I don’t want to lose track (of the fact) that the governance of this system has to work for wastewater and housing and our parks,” said Kristin Beckmann, the former deputy chief of staff for Gov. Tim Walz.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2023/09/more-critics-than-fans-on-task-force-looking-at-met-council-restructure/

“So we have one group thinking big about the region and one group thinking micro about transit delivery,” said Beckmann, a former deputy chief of staff for Walz and a former deputy mayor of St. Paul.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2023/10/should-metro-transit-break-away-from-the-met-council-task-force-will-explore-making-regional-transit-agency-independent/