Race for Dane County Executive

There have been a few articles popping up about the people that may run for Dane County Executive once Kathleen Falk wins the race for Attorney General. (Ok, that last part is from me.) The names of a couple of Dane County Board Members have been batted around, but I wonder why no one has asked Madison Mayor Dave about the race yet.

Unless I missed it, Mayor Dave has not announced he is running for reelection. When asked about it in May of this year when Ray Allen announced he is running for Mayor of Madison, Mayor Dave said it was too early because people are thinking about summer rather than politics. True, but he has also been on board with Kathleen from the very beginning of her campaign so waiting to see if she won may be what is really keeping him from announcing he is running for mayor again.

The County Executive job would allow Mayor Dave to work on the issues he cares about in a more complete fashion than working for just one city. Issues like the environment and transportation are really better addressed with regional solutions.

Mayor Dave may just be waiting to announce his reelection until after the elections of this fall are in the pas. But I'm surprised a reporter didn't call him when they made the round of phone calls to ask about Falk's current job.