I guess I always knew I'd vote for Dave again, but I was really interested in what the competition would have to say, since there have been some controversies in the last few years. Right now the anti-trolley people(or most of the population, it would seem) are almost as irate as the anti-smoking ban people were, not to mention the Haloween debacle.
But I feel that I've been proved wrong more than once by some of these huge issues and I am definetely willing to give Dave another chance.

For example, I was totally against the smoing ban, not because I smoke, I hate smoking smokers smoke all that horrible stuff, it killed me ma! The (really little) Libertarian in me really didn't see the sense in banning one harmful substance from the bars and leaving the other one, especially since there was already no smoking in restaurants.
But oh the joy of going to my first non-toxic bar, it was wonderful and I think I go out way more now because I know I wont have to dry clean my coat or take a shower before going to bed as long as we stay inside Madison. I know one of the people running for city council up here on the north side seems to be doing so only in objection to said smoking ban, so I know it's a point of contention for a lot of people still.

Then I was enraged that big brother would be intruding on Madison's Halloween tradition, but in practice it wasn't that big of a deal, and the police turned out to be really cool, letting people pet the horses and such (hey, a little animal love goes a long way)(don't quote me on that), so I ended up feeling like this could be a poential-potential- for bringing cash into the city if they hire bands again and make it a sponsored party.
Now we are in the middle of this Trolley debate, and by debate I mean that Dave and a few others are trying to convince the rest of Madison that we won't always have cheap gas...or breathable air, and that the idea that we need to start looking for alternative transportation methods isn't just rhetorical, and the rest of Madison having a hissy fit like a bunch of little babies "don't spend my money, we already have too many busses". I'm behind him and I think that as citizens we shouldn't just look for the lease inconvenient solution, but acknowledge that we should be making sacrifices for the environment and for the future of the city.
Yeah!

My favorite anti-Dave group was the people who were mad about the cut back on mowing in the summer. I guess that just goes to show that people will complain about literaly anything.

Anyway, Peter Munoz, as intriguing as he may be, doesn't seem to have his act together yet, and Ray Allen's "social policy experiments" comment onhiw website rubs me the wrong way(we woudn't want to change anything would we?)

I understand the concern for "Dave's Vision", but I think he would improve on the appearnce of not listening to his constituents and he's the best guy for the job...who has applied this time anyway.