Wednesday, November 05, 2008

What will Sixth District losing candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg be doing next?

Do we really need to speculate? What has the man done before? Why expect anything different, this time through the revolving door, from candidate to loser? The man of the MnDOT no-bid consulting contract fame left MnDOT leadership and guess what? He within a month formed "Tinklenberg Group," both as a firm and an assumed name, with what must be said to be an inauspicious website:




Tinklenberg Group existed, from formation on, with Tinklenberg going about the state looking for - guess what? No bid consulting contracts. Something he reportedly deems "reasonable and appropriate," where others might think otherwise.

Need we really speculate about what the Tinklenberg future holds? The three legged milking stool, same old, same old, cash cows called back from temporary pasturing.

And as for City of Ramsey, a source of some quite substantial long-term Tinklenberg Group no-bid contract cash, there will be a new council sitting at the beginning of next year, and as for the City's past relationships with Tinklenberg Group and possibly continuing it, I offer this advice: