Comments on: AAA In The News - MPR Coverage Of The Anoka Transit Tax Vote http://www.residualforces.com/2008/03/25/aaa-in-the-news-mpr-coverage-of-the-anoka-transit-tax-vote/ A Stream of Consciousness by Andy Aplikowski on His Life, His Politics, His Dogs, His Truck, and Whatever Pleases His Fancy Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: R-Five http://www.residualforces.com/2008/03/25/aaa-in-the-news-mpr-coverage-of-the-anoka-transit-tax-vote/#comment-41543 R-Five Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:05:58 +0000 http://www.residualforces.com/2008/03/25/aaa-in-the-news-mpr-coverage-of-the-anoka-transit-tax-vote/#comment-41543 I heard the MPR account, that included Mike Opat of Hennepin County saying he had not decided yet. Given his record, I would ordinarily dismiss that as somewhere between a self-serving fantasy and an outright lie. But I wonder. Maybe, just maybe the voters of Hennepin County have been letting him know just how much they appreciated his vote to have Carl Pohlad fish money out of our pockets. Maybe he remembers that before that, a complete unknown got 40 percent of the vote last election. Maybe he knows that yanking referendum ballots out of our hands twice in one term might cost him his cushy job. I heard the MPR account, that included Mike Opat of Hennepin County saying he had not decided yet. Given his record, I would ordinarily dismiss that as somewhere between a self-serving fantasy and an outright lie. But I wonder.

Maybe, just maybe the voters of Hennepin County have been letting him know just how much they appreciated his vote to have Carl Pohlad fish money out of our pockets. Maybe he remembers that before that, a complete unknown got 40 percent of the vote last election.

Maybe he knows that yanking referendum ballots out of our hands twice in one term might cost him his cushy job.

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