I’ve run across a couple of articles today that talk about local Minnesota elections and specifically mention broadband. I want to keep this post nonpartisan so I’m simply going to list and link to the articles I found. Also, there wasn’t anything particularly earth-shatteringly new in any of the articles – I just like to note the fact that broadband is coming up.
Rep Tim Walz of Mankato – “Government needs to help rural areas expand Internet access like years ago it did that for electricity, Walz said. The large empty areas between homes means electric cooperatives always will struggle without government aid, and the same is true to broadband, he said.”
Andy Welti 30B – a letter to the editor talks about Welti and the importance of the Broadband Task Force
I thought I’d be able to find more – sadly no; well not yet.
I found another mention of broadband from Sandy Wollschlager, a DFLer seeking a second term representing Minnesota House District 28A (It comes from Post-Bulletin Rochester http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=16&a=365983)
“The economic vitality of rural areas, Wollschlager said, also depends on the improvement of technology infrastructure, such as broadband Internet access. “
By: Ann Treacy on October 13, 2008
at 8:16 pm