Yesterday, @MPR tweeted a link to an article on its website in regards to a lawsuit that the public radio giant has brought against the Metro Transit Council (the third lawsuit, in fact, that has surfaced).
During an appearance on today’s MidMorning show on MPR, Mayor Chris Coleman got a bit defensive, reacting to remarks made last week by MPR President Bill Kling that the Metropolitan Council was failing to hold up its end of the deal on the billion-dollar Central Corridor project. The dispute involves a “floating slab track” that would be installed in front of the MPR broadcast facility to reduce vibrations and sound. MPR wants that system be built with steel springs, but the Met Council wants to go with a cheaper rubber pad underlay. Exciting, right?
The Mayor zings, “That comment is absolutely 100 percent outrageous. The conduct of Mr. Kling and the board of MPR is outrageous,” and “This is the most important public works project in the history of this city and the history of this region.”
Oh snap! But then again, do we really want to risk hearing light rail vibrations while we listen to The Current?



Latest comment — diseng: I agree with Erik. The other lawsuits show that the project's leadership hasn't been able to communicate effectively with stakeholders (U, minoriti...