Montford seems to have stronger (or at least more visible) support among party heavyweights, while Sage has earned a reputation for her well-organized grassroots campaign. Other distinguishing details: Sage's progressive activism stretches back to the late Paul Wellstone's 1990 Senate campaign in Minnesota, and she's actively involved in the county's innovative mental health docket; as a prosecutor, Montford worked on the Tom DeLay case among many others, and she more recently had a brief run-in with the Austin Police Department that should provide a personal education in the limits of law enforcement....we think both of these candidates are fine people, but again, on balance, in light of the broad range of her experience here and elsewhere and her demonstrated seriousness of purpose, our recommendation goes to Sage.
