The following letter to the editor was published in the May 24, 2016 issue of the Star Tribune:

One Word: Appalling

The Legislature failed to pass a bonding bill as the session ended. Despite the House doing its job and looking out for all of Minnesota, Senate DFLers dug their heels in. Sen. Ron Latz even tweeted: “No light rail funding, no bonding bill. When will the House figure this out?” With roads, bridges and water towers crumbling in Minnesota, Sen. Latz, and others, refused to pass a bonding bill unless it contained funding for light rail. They owe the taxpayers of Minnesota a collective “sorry.”

Chris Lund, Hamburg