Dated Feb. 27, this link.
While never having met Foley, my sister knew him and highly respected him as a person and for his work in the legislature.
One thing she said, and it continues in mind, Foley after three decades or so in the Minnesota Highway Patrol was a strong seat belt supporter, his quote being, "In all my years in the patrol I never unbuckled a dead person."
That is a very graphic way of saying "They work."
Probably many in the Coon Rapids, north metro, and Anoka County area knew Foley and regret his death. I regret it greatly despite only having second-hand knowledge of the man and his life's work.