XPost: seattle.politics, or.politics, mn.general   
   From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
      
   Don Homuth  wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:35:10 GMT, Lobby Dosser   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Don Homuth  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:02:11 GMT, Lobby Dosser   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>In the midst of a Crisis an Executive (or 'Senior') has his Personal   
   >>>>cell phone turned on and takes calls from curiosity seekers? WOW!   
   >>>   
   >>> There was no Crisis at the time.   
   >>   
   >>Yeah, there was.   
   >   
   > Nope -- there was not.  The bridge was down, the recovery effort (in   
   > which MNDOT had no particular part to play from the engineering staff)   
   > was barely underway, the USDOT folks had just arrived on the scene,   
   > and all that was happening was some observation.   
      
   So, it was just a big Yawn.   
      
   >   
   >> Apparently your "friend" is not Quite That Senior,   
   >>otherwise he wouldn't have had time to piss away talking to an   
   >>Acquantance.   
   >   
   > He could take the time to do what he wished, clearly.   
      
   Less senior folk usually have the time for that.   
      
   >   
   >>>>The Lt. Governor is ALSO - WAIT FOR IT!! - the HEAD OF MNDOT!   
   >>>   
   >>> Only in an ex officio sense.  The LTGOV chairs the meetings -- but   
   >>> is not a civil engineer.   
   >>   
   >>No, NOT in an ex officio sense. Ma is IN CHARGE.   
   >   
   > Heh!  There's that respect for authority figures again.   
   >   
   > She is "in charge" only by virtue of her office -- which is what makes   
   > her position ex officio by definition.  She is Not "in charge" of   
   > anything other than chairing the meetings, though.   
      
   She IS the Department HEAD.   
      
   You walked into the trap. Face it. Deal with it.   
      
   She can Hire and Fire.   
      
   >   
      
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