A Jan. 9 article said Tom Johnson, project manager for the I-35W Project Advisory Committee, had previously worked as lobbyist for the Minnesota Department of Transportation. He was not a registered lobbyist, but served as a liaison as MnDOT�s director of national relations. The distinction is that he was not paid to pass bills, like a lobbyist; his job was to communicate the state�s and counties� recommendations to the Minnesota delegation and make sure they understood the issue. The article contained two errors. Scott McBride did not office with Johnson at Smith Parker. Also, Johnson and Louis Smith did not travel to Washington D.C. to talk to members of the Minnesota delegation about the I-35W project. They contacted them by mail. Scott Russell Reporter, Southwest Journal
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