Excerpted from: No Y2K mayhem MARTIN J. MOYLAN STAFF WRITER Metropolitan Council Chairman Ted Mondale said the region’s waste-water treatment network now benefits from backup power systems purchased as part of the Y2K upgrades, meaning the network could survive temporary power outages. ``People can go home tonight and flush with impunity,’’ Mondale said. ``That’s a lot of relief for all of us,’’ Gov. Jesse Ventura added. © 1999 PioneerPlanet / St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press - All Rights Reserved The above was taken in context, xactly as printed on line. Minnesota. You gotta love us! Have we got our priorities right, or what? ;) green