Bauman Looks Back
Mayor Says Soglin Left Her Holding Bag When He Left Office
Posted: 6:47 am CST April 1, 2003Updated: 10:46 am CST April 1, 2003
MADISON, Wis. --
"I have problems with both candidates -- they both ran against me and what I stand for and what I have done," she said. "It's troublesome. I don't know that I want to go out there and say, 'Hey, support this guy.' I keep hearing about what a great city Madison will be in four years -- but Madison is a great city now."Some say Bauman has kept a low profile since the primary, but she says that is nothing new."A lot of things happened in this election," she said. "I've been fighting shingles, and I just never got going. My administration always looked at doing things for the city. I've never been exciting. That wasn't important to me. I wanted to do things for the city."Bauman told Rob and Susan that today is a very emotional day for her."Almost from day 1 the media would call Paul and ask him, 'What would you have done?' My six years in office were always in his shadow. Now he wants to come back and say, 'Things are terrible now,' when the reality is that when he left office, Monona Terrace was opening, Warner Park Rec. Center was about to be constructed, and there were no plans for absorbing those opperating costs into the budget."It's like he left me to figure how -- without significantly raising property taxes -- to put together budgets year after year -- and I did."Bauman said she is most proud of her work toward improving race relations in the city."We're no where close to where we want to be," she said. "But people are talking about it, and they are more aware of race relations."Bauman says she has no plans to the leave the city and is exploring lots of options, including a possible position with Gov. Jim Doyle's administration.
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"I have problems with both candidates -- they both ran against me and what I stand for and what I have done," she said. "It's troublesome. I don't know that I want to go out there and say, 'Hey, support this guy.' I keep hearing about what a great city Madison will be in four years -- but Madison is a great city now."Some say Bauman has kept a low profile since the primary, but she says that is nothing new."A lot of things happened in this election," she said. "I've been fighting shingles, and I just never got going. My administration always looked at doing things for the city. I've never been exciting. That wasn't important to me. I wanted to do things for the city."Bauman told Rob and Susan that today is a very emotional day for her."Almost from day 1 the media would call Paul and ask him, 'What would you have done?' My six years in office were always in his shadow. Now he wants to come back and say, 'Things are terrible now,' when the reality is that when he left office, Monona Terrace was opening, Warner Park Rec. Center was about to be constructed, and there were no plans for absorbing those opperating costs into the budget."It's like he left me to figure how -- without significantly raising property taxes -- to put together budgets year after year -- and I did."Bauman said she is most proud of her work toward improving race relations in the city."We're no where close to where we want to be," she said. "But people are talking about it, and they are more aware of race relations."Bauman says she has no plans to the leave the city and is exploring lots of options, including a possible position with Gov. Jim Doyle's administration.Copyright 2007 by Channel 3000. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
