THE DESERT OF THE REAL ENDORSES ELWYN TINKLENBERG FOR CONGRESS!

THE DESERT OF THE REAL MAKES ITS FIRST AND LIKELY ONLY POLITICAL ENDORSEMENT.

ELWYN TINKLENBERG FOR CONGRESS IN THE MINNESOTA SIXTH DISTRICT.

This endoresment may seem a little curious, as the Desert of the Real usually avoids overt partisan political content. Further, the Author currently lives in New Mexico.

But the Author formerly lived in Minnesota and wishes he still did. Minnesota was the best place the Author lived and believes that it is the state that most clearly reflects his values and ideals. He hopes that he will return one day.

And he went one step further. He donated money to the Tinklenberg campaign.

TINKLENBERG'S OPPONENT, MICHELE BACHMAN, IS AN ABOMINATION AND AN INSULT TO THE CITIZENS OF MINNESOTA.

Bachman is in that rare class of congress people that combine political extremism with arrogance, idiocy, bigotry and sociopatic behavior. Ingnonimous figures such as Gus Savage, James Traficant, and Indiana's own Danny Boy Burton.

ELWYN TINKLENBERG EMINENTLY QUALIFIED.

Elwyn "El" Tinklenberg is a dedicated public servant. Below is his biography from his website:

Elwyn Tinklenberg, 57, was born in Princeton and grew up on a farm in Pease, Minnesota, a small, Dutch, farming community in central Minnesota, where he learned the values of faith, pragmatism and hard work.

He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota at Duluth and attended seminary at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He served as a United Methodist Minister in Blaine, Minnesota from 1977 to 1986.

While serving on the city council for 4 years and as Mayor of Blaine from 1987 to 1996, Tinklenberg quickly gained a reputation as an expert in the field of transportation, eventually serving as Governor Jesse Ventura's Commissioner of Transportation from 1999 to 2002. Charged with managing the day-to-day operations of the department's 5,500 employees and $2 billion annual budget, he worked directly with the legislature to secure funding for the state's first light rail, the development of a regional commuter plan, and a (short-term) doubling of the state transportation budget. In 2003 he served on the Board of Directors for the American Public Transportation Association.

In 2006, Tinklenberg ran for congress in Minnesota's sixth district. He eventually lost out on an opportunity to run in the general election when he was narrowly defeated by Patty Wetterling in a bid for the DFL endorsement.

Currently, Tinklenberg is President of The Tinklenberg Group, a consulting firm that specializes in transportation and related issues affecting government and businesses.

Tinklenberg lives in Blaine with his wife Terri. He is the father of two sons and one daughter with his late wife, the step-father of three children and has seven grandchildren.

ELWYN TINKLENBERG IS AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF, AND IS THE HONORARY CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO, THE DESERT OF THE REAL!