Well said, Matt! While both are good candidates, Lauren does stand out as the one better prepared to represent the student interest. Eli definitely would not even had a safety plan if he weren’t forced to respond to Lauren’s safety plan, which is much better and more detailed.

Thanks dude, congrats, you graduated four years ago and are stuck here.

“Eli has also shown that he's good at mimicking Lauren's issues, like putting out a campus safety plan only after Lauren did.”

or… Eli talked about safety being his number one issue, and then Lauren (Austin) realized she (he) needed to catch up. I encourage you to listen to some of the radio transcripts and press releases from the first days of the campaign to underscore my point.

So, any of you fuckers out there gonna attack Lauren on the issues, or attack the content of what Matt had to say? Countdown to “OMG that’s totally Austin posting!” in 3… 2… 1…

Matt is right. While Eli has done his best to make it appear that there are no differences, there most certainly are, and they all favor Lauren. At least, if people knew about them.

2:24AM, Judge has said “unlike my opponent” enough times in this campaign that your statement is silly.

Another fun difference for the BH comment board:

-WSJ, Badger Herald, Daily Cardinal, for Judge

-Dude from 2003, for Woods.

heh heh, lauren, still trying to convince people you have done a lot of work inside city hall? for a fun trip, check out when lauren was confirmed on the committees. December ‘06, Jan ‘07. Smoke and mirrors kids.

Eli Judge clearly knows nothing about civil rights, having lead the most significant civil-rights effort on campus in history.

Where was Lauren Woods this fall? What’d she do for Fair Wisconsin?

I’ll tell you. Nothing.

As a student at the UW and a resident of the 8th district, I don’t feel that I need to be told who to vote for by someone who graduated four years ago. And if we’re going to talk about a quick look at the candidates’ websites it might be worth remembering that Judge had the talking points of his safety plan on his website back when the only thing you could do at Woods’s website was give her money. I think the biggest distinction between the candidates is that only one has been going door to door in disrict 8, introducing himself to the residents and hearing from them firsthand what they’d like to see there city do for them. That’s why Eli has earned the exclusive endorsements of the entire Dane County Dems executive board, Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney, AFSCME, and numerous leaders of student organizations for campus safety…not to mention both campus papers. If you think you can undo the work that Judge has done in actually meeting the voters in this district by writing a 250 word letter to the editor, think again.

Eli supporters sound like they’re copy-pasting scripts from rejected political adverts.

God I wish I was a communist(or cyborg), then I could say we should elect them both and share the wonderful perks they would both bring to the collective.

Woods supporters soudn like they’re copy-pasting scripts from the communist manifesto.

Wow. The College Dem hacks are back and on the attack!

To 8:41: did you really just call a five-month issue campaign the most significant Civil Rights battle on this campus, ever? Paul Soglin is going to kick your ass.

Apparently Austin King has alienated so many actual current students during his tenure on the City Council that the only person he could find to submit a letter depending his little puppet Woods was someone who graduated with him four years ago. I personally find that absolutely hilarious.

I agree, Vote Woods/Judge for ASM! - Germain E. Stemme

Okay everyone, stop being children, just stop posting. For what it’s worth, I voted for Eli, NOT because of anything he stood for, but because Lauren literally killed a forest under my door. I don’t care about either of you, but leave my place alone.

~College Court

Matt Donoghue is still an undergrad. He is a senior.

“or… Eli talked about safety being his number one issue, and then Lauren (Austin) realized she (he) needed to catch up.”

could you be more paternalistic? Because clearly, a black woman can’t make her own platform and own decisions, and has to have a white male tell her what to do. Asshole.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a candidate wasting so much money and tress on flyers & bulletins in a campaign before. And I’m talking about in any political race. Ever.

9:27: wow. you really did just say that. maybe at minnesota that wouldn’t be so obvious, but uw-madison students are a little smarter than that. no direct response necessary.

To 927pm,

You’re ridiculous. Because of that, I swear to Bucky, I’m taking the trolley tomorrow.

-Someone who just decided to vote

Nobody just decided to vote. Everyone who has ever posted here has been volunteering for either the Woods or Judge campaign since January. Get over yourselves.

I don’t want to Judge Woods, but she’s overdoing it for this campaign. She has killed a lot of trees and somehow managed to get the flyers into my apartment complex even when she doesn’t live there (speaking of campus safety issues)….scary.

Thank you, Eli, for not breaking into my apartment complex and repeat what Lauren did.

With this said, neither one of you are getting my vote because I plan on voting for myself. YAY!

9:27 pm - Oh my, in an attempt to conceal the fact that Woods is Austin’s hand-picked successor, you throw around racist accusations. Whereas 2:19 am challenges Judge supporters to “attack the content” of what the author wrote, 9:27 pm seriously undermines that argument by doing to exact opposite as a Woods booster.

let’s just re-elect austin king, he is so great for students. under his reign more students have been robbed and raped than in years past