[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Molnau Out, For the Wrong Reasons

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Molnau Out, For the Wrong Reasons
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1204241715.shtml


   I posted that [1]Molnau should step down last month. I felt she was
   too unresponsive to the public after the bridge fell, innocent as she
   appears to be for that tragic event. I also felt that five years was
   enough time to show some needed, tangible, visible improvements in
   this department.
   But that's not why Senators Pogemiller and Murphy ousted her. It was
   the proverbial pound of flesh. It would be most amusing to appoint
   Murphy as the new MnDot chief, to show off his own management skills
   and engineering expertise.
   Adding this to the Yecke rejection, may I ask why proven, effective
   leaders with solid professional bona fides should accept a State
   Commissioner job? Particularly if it means moving to Minnesota or
   leaving a much more profitable private situation? I know what I would
   do: thank the Governor, meet with the appropriate Senate Committee for
   one day, and await confirmation. I wouldn't sign anything, start the
   job or even show up until confirmed, which had better be prompt, no
   more than 30 days.
   Maybe that's the point, to exclude the capable to make room for local,
   politically motivated appointments. We lose the top flight Dr. Yecke
   and get Alice Seagren. No offense to her, but I think she would
   readily acknowledge that she's not in Yecke's league. Few are, and
   we'll never land another one thanks to Dean Johnson and the DFL
   chapter of Education Minnesota.
   My guess for Molnau's successor? Peter Bell.

References

   1. http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1199339221.shtml