In an opinion piece in today’s StarTribune, John Gunyou plays pin the blame on the donkey - or the elephant, perhaps - for the I-35W bridge collapse. Here’s an excerpt from his sharply-worded piece:

It’s increasingly evident the Pawlenty-Molnau administration ignored the advice of bridge experts to take remedial action. Worse yet, the administration still has no viable long-term plan to improve, much less maintain, our state’s critical transportation infrastructure.

After twice vetoing the Legislature’s attempts to put such a plan in place, Gov. Tim Pawlenty offered up a scheme to fund our needs at only 10 cents on the dollar — with 30-year bonds. Worse yet, he wanted to pay off that debt by cutting into already inadequate maintenance resources. That doesn’t build any more roads or bridges over the long run; it simply borrows against the future.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 13th, 2007 at 1:33 pm and is filed under Minnesota, Politics.