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Most Minnesotans, of which I am one, wish to get it right. But unlike Southern Minnesotans (Twin Cities), I wish to have our communities survive. The rampant attacks on the project coming from non-native residents of northeastern Minnesota is troubling.
As Marshall well knows, I have never unequivocally endorsed the PolyMet project. I have advocated that managers, especially those that Jim Swearingen (former General Manager of USS-Minntac hired) sign a pledge that their children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren will be responsible financially if they manage this operation like they did Minntac. Seems like a stretch, but how do you control these people who are violators of environmental regulations while working for the largest steel operation in America?
The process is only as good as the managers who implement the policies. At Minntac, they routinely cut corners and hid activities from the EPA and the MPCA. And utilizing a "power down" management style, they kept the employees out of the dark and intimidated them if they called MPCA, MSHA and the EPA.
While they may be crooked, and they are, the environmental wackos spewing false and scary information are no different. Look at the EPA creating a mess in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Not surprisingly, no critical editorial in this newspaper dressing down the EPA for negligence. Nope, those are the newspapers "people" and doggone it, we are going to back them right or wrong.
Let's get this project right, but let us not stand in the way of getting it up and running. Our communities, schools and people need it.
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