A just and completely unbiased assesment of the county board race. Nice work, ed board!

Unquestionably, if you're looking for the candidate with the most relevant experience and deepest connection with the student body, you're voting for Ashok Kumar. If you're looking for a candidate to not rock the boat and play back-bencher for two terms, Adam Korn. If you're looking for a newcomer with solid ideas but no experience, Sean Cornelius. And if you're looking for a Republican, which I am not, David Lapidus fits the bill. At this point, I really like the look of Cornelius and think he might do a great job. His website is terrific.

Kumar is obviously the front runner, though, and I think he'd do a swell job, too, although I can only imagine how some of the rural conservatives would treat him. "I though we got rid of Indians in Dane County a long time ago..."

This commentator obviously is from out of state, probably one of Kumar's buddies pandering to his needs. Kumar has no REAL experience beyond campus protests and quitting ASM in a blaze of glory to get some attention. He loves to get attention in everything he does - but DOES nothing else. Besides creating a facebook page to slander the chancelor and getting arrested in protest to ROTC, really, what has Kumar done for the public interest?
The bias within that response is utterly deplorable.

Cornelius has solid ideas? Right. That's why he said on his facebook page that if civil liberties aren't protected by the federal or state governments, the municipality must do this duty in their place. Too bad Dane County government has ABSOLUTELY NO JURISDICTION over constitutional rights. Cornelius has no LOGICAL ideas - yes, lets try to do things that are COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE for a local government to do. Great job, Sean.

And, in the previous response, why isn't Sean attacked by Kumar...?

"...although I can only imagine how some of the rural conservatives would treat him. 'I though we got rid of Indians in Dane County a long time ago...' "
Nice job on being blatantly racist towards Dane County residents, Anonymous.
BH, thanks for the great article.

"Unquestionably, if you're looking for the candidate with the most relevant experience and deepest connection with the student body, you're voting for Ashok Kumar."

Ashok Kumar has relevant experience on one issue, minimum wage laws. I have no idea how this makes him experienced over issues concerning public safety, human services (besides living wage), and the environment. Also not to mention, his wage law policies make little economic sense.

"If you're looking for a candidate to not rock the boat and play back-bencher for two terms, Adam Korn."

I have no idea what this even means.

"If you're looking for a newcomer with solid ideas but no experience, Sean Cornelius."

Sean Cornelius has no meaningful ideas. The extent of his "solid ideas" is that he just worked in a liminology lab so he must be qualified to discredit current County environmental programs that are making progress in cleaning up manure, storm run off, and phosphorus levels in County lakes, according to most experts and current Board members (I would bring up other relevant policy areas but he has none). His town hall meeting and student suggestion idea is no novel policy, it is basically a requirement for whatever person is elected supervisor. The other candidates don't need to mention it, it is a given in my mind that any of the four would do this.

"And if you're looking for a Republican, which I am not, David Lapidus fits the bill. At this point, I really like the look of Cornelius and think he might do a great job. His website is terrific."

David is a Libertarian Republican that is true, but this fact is not relevant to this race whatsoever. It is a non-partisan race and position and David who I have seen on the campaign trail is not just campaigning to leftists like the other three candidates, he is campaigning to everyone regardless of their politics. He is trying to come across as the candidate for reasonable solutions to Dane County problems that anyone can sympathize with and it is working, he has a uniting appeal. I don't care for partisan titles, I care about good policy, and David Lapidus seems to have a policy edge and knowledge of the issues above all the other candidates.

Cornelius' website has cool flash graphics. How this will make him a good county supervisor I have no idea. I guess for you though we should elect people based off the bling of their website.

"Kumar is obviously the front runner, though, and I think he'd do a swell job, too, although I can only imagine how some of the rural conservatives would treat him."

Kumar is definitely the front runner, no debate there, however, I think he'd be more of the same on the Dane County board. More resolutions trying to affect US foreign policy and other things irrelevant to Dane County, and of the relevant stuff, more badly thought out policies like Kumar's suggestion to racialize the justice system by having race quotas determine who officers can arrest, rather then the violation of the law.

David Lapidus fits your description.

David is a thoughtful, empathic, logical young man who understands the issues. He is a man of his word and is above reproach from an ethical standpoint. He does not let emotions sweep him away. He knows what's important and has the ability to see the forest for the trees. He will be a great asset for the Board. He has my vote.