Skip to Content

Robert Moffitt

Robert Moffitt's picture
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Commenter for
5 years 19 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 07/25/12 at 01:47 pm in response to Duluth tourism officials spend extra $125K to counter flood misperceptions

Was going to spend some time with family in Wisconsin, but the Duluth area needs our help. Taking my mom and aunt to see North Shore for the first time.

Posted on 07/17/12 at 03:01 pm in response to From Fukushima to San Onofre, doubts about nuclear power's future viability

More than 10 percent of the electricty used in Minnesota now comes from wind turbines. Wind power has gone mainstream, and it's working fine for Minnesota utilities, which are on-track to obtain 25% of the power from renewable sources by the year 2025.

Posted on 07/11/12 at 04:33 pm in response to Amid complaints, chefs keep on [food] truckin'

First, many of these trucks are owned by local chefs who live (and pay taxes) here. They are not "transient vendors," but a new wave of culinary entrepreneurs on wheels. Their food is often locally grown, and the people hired to work the trucks are locals, too.

Some of these 100 or so trucks will serve bad food, or provide bad service, or their business model will fail. They will be gone, soon enough. People may choose to go back indoors, or some of the downtown brick and mortar...

Posted on 07/10/12 at 03:57 pm in response to Pacu, the testicle-eating fish, found in Illinois lake

If you swim in Illinois,
you'd best watch out for 'the boys.'
I've looked them up, and it's my wish
to never meet the paku fish.

Posted on 07/06/12 at 01:54 pm in response to John Kline rakes in $428K, with $1.3 million in the bank

It's a similar story in Iowa:
http://thegazette.com/2012/06/30/iowa-smoking-ban-not-as-dire-as-predicted/

I heard the same "economic disaster" nonsense when Minnesota went smokefree. I wasn't true here, either.
...

Posted on 07/03/12 at 11:15 am in response to Ozone warning for Twin Cities takes on added urgency in wake of new study

Glad to see someone spend a little more time on air pollution and health concerns than just reporting MPCA air quality alerts.

Hat tip to Susan Perry and MinnPost for going deep with the latest science.

Robert Moffitt
Communications Director
American Lung Association in Minnesota

Posted on 07/02/12 at 10:58 am in response to Overshadowed ruling lets EPA proceed against power-plant pollution

While I don't necessarily share his rosey view of the future of nuclear power, either here or abroad, Rolf's comments on the importance of the recent Court of Appeals ruling and his anaysis on coal's decling role is spot-on.

Nicely done, sir!

Posted on 07/03/12 at 08:10 am in response to Overshadowed ruling lets EPA proceed against power-plant pollution

Sooner or later, they will adopt environmental regulations to reduce air pollution associated with coal, just as we are doing now. Look how long it took the USA to start cleaning up its act -- the Clean Air Act and EPA didn't even exist before the Nixon Administartion.

Posted on 06/27/12 at 10:28 am in response to Governors' portraits, Part 3: From Rolvaag to Pawlenty

Andy's observation is dead on. It's one of my favorites, and fits Jesse to a T.

Posted on 06/13/12 at 07:58 am in response to Ramsey County estimates $1.7 million per biennium for state-issued Voter ID

Perhaps they will rename themselves "The Fighting Wasichu." ;-)