The five people running for Madison mayor all seem like decent enough eggs with some decent and — Christopher Daly’s proposal for a Madison public bank notwithstanding — realistic ideas for how to make Madison an even better place to live. One proposal sticks out, though, and not necessarily like a sore thumb.
In an area where politicians aren’t given to thanking God for their successes and the most-depended-upon “higher power” is frequently government, one candidate suggests Madison city officials might need faith in something more than just liberal orthodoxy to solve problems.
If elected, Richard V. Brown Sr. says he would create a program in the mayor’s office for faith-based partnerships, with funding and guidance through a once-controversial federal program created under former President George W. Bush and now called the White House’s Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.