
For a man who started out as the youngest School Board member in the nation (at 18), to one of the youngest Mayors in Minnesota, as well as a longtime member of the Minnesota Legislature, Comissioner JOE ATKINS of Dakota County is running out of offices to run for. On his latest visit he and Alan mused over the traffic problem on Diffley Avenue in Eagan brought into focus again by a recent tragedy, the possibility of moving St. Joseph’s Hospital to Dakota County, and other timely issues, including budget and social matters affecting the County.