Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009

TTT JAN 14: MPR & CENTRAL CORRIDOR

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JANUARY 14: CENTRAL CORRIDOR: Is It Really Going to Kill MPR?

Minnesota Public Radio, in the person of President/CEO Bill Kling has flooded the media with letters and announcements on MPR's airwaves that the Central CorridorMAP light rail alignment down Cedar Street MAP in St. Paul is going to rattle the studio walls and penetrate soundproofing with intolerable noise and vibration by its 12-foot proximity to his headquarters, built and expanded on with several millions of public dollars.

Now that Mr. Kling threatens to sue and/or leave the city if the line stays on this path without "mitigation" has critics up in arms, not the least of which are Met Council, Ramsey County and St. Paul public officials insisting his complaint comes too late – whether they agree with the basic premise or not. Kling's history with public and private officials hasn't made it easy to accept his assertions that all of this is based on too little information early on and that revealing data garnered as late as April, 2008, proves his point.

But where was he when all the arguments over alignment and specifications were published and debated for months on end over a five-year period? Kling says he started then. Others beg to differ.

GUESTS:

• MICHAEL NOBLE, Executive Director, Fresh Energy and Member, Mayor's Downtown Central Corridor Task Force

• JOHN MILTON - author, "Time to Choose," and former Minnesota State Senator

• DICK REES - Sound Engineer and KFAI Volunteer

GUESTS - SCHEDULED BUT CANCELLED:
• PETER BELL, Chair of Metropolitan Council
• RAMSEY COUNTY COMMISSIONER JIM MCDONOUGH, Chair,

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