I will be filling mine out soon and entering Madame Altemus as the local villainess. Fellow Hoyas, I encourage you to do the same. Purchase a copy of Washingtonian – or, if feeling particularly Tammany Hall-ish, go to Whole Foods and remove all the ballots (between pages 24 and 25) from the magazines – and send in your ballot ASAP!

And Tim, although I don’t agree with you about every comment you ever make, I’m totally with you on this one.

It’s ironic that Altemus decided to criticize the readers of this blog for being ignorant of the details of the Campus Plan or the neighbors’ objections since this blog has provided by far the best, most detailed, most balanced and most comprehensive coverage of the Campus Plan debate to be found anywhere. Vox is the best news source on this, and therefore its readers are the best informed. THAT, and the fact that neighbors constantly come on here to bait us, is why we come off as so upset. It’s HOW MUCH we know, not how little, that makes us frustrated with the neighbors.

I bet you take the average Vox reader (or student in general) and the average neighbor and you’ll find a much, much higher level of education about the Plan on our side than on theirs.

And yes Ms. Altemus, if you’d like to have a real, in-person debate on these issues, bring it on!

And really, half of what’s great about posts like these is that they never fail to bring out thoughtful but forceful comments from students. We’re always trying make sure there’s space for commenters like say Tim, above, to respond to others’ opinions, like Altemus’s, freely, loudly, and consistently, so it’s really gratifying to hear that you think we’re doing a good job.