The southern Minnesota to DC pipeline

Walz to address the DNC in Washington; Transportation Secretary Peters to visit Rochester

According to a Minnesota DFL press release today, Congressman-elect Tim Walz will address the Democratic National Committee's Executive Committee on Dec. 2 about the recent election. Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters will be coming to Rochester two days later for meetings about the DM&E railroad. Sen. Norm Coleman, who suddenly has decided to take a more active role in finding a solution to the battle between the DM&E and the Mayo Clinic over the railroad's proposed expansion, will be accompanying her.

Meanwhile crews continue cleaning up last week's DM&E derailment and ethanol spill. The DM&E seems to have a history of dropping its loads. All tolled, the railroad has dumped close to 75,000 gallons of ethanol on Minnesota soil in the last several years. That plus 13,235 gallons of gasoline would make enough E85 fuel to run Tim Walz's E85 compliant van 1,235,294 miles.

That's a lot of campaigns, right, Judi Dutcher?