Another email November 22, 2011 Hi HW: The author of the anti-AJ letter is on your list of high-pay teachers: 10-Sep BARBARA RODBERG DULUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT F $64,679… Continue Reading
More on JCI at Ely, MN November 22, 2011 Here’s a summary of what took place in Ely with JCI. If my raising hell in Duluth helped that Board look with more skepticism… Continue Reading
More on that “tepid criticism” post November 21, 2011 My Buddy didn’t like my take on the OWS critic. Just in case my other readers want a little more elaboration on my part… Continue Reading
Better than pepper spray November 20, 2011 I have no gripes about various city governments trying to gently push Occupy Whatever out of inconvenient locales. I think that Duluth has done… Continue Reading
Occupy this! November 19, 2011 My Buddy sent me this tepid criticism of Occupy Wallstreet. The gist is that the occupiers who are so eager to be cut a… Continue Reading
Ignorance is not bliss November 19, 2011 Lawrence Lessig argues that Congress has allowed the identites of those who can profit from bad investments (which all of us depend upon) to… Continue Reading
Don’t watch this if… November 18, 2011 …you just had a hernia operation. ‘RON PAUL’ – A Bad Lip Reading SoundBite – watch more funny videos Continue Reading
An astounding number of teachers earning $100,000 or more in salary and benefits… November 18, 2011 …in the Duluth Schools. I just got a call from a friend, a former school administrator, who wanted to vent about the Duluth School… Continue Reading
Suddenly the City is all over Central High School November 18, 2011 A bitter emailer comments on the City’s plans for the Duluth School District’s excess property: The city stood quietly by when the school district… Continue Reading
My readers in Ely have the answer November 18, 2011 I heard a lot about JCI being up in Ely, Minnesota, so I was naturally suspicious that the big HVAC contract I read about… Continue Reading
Speaking of short and brutish November 18, 2011 I’m sitting at home right now a tad sore from having had a hernia operation. I’ve eschewed loritabs for a single tylenol tablet. The… Continue Reading
Amen! November 18, 2011 The real way to shrink government: Requiring the American people to actually pay for all of the government they receive is, as [William] Niskanen… Continue Reading
Unpopularity Contest November 18, 2011 In case you were wondering why so many DFLers are lining up to take on New Hampshire’s Chip Cravaack. More here. Continue Reading
Scotty Walker eyes November 17, 2011 I’m going to speculate about Governor Walker who has impressed me with his Carrie Nation like zealotry. I noticed something odd about his eyes… Continue Reading
Four minutes to explain how… November 17, 2011 Congress is threatening the Internet for Hollywood’s sake: PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. Continue Reading
I’ll give you one guess who’s installing their heating system November 16, 2011 Re: our tax hikes: It could be worse. In Ely, truth-in-taxation statements project a tax increase of nearly 37 percent on homesteads next year…. Continue Reading
Now they’re worried about “policy”? November 16, 2011 I’ve been ruminating on the editors of the Trib grousing about the naming of our new schools. I rolled my eyes when I read… Continue Reading
Reaction to my recent letter to the Trib November 15, 2011 One of the most finance savvy past School Board members wrote me this email. HARRY, THE LETTER SAID IT ALL. RALPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN… Continue Reading
No more cloth coats for the GOP November 14, 2011 More on the trickle up Republicans: It’s difficult to imagine today, but taxing the rich wasn’t always a major flash point of American political… Continue Reading
Trickle up – to the banks November 14, 2011 I think this graphic shows the power of K street lobbying that the Congress has been so keen to honor. In this case the… Continue Reading