Brad & Maggie Debate Deflated, Neither Defeated

It was supposed to be a debate, but one of the candidates refused to show if she was to be subject to follow up questions by her opponent (her opponent informed me). Despite this leveling, some people think Cole was a more convincing candidate, but that's just their opinion (if not their just opinion). I think Her Magness did magnificently, magnifying her magnanimity as she devoted herself to revitalizing downtown Carbondale, with such projects as Carbondale Main Street and the Tourism Bureau. I'd rate her performance an A- (marks off for rambling, was the word on the street, or rather in the parking lot, and by the coffee pot).

Cole, on the other side of the table, answered the questions directly and with good humor, getting the only laughs of the evening for remarking that he didn't think South Illinois Ave. had a magnetic pull on students that forced them to congregate in the middle of the street, and when he said "if feeding people will get them to vote, I don't mind buying some pizzas." Actually there was something else that got a good laugh, but it's escaped me at the moment. If you remember, write me. Cole's grade, A.

Maggie by a sliver

Don't forget to vote in the Quatro's poll. Flanagan is currently ahead 51% to 49%.

Speaking of pizza...

Pizzagate?

Several months ago, Brad Cole's campaign sponsored a student voter registration drive, offering a Pizza Party to the dorm floor that registered the most students.

One of the participants, Jen (pictured above), told Cole that as far as she can tell, no floor received the prize. She's asked around the dorms, but no one claimed victory. Brad didn't know either, "No one has sent me a bill."

I hate to be an anchovie on Brad's slice, but someone in his campaign should find out which floor registered the most voters and throw a pizza party for them.