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WEDNESDAY, May 7, 11:00AM: MIDTOWN MELTDOWN: PART II
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A CivicMedia/Minnesota production

How much is too much? We continue our discussion of the volatile Midtown
Eco-Energy Project, this week concentrating on air emissions - their
composition and their cumulative impact on Minneapolis' Phillips and
surrounding neighborhoods. Also, has Mayor Rybak begun to distance himself
from this project? We'll continue to examine the politics behind the
opposition most of the area's elected officials are turning into policy.

Is this an innovative biomass energy generator in the making? Or yet another
polluting facility among many in the city's already suffering core
neighborhoods? Might this idea be better considered for another venue? Or is
burning any material a danger to populated areas?

What impact does such a heavy financial stake have on Midtown's owners'
lives and future security if this goes down? Does it really matter on
balance?

TTT¹s Andy Driscoll and Lynnell Mickelsen continue to discuss all sides of
the issues with key players and the reporter covering them.

GUESTS:

€ STATE SEN. PATRICIA TORRES RAY, Senate District 62, adjoining the Midtown
Project.
€ SCOTT BENSON, Minneapolis City Councilmember, Chair, Energy & Environment
Committee
€ KIM HAVEY, Partner, Midtown Eco-Energy Project/Kandiyohi Development
Partners
€ JULLONNE GLAD, Minneapolis Residents for Clean Air
€ CAROL PASS, President, EPIC (East Phillips Improvement Coalition)
€ DAVID MORRIS, Executive VP, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

GUESTS INVITED TO RETURN:

€ STEVE BRANDT, Star Tribune Reporter/Analyst
€ REP. KAREN CLARK, House District 61A, where the project lives
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