Hi Neighbor—

I was elected Alder in Madison’s District 13 in 2011. I promised to work to build a great city—one with effective government, a vibrant community, and a sound environment.  Below is a list of the work I’ve done to achieve that in my first term as your alder.

If reelected, I will continue to work hard to:

  1. •Be responsive and keep you informed of city events.

  2. •Improve pedestrian and bike safety.

  3. •Work toward agreement on budget priorities earlier in the year, as well as finding a way forward for Overture.

  4. •Develop a citywide housing policy that will both encourage young families to live in the city and serve the poor.

I really enjoy talking to neighbors and advocating for you.  I hope I can count on your vote!

                                                  Sue

VOTE!

- April 2 -


For early voting see: cityofmadison.com/election/voter/

Yard sign?

Let me know

if you’d like a yard sign.


sue@sueellingson.com

259-1824

~ Drop me a line ~

Personal:  Sue@SueEllingson.com

City:  District13@CityofMadison.com

Phone:  259-1824


My city website:

www.cityofmadison.com/council/district13

My family.  I have the sweetest little grandsons ever!

First Term Accomplishments. Second Term Goals.

Effective government

Strong communication

  1. •I’ve held 39 neighborhood meetings since my 2011 election—nearly 2 per month.

  2. •I’ve sent 6300 emails from my city account—more than 10 per day.

  3. •Attended 733 city meetings—10 per week for every week I’ve been at home.

  4. •Posted city events regularly on neighborhood email lists and my city email list.

  5. •Maintained my city website as a resource for constituents.

  6. •Mailed 2 annual newsletters to constituents.

  7. •Goal—Continue to be responsive and keep neighbors informed.

Pedestrian and bike safety

  1. •Successful pitch to double the state fine for failure to yield to a pedestrian.

  2. •Improvements to Park St/Fish Hatchery Rd intersection completed.

  3. •Traffic islands at Olin/Hickory and Lakeside/Lowell built.

  4. •Pedestrian islands and flasher on Fish Hatchery, bike lanes on Olin, and median on Olin at Park, all scheduled for 2013.

  5. •Initial meetings for Monroe St reconstruction (now scheduled for 2016).

  6. •Goal—Continue to find ways to improve pedestrian and bike safety.

City budget

  1. •Eliminated bus fare increase this year.

  2. •Sustained Overture funding this year.

  3. •Goals—Long term plan for Overture. Find alternate revenue sources. Earlier discussions of budget priorities with the mayor.


Vibrant community

Keep young families in the city

  1. •Initiated research review by Council legislative analyst.

  2. •Goal—Work with Common Council Organizing Committee for solutions.

Housing. Implementing the Greenbush-Vilas Revitalization Strategy.

  1. •Started tax increment finance (TIF) district to implement Greenbush-Vilas plan.

  2. •Goal—Develop an effective small cap TIF program.

  3. •Goal—Develop a citywide housing strategic plan.

Help neighbors find collaborative solutions

  1. •Attended training and researched collaborative processes.


Sound environment

Redevelopment

  1. •Park St—Wingra Clinic, Erin Square, Ideal Body, Lane’s Bakery, Clark station.

  2. •Fish Hatchery Rd—1033 High St.

  3. •Monroe St—Empire Photo, Wingra Shores.

  4. •Mills St—Meriter daycare.

  5. •Upcoming—100 S Mills, Longfellow School.

Watershed protection

  1. •Helped coordinate initial proposal for a phosphorus, sediment, chloride, and infiltration plan in the Lake Wingra watershed.

Democratic Party of Dane County

AFSCME PEOPLE

Downtown Madison, Inc.

EqualityWisconsin

Fair Wisconsin PAC

Madison Prof Police Officers Assn

Wisconsin Progress


Capital Times

Wisconsin State Journal


Alder Shiva Bidar-Sielaff

Alder Joe Clausius

Alder Mark Clear

Alder Lauren Cnare

Alder Steve King

Alder Scott Resnick

Alder Matt Phair

Alder Larry Palm

Alder Chris Schmidt

Alder Brian Solomon

Alder Lisa Subeck

Alder Anita Weier


County Clerk Scott McDonell

County Sup. Chuck Erickson

County Sup. Kyle Richmond

County Sheriff Dave Mahoney


State Senator Mark Miller

Assembly Rep Terese Berceau

Assembly Rep Dianne Hesselbein

Assembly Rep Sondy Pope-Roberts

Assembly Rep Janis Ringhand

Assembly Rep Melissa Sargent


School Board Member Arlene Silviera


Dane Dems Chair Mike Basford


Former:

Alder Ken Golden

Alder Julia Kerr

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz

County Exec Kathleen Falk


Alan Arntsen

Dan Bennett

Al Bogue

Margaret Bogue

Wayne Bigelow

Peggy Bugg

Frank Byrne

Clarence Cameron

Doug Carlson

Bob Coutré

Susie Coutré

Jim Curtin

Marge Curtin

Betty Custer

Corkey Custer

Tom DeChant

Sariah Daine

Mary Dowling

Oak Dowling

Barbara Erlenborn

Dan Feeney

Anne Forbes

Harry Harrison

Melissa Huggins

Eric Jacobsen

Anne Karch

Paul Karch

Dan Kennelly

Greg Kopish

Terri Kopish

Emily Laird

Lindsey Lee

Jessie Lindner

Jim Little

Bob Lockhart

Jim Lorman

Betty MacDonald

Percy Mather

Sig Midelfort

Leigh Mollenhoff

Marianne Morton

Amanda Mott

Aileen Nettleton

Al Nettleton

Bethany Ordaz

Jeff Pertl

Mary Pilling-Engberts

Jean Piper

Rex Piper

Mike Pudelwitts

Karen Redfield

Jon Reddin

Mary Reddin

Brad Ricker

Carol Ricker

John Rider

Judy Robinson

Bob Sack

Karen Sack

Barb Sanford

Don Sanford

Eric Schafer

Melissa Scholz

Orange Schroeder

Brian Seliger

Ben Sidan

Judy Sidran

Jennifer Spence

Sandy Stark

Bob Stoffs

Dorrie Sundquist

Eric Sundquist

Peter Taglia

Karl Taeuber

Caryl Terrell

Jed White

Sharon White

Theodora Zehner



Endorsements so far.

Can I list you as an endorser, too?  Please send me an email and let me know.  Sue@SueEllingson.com


VOTE!

- April 2 -

Click here for raingardens:

“We are very pleased with your work on behalf of the citizens of District 13 and the entire city of Madison. We are thankful you care about renters as well as landlords. We gladly endorse you for reelection. Best wishes, and win this election!”


                                Jim & Marge Curtin, District 13 residents

“Alder Sue is doing the job as it should be done. She has great ears and a big heart. I'm glad she's my alder.”

        Ken Golden, Former alder and District 13 resident