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Doyle approval hits 29 percent, Feingold still strong in polls By Hannah Furfaro The Daily Cardinal
Gov. Jim Doyle’s approval rating has dropped to 29 percent, according to a recent poll from North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling. Fifty-eight percent of Democrats and 5 percent of Republicans said they approve of Doyle. In June, a PPP survey showed Doyle had a 34 percent approval rating. “There’s no doubt Democrats will be better off with a newer face as their candidate for governor next year than Jim Doyle,” PPP President Dean Debnam said in a statement. The poll also found that in a possible matchup between U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and former Gov. Tommy Thompson, Feingold leads Thompson outside the margin of error. Feingold had the support of 88 percent of Democratic voters, while 82 percent of Republican voters supported Thompson. The poll surveyed 767 Wisconsin voters. The poll revealed Thompson has lost support since his last term as governor. Thirtyeight percent of voters said they viewed him favorably, and 45 percent said they viewed him unfavorably. Debnam said despite Democrats’ worries about holding on to Senate seats, Democrats could be in a better position to keep those seats than they believe. “A lot of Democrats were scared yet another of their seats would go on the vulnerable list when Tommy Thompson said he
Opinion polls predict a close race among governor candidates The 2010 race for the governorship is up for grabs, according to a new poll from Public Policy Polling. The poll showed Democratic candidate, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is tied with Republican opponent and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker. It found that voters consider Barrett more favorable than former Congressman Mark Neumann by a
was interested in running for the Senate last week … But Thompson’s approval rating is not what it used to be, and it looks like Russ Feingold is in a solid position,” Debnam said in a statement. Despite President Barrack Obama’s decline in popularity in Wisconsin to 47 percent approval, the poll showed 45 percent of those polled approve of how Feingold is doing and 37 percent disapprove of his job performance.
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Nonprofit group opposes Edgewater redevelopment By Caitlin Gath The Daily Cardinal
The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation released a statement Wednesday announcing its official opposition to the current proposal for an addition to the Edgewater Hotel, saying it had an inappropriate scale for the Mansion Hill Historic District. “We would like to be able to support an addition to the Edgewater Hotel that restores the original 1947 hotel building, improves the failed public space of the 1974 addition and respects the guidelines for new construction in the Mansion Hill Historic District,” Jason Tish, executive director for MTHP, said in an e-mail. MTHP is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1974 to help “preserve the architectural and historical heritage of the greater Madison area through advocacy and education,” according to MTHP’s mission statement.
According to Tish, the developer behind the remodeling of the Edgewater, Hammes Company, wants an exception to be made in the language of the Landmarks Ordinance that is used to provide guidance for new construction in any of the city’s historic districts. “We would like to be able to support an addition to the Edgewater Hotel that restores the original 1947 hotel building.” Jason Tish executive director Mansion Hill Historic District
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With Gov. Jim Doyle’s declining approval ratings, a new face will better the Democrats in this upcoming election.
41 percent to 39 percent approval margin. Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed said they did not have an opinion on Neumann because they did not know enough about him. Forty-four percent said they didn’t have an opinion on Walker, and 48 percent said they did not know enough about Barrett to have an opinion. In a matchup between Barrett and Walker, 40 percent of 18- to 29-yearolds said they view Barrett favorably and 32 percent of those surveyed said they prefer Walker.
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Republican Scott Walker and Democrat Tom Barrett campaign their way across the state.
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ASM Student Judiciary Chief Justice Trenell Darby presided over CFACT’s appeal hearing last week after CFACT was denied funding eligibility earlier this year by SSFC.
Student Judiciary denies CFACT’s appeal for funding eligibility The Associated Students of Madison’s Student Judiciary voted last week to deny Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow’s appeal after the Student Services Finance Committee denied them funding eligibility earlier this year. SSFC originally denied CFACT’s funding eligibility on Oct. 5 because although the organization’s direct services did meet the necessary criteria to receive funding, those services did not make up over 50 percent of their time. SSFC also originally denied CFACT’s eligibility because the organization allegedly broke several Student Activity Center Governing Board policies. SSFC said these violations included having empty beer cans in their office and moving SAC furniture into their office without returning it.
These violations were deemed intentional by the SSFC at the time. After their denial, CFACT appealed its case to the Student Judiciary on three counts involving SSFC members’ alleged viewpoint neutrality violations. Two of these counts involved funding for CFACT’s campaigns. According to the case, CFACT members said SSFC ruled that their campaign was not a direct service, but have ruled that it was in the past. CFACT also said members of SSFC were misinformed about CFACT’s campaigns, which ultimately affected their vote. The Student Judiciary dismissed all three counts of viewpoint neutrality violations and denied CFACT’s overall appeal. —Kelsey Gunderson
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”