In the Dane County Board District 7 race, incumbent Matt Veldran had 66 percent of the vote, defeating Jon Snowden in Tuesday's election.

Veldran had 1,894 votes to Snowden's 964 votes. 

The city of Madison has only seen about 23 inches of snow this winter.

The clear upside of this below-average snowfall is benefit it provides the Madison Streets Division budget. City officials said they've saved thousands of dollars.

"This has been a really good year for the budget on snow removal," said George Dreckmann, of the Madison Streets Division. "We budget on a calendar-year basis. So, at the end of 2011, we turned back pretty close to $8,000 in snow and ice control money that we did not use."

Dreckmann said the city only had to salt streets about 18 times this year, which is about half the number of times it had to in 2010.

Along with less work, comes less overtime, Dreckmann said, which means the budget for 2012 is on track.

But the department will have to wait until the snowfall in November and December 2012 to see if it will profit again.

The League of Women Voters of Dane County Issues Forum on Civility presents "Patriocracy", a documentary film.

The film explores the extreme polarization of politics today.

The film will be shown at the Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ at 1501 Gilbert Rd. on March 7 at 6.30 p.m.

A suggested donation is $5. For more information call the League office, 608-232-9447, or visit the website, www.lwvdanecounty.org.  

Learn more about the film at http://patriocracymovie.com.