Piedmont PTA History April 2, 2009 I just got this troubling chronology from a former active PTA Mom from Piedmont. . . . My girls went to Piedmont for 7… Continue Reading
Today’s thank you note April 2, 2009 From another person deprived of their right to vote and who offers up a much more modest alterntive plan. Continue Reading
Rumor Monger April 2, 2009 As my eight loyal readers have noticed I have gotten a little snotty when I comment on the local paper’s coverage of the Red… Continue Reading
Putting all our eggs into new bldgs April 2, 2009 Today’s column about the growth of K-12 online education suggests one unhappy consequence for putting all of the Districts eggs into the new school… Continue Reading
PTSA Chair considers Hermantown April 1, 2009 No! Its not an April Fool’s joke. The two hours I sat in on the city-wide PTSA council meeting this morning were eye opening…. Continue Reading
The “Big Fill” April 1, 2009 A boy like James is very likely to attend Grant or Nettleton Schools two of the centrally located Duluth schools that get the shortest… Continue Reading
A boy like James April 1, 2009 Its not all that hard for me to tear up in my dotage but I was unprepared for it to happen reading today’s local… Continue Reading
Nationalize the banks April 1, 2009 This article in the Atlantic is sobering. It talks quite persuasively about the stranglehold American finance has on our government and suggests the finance… Continue Reading
Taxpayer financed school board campaign ads March 31, 2009 Gary Glass called me tonight when he stumbled accross a School District ad for Tim Grover and Johnson Controls plans for the new Lester… Continue Reading
Just a bunch of data March 31, 2009 The Ordean neighbors have been concerned about the report from the City that the School District sent the City an EAW on the Ordean… Continue Reading
What the Trib “hid” online March 31, 2009 Local View: No school district could afford Duluth’s red plan Duluth’s Lars Fladmark couldn’t believe the new license plates issued for his truck: “709… Continue Reading
The Trib’s leanings March 31, 2009 Let Duluth Vote supporters are quick to see pro Red Plan editorial preferences in the Trib. I’m an old hand at reading between the… Continue Reading
What does Duluth think? March 31, 2009 One of the many faux arguments thrown around by the Red Plan’s supporters about having a referendum is that it would have been a… Continue Reading
No contest! March 30, 2009 After a week of silence the Trib finally put some Red in the paper. The front page was about the trickle of Central High… Continue Reading
Hiding our lights under their bushel March 30, 2009 Not to diminish the wonderful editorial debate in today’s Trib I’ve got to give the paper a swift kick in the pants for hiding… Continue Reading
Shhhhhh! The Trib is working, or is that Zzzzzzzz? March 29, 2009 Rob Karwath wants to see the records of Duluth’s licensed dog owners. Well, I’d like to look at the Trib’s personnel files. You see,… Continue Reading