Remove Mail's On My Mac Todos folder

Hi,
I used to have only one Mail Todos folder, and that folder was synced with my .Mac account through IMAP. But then one day, I made a todo in iCal instead of Mail.app, and now there are two folders showing up in Mail--On my Mac, and the .Mac Account. No matter how many todos I delete or reset the preferences, I cannot get the On My Mac folder to go away. Can anyone help with this.
Here is a screenshot of the problem: http://myskitch.com/definetheline/mail-20071203-151507.jpg

select the on my mac to do folder and delete it.
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