[Note: This story first appeared in the April 11, 2008, edition of The Weekly Report.]
While some reporters
assigned to cover Minnesota politics achieve — without aspiring to –
cult-like status among Minnesota politicos, rare is the local media
celebrity beyond the purview of covering Minnesota politics who
actually matters in Minnesota politics.
Former WCCO TV weatherman Paul Douglas [...]
Today, the Senate is expected not to confirm Carol Molnau as Commissioner of Transportation.
Nine days after the I-35W Bridge collapsed, I concluded that Molnau should resign.
I stand by every word I wrote then:
"Molnau should step down from the MnDOT job. With everyone’s best wishes, a collective fond remembrance of seriously and hilariously rattling former [...]
Today, the Senate is expected not to confirm Carol Molnau as Commissioner of Transportation.
Nine days after the I-35W Bridge collapsed, I concluded that Molnau should resign.
I stand by every word I wrote then:
"Molnau should step down from the MnDOT job. With everyone’s best wishes, a collective fond remembrance of seriously and hilariously rattling former [...]
by Sarah Janecek
Published: August 10, 2007
Tags: Almanac, Brian McClung, Brian Sullivan, Carol Molnau, Eirc Eskola, I-35W Bridge, Jesse Ventura, Mary LaHammer, Steve Murphy, Tim Pawlenty
The number one topic of speculation on everyone’s mind this week is whether Lt.
Gov. and MnDOT Commissioner Carol Molnau
should resign.
First, my reasoning. Second, my conclusion.
As I’ve written before, underfunding transportation infrastructure maintenance
has been a decades-long problem, with no political party or person–including
Molnau–to blame. Even if transportation infrastructure had been better funded
over time, the [...]
