The YDN, in endorsing Ben Healey for re-election, gets it right: "While Kruger has some admirable abstract ideals, Healey has concrete platforms and substantive policies, and the experience and understanding to effectively implement them... While we found Kruger's approach compelling, his platforms lack the depth that make Healey's issues-based campaign so strong... Healey has a concrete agenda that he formed over the past two years and will continue to build over the next two. We believe that Healey's philosophy -- what is good for New Haven is good for Yale students -- is on target. Healey's proposal for grassroots financing of mayoral elections and his commitment to press Hartford for adequate funding for city homelessness programs, for example, show clear insight into local politics and reflect issues we think are fundamentally important to students. Healey has shown a commitment to many of these issues during his first term and seems to have a clear vision for how to legislate even more effectively -- including how to pass the failed domestic partnership amendment he sponsored last year -- if he is elected to another term... We are confident that Healey can use what he has learned during his last term and this campaign to continue working for Ward 1 and the city. We believe that Healey is fighting for the right causes and that in a second term he will be able to affect change that benefits us in our dual roles of Yale students and residents of the city of New Haven."