Dyna Sluter posts: Long before we heard of "E85", over a decade ago, under Peter's leadership Hennepin County trucks were testbeds for ethanol.
Brandt: Credit, or blame depending on your point of view, for getting the Hennepin County fleet on ethanol should go to the incomparable John Derus, who served on the County Board through 1992. Here's an excerpt from a story I wrote in 1990, the year that Peter was elected a commissioner: "Since Derus persuaded Hennepin County in 1983 to convert its gasoline-powered vehicles to an ethanol blend, it has consumed 1.5 million gallons of the fuel and put more than 20 million miles on a fleet of 280 vehicles." Or as the Mankato Free Press once famously put it: "Wherever two or more people gather in the name of ethanol, Derus is there among them." Peter may have expanded this, but it was Derus who got the fleet going on ethanol. Steve Brandt Kingfield REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
