite a bit about our esteemed Alder. Either he has an innate ability to work accross partisan lines to gain widespread support for his policy initiatives or he only authors such common-sense proposals that people can’t help but support them. Both of which speak well to current state of representation on Madison’s Common Council in District 8.
This quote from the Cap Times live blog of last nights meeting sums it up pretty well:
Actually, I need to check through the final votes when the minutes for this meeting comes out, but if I had to guess at one alder that has consistently moved across the lines of council factions, it would be Ald. Eli. Judge.
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1 Steven Lawrence // Nov 14, 2008 at 11:02 am
As Spirn reminded me, don’t forget the textbook ordinance. While Austin King may have had the original idea, it was Eli Judge who made the proposal palatable and got it passed.
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