[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Molnau's time is up

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Molnau's time is up
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1199339221.shtml


   It's time for Carol Molnau to step down as Minnesota's Commissioner of
   Transportation. She has had five years to tame this unwieldy
   organization and has little if anything to show for it. MnDot hasn't
   run any worse, barring any surprising findings by the National
   Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation. She has saved us
   taxpayers several hundred thousand dollars by jointly serving at Lt.
   Governor, but we can and must afford better.
   We must get a better MnDot head, preferably someone with both
   professional and political skills. We've seen what happens when one of
   these is missing, with Diane Mandernach (professional only) and Carol
   Molnau (political only). We may have to lure someone in from another
   state, but we need someone to take charge of MnDot, with three goals:
    1. Improve the department's image, starting by finishing the I-35W
       bridge promptly and cleaning up other projects.
    2. Find and fix the management problems of which Sonia Pitt is but
       one example.
    3. Give the Governor and Legislature needed guidance to avoid further
       rail boondoggles and disproportionate rural highway spending.

   Prime Minister Pawlenty should get this taken care before the start of
   the 2008 Legislative session, to avoid an almost certain show trial in
   the Minnesota Senate, bridge investigation number 5.