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Do advise ASAP

The one nice thing about the construction that’s been going on around here is I think most people from the neighborhood have been off that stretch of 35W for some time, what with the entrance on University having been closed for the last 6 weeks.

All is well in my end of the world too, though it’s hard to navigate around with all the traffic. Hopefully the people looking to get a first-hand glimpse will GO AWAY, though…

Out of respect to the guys who run this place, I will not comment politically other than to say that our President is already using this disaster for political advantage. (He waited a whole 16 hours to do it, too.) Also, considering the fanfare and printer ink spilled on Pawlenty’s vetos, there is no way that this will not be politicized. Whether you believe he deserves it or not, he has a lot to answer for at the moment.

Let’s try not to bring politics into this. This wasn’t the fault of the GOP or the DFL or the Chicago White Sox. It was a tragedy. Let’s not politicize it.

Here’s a list of the 72 metro area bridges with a deficiency rating equal to or greater than that bridge. Bridges are rated on a scale of 1 to 100. A rating of 50 or below is considered deficient. Again, we have 71 now in the metro area. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/programmanagement/pdf/planning_metro_dist.pdf

You and the Republicans who have demanded tax cuts at the expense of our quality of life here in Minnesota have blood on your hands.

DFL leaders have been demanding more transportation funding, but Pawlenty has vetoed the last two bills. It’s a culture of greed that’s killing our state.

I hope you like your tax cuts. Sam

Secretary Peters did just pledge 5M for immediate needs and that is great. This is gonna take a few years, and one day it will be an annoyance “Oh geez — I’ve got to go all the way around to 280 to get where I need to go” but thats no day soon.

It’s been great to see all of the people down here. The Eden Prairie police department is maintaining the roadblock and security cordon down the road, there was a Ramsay County sheriffs department suv that just sped by. So many thanks to all of them and everyone who came to help. Sean

I just heard that the feds are pledging $5 million to pay for traffic re-routing and other help and that $250 million will likely follow to cover costs associated with re-building. That is great news for Minnesota.

In the meantime, knock this shit off. Sean