Saturday morning news digest: with the procession edition

We're heading out  to swim and relax in just a bit. First, the news and netroots.

The New Ulm Journal reports that Highway 14 gets federal funds. The story begins:

Standing just off U.S. Highway 14 right-of-way in Maplewood Park Thursday, First District Congressman Tim Walz announced the Highway 14 expansion would be getting $766,000 in federal money to help move the project along.

"I'm here today to talk about the Department of Transportation grant funding that is going to provide about $766,000 for two major sections of this road, the one from North Mankato to New Ulm, and the section we're standing on here, $451,000 that will provide the ability to move the utilities in preparation for the four-lane expansion," Walz said.

In lauding the work that the Highway 14 Partnership and its president, North Mankato Mayor Gary Zellmer, had done in getting this grant funding, Walz also commended the ground work supplied by New Ulm Mayor Joel Albrecht who wasn't in attendance for the day's event.

Minnesota Central wonders Will John Kline respond to fuel prices and the DOD budget? Good question. The Rochester Democrat posts Tim Walz's press release urging President Bush to jawbone oil companies. We're going to have to bone up on the historical example, President Kennedy "jawboning" U.S. steel companies.

The Owatonna People's Press reports in Fourth of July brings out the crowds in Blooming Prairie:

I didn’t realize it had grown as big as it has,” said Hojberg [of Clark's Grove]. Hojberg said he was interested by the number of politicians campaigning, which included current Owatonna Mayor Tom Kuntz, Owatonna High School teacher Kory Kath, state Rep. Patti Fritz, state Sen. Dick Day and U.S. Rep. Tim Walz. All the candidates were walking the route with their supporters Friday afternoon.

At the Post Bulletin, a letter writer objects to Walz's vote to patch the AMT in a revenue-neutral way; a rousing war ensues in the paper's always lively comment section. We seem to really be getting to Southern Minnesota's Most Beloved Conservative Blogger, Othelmo da Silva, in the comments at the paper's Political Party blog.

And so we offer this musical tribute, in the hope that it will sooth his anxiety. Now we are off to the lake for a little wholesome fun:

Update: Alas, poor Othelmo. Rather than receiving this classic performance in the spirit in which it was offered, he instead fisks our "About" page, claiming that we edited it on July 3 to add our residence. Too bad that he doesn't understand Google cache, which preserves earlier versions of a post. We've captured  the screen shot from the last cache of the page, dated June 30. Click on the thumbnail to see the earlier version of the page.   The editing only concerned  where I blog, not where I live.

What could possibly possess this poor soul that he grasps at such readily discredited straws in an attempt to redeem his own "fail"? He drips venom, then bites his own posterior.  [end update]  

Comments

[CHC]

She drives me crazy! lol