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NARN “THE FINAL WORD” TODAY: STATE SENATOR DICK DAY, “HILLARY: THE MOVIE” PRODUCER

By Michael B. Brodkorb | January 19, 2008

I'll be on the radio today for a two-hour program from 3-5 p.m. with King Banaian of SCSU Scholars on AM 1280 The Patriot. Senator Dick Day will be a guest at 3:15 p.m to talk about the NTSB interim report released on the 35W-bridge collapse. "Hillary: The Movie" producer David N. Bossie will be a guest at 4:00 p.m.

Before you listen to King and me, make sure you listen to the first four hours of the Northern Alliance Radio Network. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. you can hear Power Line's John Hinderaker and Chad and Brian from Fraters Libertas. Mitch Berg and Captain Ed are on the air from 1-3 pm.

I encourage you to all to listen.  Broadcasts can be heard on AM 1280 The Patriot, which has an Internet stream for those outside the Twin Cities. Brave Democrats and proud Republicans can join the conversation at (651) 289-4488.

UPDATE: Senator Dick Day was a guest from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. to about the NTSB interim report and his request that Senator Murphy apologize to Transportation Commissioner Molnau. Senator Day's press release calling for Murphy to apologize is available after the page jump.

UPDATE #2: David Bossie, producer of "Hillary: The Movie", was a guest from 4:05 to 4:30 p.m.

Day Calls for Murphy to Apologize To Transportation Commissioner Molnau

St. Paul – State Senator Dick Day (R – Owatonna), member of the Senate Transportation Committee and long-time advocate for transportation issues, today called on Committee Chairman Steve Murphy (D – Red Wing) to apologize to Transportation Commissioner Molnau forprematurely and recklessly blaming her and anyone else connected to thePawlenty administration for the I35W bridge collapse. The NationalTransportation Safety Board (NTSB) said today that it believes that faulty design of crucial components in place since the bridge was firstbuilt 50 years ago caused the collapse.

"It is clear that MNDOT did everything humanly possible to maintain our bridges. I call on Sen. Murphy to immediately apologize to Commissioner Molnau and all the smart and hardworking folks at MNDOT forboth his relentless personal attacks and for assigning blame without sufficient information," said Day.

"Sen. Murphy has said he wants engineers to be making decisions. Well, the engineers have spoken, and I, for one, am going to trust these
bridge experts rather than showboating politicians who have neither knowledge or good judgment but manage to come to their own politicallyconvenient conclusions."

"In press conference after press conference–next to the bridge, ontop of the bridge, under the bridge–Sen. Murphy has made irresponsible pronouncements and stated half-truths that have mislead Minnesotans and polluted the atmosphere in which legislators have to try to work together. Saying the governor is "repulsive" is certainly not helpful. I hope we can all act more like grownups and get serious about finding a solution we can all live with.

"For starters, on the first day of the legislative session I will offer a resolution to cancel the $500,000 of taxpayer’s money that Sen. Murphy authorized to study the bridge collapse because he doesn’t trust the state auditor, MNDOT, consultants hired by the governor, or the National Transportation Safety Board to give him a truthful answer.

"I will propose that we instead spend the money in some useful way that will benefit the Minnesotans who travel around our state every dayby car, bus, and train. I hope that will be a beginning to a seriousdiscussion about how to fix our transportation problems. I look forward to getting to work."

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