Update: PB reporter Edward Felker just wrote to say that the story below was from April 2006, and the PB is uncertain why it was posted as news on this weekend. Another mystery of the Internets, we're guessing. The part about Tuesday's meeting is fresh, however.
The Post Bulletin reports Rochester coalition rejects DM&E offer:
A coalition, including the city of Rochester and Mayo Foundation, rejected an offer on Friday from Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad aimed at addressing concerns over its planned expansion project.
In a written statement, the coalition said the offer "was not a serious attempt to resolve the dispute in a way that protects the city's long-term economic and public safety interests."
Earlier this month, four Rochester-area officials flew to South Dakota to meet with DM&E President and CEO Kevin Schieffer to try to hammer out a compromise. They included Mayo Clinic Rochester CEO Dr. Glenn Forbes, Rochester City Council President Dennis Hanson, Olmsted County Board Chairman Ken Brown and Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce President John Wade.
Local representatives will be meeting with officials of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, the DM & E 's presumptive new owners, in Canada on November 27, according to another report in the Post Bulletin.
Schieffer's probably in a hurry to leave Dodge. The opportunities for war profiteering will be soon drying up.
Posted by: rochesterresident | November 25, 2007 at 02:34 PM