In a remarkable comeback, former Mayor Paul Soglin won the Madison mayoral primary by a narrow margin over two-term incumbent Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, assuring a general election for the record books on April 5....Back to the 70s!
Cieslewicz is seeking a third four-year term. Soglin, who to the mayor's surprise entered the race late on Dec. 22, held the office longer than anyone in two stints in the 1970s, '80s and '90s.
The mayor ran on his record — a top bond rating, more cops and fire stations, rebuilding the Central Library, automated trash collection, his vision for a new economy and challenges presented by Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP-controlled state Legislature.I happened to get a picture of Soglin the other day when I went down to the demonstration:
Of Soglin, [UW polisci prof Charles] Franklin, said, "He's maintained a political base in the city that's truly remarkable when you consider how long his career has spanned. And of Cieslewicz, Franklin said, "with two terms in office has failed to make the office securely his own."
Somehow this song plays in my head....
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back
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He is too retro and too enamored with his image and power to get my vote, there must be a better alternative.
Funny, I'm finally getting around to reading David Maraniss' book "They Marched into Sunlight," which chronicles (among other things) Soglin's emergence as an antiwar leader. I wonder if the Soglin of then would have guessed where he'd be in 2011.
If Soglin prohibits the riding of bicycles on the street during a blizzard, he's got my vote.
In some ways Soglin's comeback parallels Jerry Brown's comeback.
Could this somehow happen at the national level?
That's all well and good, but who is the Republican candidate?
Madisonians should just beware if Soglin somehow brings back former mayoral aide Jim Rowen. That man is an unrepentant lefty.
That's the song that split David Crosby from the Byrds. You can hear his vocals, but he's not in the clip.
Nils Lofgren had a great version of that song on a great album, I think his first solo.
Too bad he had to join up with B. Springsteen:
"Well Sally dumped me for a college guy
I guess I'll just drive around this town in my old GTO
Daddy got laid off at the factory
OOOOOO, this diry ole jobless town
Etc. Etc.
How can you go wrong with Goffin/King's hauntingly beautiful Goin' Back? Without fail Ann's musical counterpoint makes reading along such a joy.
Gene Clark, never looking handsomer btw, had only just returned to the Byrds when this & the lip-synched version itself were recorded. He left barely weeks later for good. Also note David Crosby's absence was partially due to the decision to record & release this same song instead of his Triad (another hauntingly beautiful melody, in fairness). Tho more likely because he was such a horse's ass ...cue the album cover...
** typo corrected **
I happened to get a picture of Soglin the other day when I went down to the demonstration
To get your fair share of abuse?
Oh that was a good album. And yes Crosby was the ultimate horse's ass..
To get your fair share of abuse?
To vent her frustration. Do you happen to have any 50 amp fuses at Meadhouse? ;)
And yes Crosby was the ultimate horse's ass.
David Crosby reportedly hated--hated the sound of the banjo--ergo no banjos in any of his music.
Cowardly Lion indeed.
Also note David Crosby's absence was partially due to the decision to record & release this same song instead of his Triad (another hauntingly beautiful melody, in fairness). Tho more likely because he was such a horse's ass ...cue the album cover...
Of the two Goin' Back is SO superior I can't imagine anyone with ears to hear preferring the latter. It's basically a song about how him and his gf should bring in some other people into the relationship including sisters and brothers. I can see why a guy like Crosby would dig that kind of stuff. But it doesn't make it a great song (its not terrible, it's just not great). Though I hear that David Crosby also had a crying fit having to perform Chimes of Freedom. The Byrds veresoin of that is sublime due in large part to Crosby's harmonies. I will give him propes (at least in the Byrds) for contributing really nice background vocals.But he really was a horses ass. His face even looks kind of horsey.
It's sad how far Madison has gone down the rabbit hole. I actually still remember Klug being my congressman.
But the old saying about Dane County is very much true. "What do you call a conservative in Dane County? A Democrat"
My dad is one of the few Republicans and last we talked would actually welcome old Paul over Dave. Sad.
Is he a good witch or a bad witch?
Lemme guess, Soglin keeps a shrine to Trotsky, right?
So we can vote for the past, or the present, but not the future?
Lemme guess, Soglin keeps a shrine to Trotsky, right?
Soglin co-starred (along with Karleton Armstrong) in an Academy Award-nominated film called The War At Home.
He's kind of a Madison hero.
but not the future?
@MadisonMan
See my question about about the Republican candidate.
Same here, RV.
He guest-lectured in my postwar American history class at the UW. The topic was the student movements of the sixties, and he gave an interesting (and presently germane) answer when someone asked what practical lessons today's grassroots organizers could take from that period:
You've got to keep the crazies out. You've got to weed out people that just want to be crazy or violent or revolutionary.
You mean he is STILL alive? Who said you can't be 20 and live on "Sugar Mountain"?
Hey, dig up Bill Proxmire, while you're at it!
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