Martel on Maintenance June 20, 2017 I’m not sure how many of Loren’s recent columns I have failed to mention. They seem to have been coming out weekly just as… Continue Reading
Please note the correction from two posts ago June 20, 2017 I unfairly slammed my school board colleague Rosie Loeffler-Kemp two posts ago. Please note the correction. I apologize to my readers. I ought to… Continue Reading
Keen on Kuehn June 19, 2017 Photo by: Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com I was pleased to see this picture on the anniversary of Duluth’s infamous lynching because one of the… Continue Reading
I have to be careful that when I replant the rhubarb today… June 15, 2017 …my head doesn’t fall off into the hole with the manure. I have good reason to worry about this because, as I just told… Continue Reading
Trifecta Schmrifecta June 13, 2017 Posts that began in my head over a week before but which become placeholders for me to finish are a pain. Life goes on… Continue Reading
The Superintendent’s trifecta June 9, 2017 I called the Trib’s education reporter Jana Hollingsworth on Tuesday and told her about the tentative settlement of the teachers contract. When she picked… Continue Reading
The Trib takes note of the new SB candidates who have “emerged” thus far June 9, 2017 Here. Continue Reading
Settling the Contract – June 7, 2017 I may have missed a story about the Teacher contract negotiations but they are likely over as we, Management, and Teachers, shook hands on… Continue Reading
I got waxed continued – the DNT > DFL editorial slam June 4, 2017 After Claudia got home from a wedding shower and I joked how I’d been waxed she asked if I’d read the DNT editorial lambasting… Continue Reading
I got waxed – I like my chances June 3, 2017 Of four candidates for the two at-large positions I came in fourth. I got 34 votes the two winners got 234 and 244 votes…. Continue Reading
Welcome DFL delegate to today’s endorsing Convention June 3, 2017 It will be a long and fascinating day. I’ll keep lots of mental notes. I would also like to provide you with some time… Continue Reading
Dear DFL Delegate June 2, 2017 I’ve missed two great days to garden working on my election and School Board business. There have been lots of email and letters-to-the-editor to… Continue Reading
And while I’m speaking truth to power… May 31, 2017 …These are the 14 Questions from the DFL screening committee and my answers to them: 2017 Screening Committee Questions, City of Duluth DFL In… Continue Reading
I just can’t help myself May 31, 2017 This was intended as a “confidential” email but I am quite content to let the general public see it: To me from Chuck Frederick,… Continue Reading
Between a Rockridge and a hard place May 31, 2017 That was my groaner at last night’s special meeting of the Duluth School Board. It was so inspired I used it twice and so… Continue Reading
Art Johnston digs into East Central Denfeld enrollment numbers May 30, 2017 They are alarming: Notes: 1. When Denfeld students went to Central HS in 2010, the combined student enrollment dropped 355 students from the previous… Continue Reading
Misc on Memorial Day May 29, 2017 Family and Memorial Day activities pulled me away from the blog again but on Sunday my mind was on overdrive thinking about starting a… Continue Reading
Six times is more than enough times to put the hackneyed phrase… May 26, 2017 “chopped liver” in the title of one of my posts. So I just put it Continue Reading
Replying to yesterday’s… May 25, 2017 …post on the first negotiation session. Here’s the email I got and by the way I doubt that XXXXX would mind my using his/her… Continue Reading
40 years ago today May 25, 2017 From the DNT “Bygones” for May 25, 1977 A grim picture of budget year 1977-78 was presented to the Duluth School Board yesterday. School… Continue Reading