Another Cox and Bull story…
June 15th, 2005
Ray Cox finally figured out, or admits, that Mike Bull is NOT working again at the House and is indeed an employee still of Governor Palwenty! Honesty is the best policy! When the Governor’s boy is pinch hitting in your defense, that fact of his employment, plus Mike’s habit of never commenting on issues he works on in the Northfield paper, that makes it suspect, to Ray’s detriment. Indirect defense, like that of Tom Neuville, Doug Jones, and others makes me wonder if Ray can speak for himself. What’s a hoot is that I bet $50 that the next defense of Ray would be from the Governor — lucky for me this is way too predictable!
Ray’s initial post yesterday on his blog said (emphasis added):
Last Saturday a Northfield resident, Mike Bull, responded to this guest opinion. Mike has lived in Northfield for several years. I first got to know him when he served as a Committee Assistant to the House Regulated Industries committee. I served on that committee in the 2003-04 legislative sessions. Mike did a great job helping us deal with energy issues. For the past several months Mike was ?loaned? to the Governor?s office to help with energy policy issues. He is now back working for the House again.
Now it says (emphasis added):
Last Saturday a Northfield resident, Mike Bull, responded to this guest opinion. Mike has lived in Northfield for several years. I first got to know him when he served as a Committee Assistant to the House Regulated Industries committee. I served on that committee in the 2003-04 legislative sessions. Mike did a great job helping us deal with energy issues. For the past several months Mike was ?loaned? to the Governor?s office to help with energy policy issues. He is now back working in the Commerce Department again.
Now, when will Ray start asking the questions about special interests that need to be asked? “Why didn’t the Izaak Walton League testify against Mesaba?” (I asked Bill Grant that on Wendy Wilde last week!) “Why did the Izaak Walton League, ME3, MCEA and North American Water Office do the TRANSLink deal and what does it mean?” Will Ray figure out that Wind on the Wires is a grant ($4.5 in 2001 and $8.1 million in 2003), not an “organization,” and question the impact this big chunk of change has on transmission policy? He’s got the citations to do the checking, but will he do his homework? Session’s over, it’s done, it may be too late for this session’s report card…
… and stay tuned for “Partisan Politics v. Putrid Policy,” for those who can’t tell the difference!
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