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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Madison notables make Assembly endorsements

Best of Badger Breed

By Anna Bukowski The Daily Cardinal

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Six Hoofer clubs presented their team offerings while getting to know students during the All Hoofer Kickoff held in Memorial Union. The five collegiate teams consist of alpine, equestrian, freestyle, nordic and sailing.

Two candidates for Wisconsin’s 77th Assembly district received key endorsements, Tuesday, with Madison mayor Dave Cieslewicz endorsing Brett Hulsey and former Madison mayor Paul Soglin endorsing Dianne Hesselbein. Candidate and Dane County Supervisor Dianne Hesselbein announced Tuesday morning Solgin’s support for her campaign in District 77. “I think she’s going to do the best job in regards to the fiscal problems the state faces this year,” Soglin said. Cieslewicz’s endorsement for candidate Brett Hulsey came in a statement, saying “In a field of strong candidates, Brett stands out. Brett has experience fighting

against long odds and coming out on top.” Cieslewicz and Hulsey have worked together for twenty years and though Hulsey considers the recent endorsement important, it will not shift the focus of his campaign. Hulsey does not consider Soglin’s endorsement of Hesselbein a loss. “I’ve got [Dane County Executive] Kathleen Falk, Mayor Dave, Former UW Dean Mary Rouse – I have a lot of endorsements,” Hulsey said. Soglin’s endorsement joins a row of others promoting Hesselbein and her candidacy. Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, formally supports Hesselbein and sees Soglin’s endorsement page 3

Cieslewicz presents Capital Budget to public By Maggie DeGroot The Daily Cardinal

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz introduced the 2011 Executive Capital Budget to the public Tuesday. The proposed capital budget for 2011 is $238 million with $88.7 million in borrowing. The $88.7 million in borrowing is greater than the approximate $84 million that was in the approved capital budget for 2010. The mayor is proposing to spend $25.7 million in parking utility. These funds would go towards the new underground parking garage, which would be located below the Madison Municipal Building site, Pinckney Street and the market according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Cieslewicz is proposing to spend

$250,000 on a public market. The public market would replace the Government East garage at East Wilson and South Pinckney Streets. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said it’s a big deal that there’s a fair amount of money proposed for the new highspeed rail station as well as the public market or parking garage. “What remains to be seen is how much the federal government will pay for and so there are certainly tons of questions relating to the exact cost and funding sources of all the activity we hope to accomplish in conjunction with the new Amtrak station,” said Verveer. “This budget includes over $34 million in G.O. borrowing for reconstruction, expansion and resurfacing of major streets in need of repair

Bucky Badger’s $4,000 mascot head was stolen last Sunday from the apartment of a UW-Madison student who portrays Bucky at sporting events. The 28-pound head resurfaced Monday morning undamaged outside the W. Gilman Street apartment. The student said he hosted a small party with friends Sunday night and the head was missing when he awoke the following morning. The student reported the occurrence to UW officials and the Madison Police department

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Where in the world is Bucky’s head?

and said if the head was returned undamaged, he would not press criminal charges. According to the reporting officer, it would have been difficult for the thief to explain how they possessed the head. “It is an uncommon item and would have to be hidden,” stated the officer in the report.

throughout the city,” Cieslewicz said in a statement. County Road M, Hwy 113 and Williamson Street are some of the major streets outlined by Cieslewicz. Verveer said he agrees with the mayor’s prioritization of street reconstruction. “I have fought personally for almost all the downtown streets to be reconstructed during my 10 years in office,” Verveer said. However Verveer said he was disappointed Cieslewicz has delayed some of the street work he thought would happen next year. A new section in the budget to be spent towards engineering bike and pedestrian improvements was estibudget page 3

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Mayor Dave Cieslewicz announced his Executive Capital Budget Tuesday. The high-speed rail station made an impact on the budget.

New report shows huge gender and racial gaps in employment, wages By Ariel Shapiro The Daily Cardinal

A new report released Tuesday by the UW-Madison based think tank, Center On Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), exhibits a dismal view not only of the overall economic landscape, but also of the particularly desperate situation that many individuals of underrepresented groups face. “The State of Working Wisconsin” is released biennially and has been a source of statewide economic evaluation for over 14 years. However, as the 2010 report reads, “the economic

picture for working people is as grim as we have ever reported.” The report even goes as far to call the 2000s a “lost decade” for economic growth. Income has consistently increased for families through the 1980s and 1990s, but trended backward during the 2000s. Although the whole of Wisconsin’s population deals with the ramifications of what COWS is calling “The Great Recession,” women, Hispanics and Blacks are far and away suffering the most, according to the report’s statistics. The unemployment rate for

Whites in Wisconsin is seven percent, but Hispanics see a rate of 16 percent, and Blacks at a staggering 24 percent, a number the report says “far exceeds the national Black unemployment rate.” This gap in prosperity based on gender and race is also evident by wages. According to COWS, women in Wisconsin earn $0.81 for every dollar a man makes, and, on average, Blacks earn $3.25 and Hispanics $4.05 less per hour than whites. Additionally, 30.7 percent, or unemployment page 3

“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”


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