Rewarding the Superintendent August 11, 2008 Tonight the School Board meets to reward the Superintendent for meetings his goals. I think he’s supposed to get another $5,000. He’ll probably need… Continue Reading
Donate to Let Duluth Vote online August 10, 2008 Let Duluth Vote finally has a page that can accept online donations. I set it up but I have to tweak the graphics. Its… Continue Reading
Second candidate endorses the Pledge August 10, 2008 Ryan Stauber, challenging Tom Huntley is the second legislative candidate to sign on to give the vote on the Red Plan back to Duluth…. Continue Reading
Duluth Deseg circa 1971 August 4, 2008 A friend alerted me to this interesting letter-to-the-editor. published in the New York Times Magazine in response to this story in the Times. I’ve… Continue Reading
The first candidate replies to LDV’s question August 4, 2008 Allan Kehr is the first of our 14 legislative candidates to get his LDV questionnaire returned to us. Although Allan doesn’t mark “yes” to… Continue Reading
More taxes? August 4, 2008 The headline was good though tad odd: Will Duluth taxpayers face another school tax increase? If a reader didn’t know better it might appear… Continue Reading
Obama on a bill? Playing the race card August 2, 2008 The indignant McCainiacs who are complaining about Obama “playing the race card,” by raising the subject of his face on a federal bank note… Continue Reading
Tall Ships attacking Duluth 2008 August 2, 2008 These are three of the photos I took as tall ships entered the Duluth Harbor yesterday. Taken from I35 on route to downtown and… Continue Reading
Red Plan Critics are here to stay August 2, 2008 Here are two versions of my most recent JCI critique. The first version is on my Snowbizz website. This is how I submitted it… Continue Reading
A little more about the Central cannon August 1, 2008 Chuck Frederick and I have been emailing back and forth about the cannon for some weeks now. He’s gotten a little more information about… Continue Reading
Recent Discussions on the Red Plan August 1, 2008 I skim through a lot of the News Tribune’s discussion boards on the Red Plan when they write a new story about it. I’ve… Continue Reading
I missed the eclipse August 1, 2008 But then again, I didn’t have enough frequent flyer miles to go to Siberia. Oh well, MSNBC provided me with this picture of the… Continue Reading
Trolls August 1, 2008 This is another non Red Plan related post. I am reading an interesting NY Times story on the most nihilistic abusers of the Internet,… Continue Reading
Are Red Plan supporters turning tail? July 31, 2008 I couldn’t help but notice that David Ross, the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, wrote nary a word about the Red Plan in… Continue Reading
Walmart’s Free enterprise/lunch July 31, 2008 I recently heard the author of the book Free Lunch give a speech in which he said that the Sam Walton descendents had earned… Continue Reading
Meat July 31, 2008 I was sent this NY Times column about farm animals. At first I didn’t want to read it but I’m glad I did. I… Continue Reading
Dr. Dixon intends to be “vague” July 31, 2008 Karen added this note about the school board meeting the other night: “Harry, you summarized the referendum plans well on your blog. But I… Continue Reading
LDV’s Legislative Pledge July 31, 2008 Tonight we sent out a pledge to 14 candidates for the four legislative seats whose Districts contain part of ISD 709. Its a simple… Continue Reading
“Can’t we be mature?” July 31, 2008 Karen, one of our indefatigable LDVers, went to the School Board meeting last night and reported Dr.Dixon’s proposed three tiered referendum for the fall… Continue Reading
My latest Not Eudora Column July 29, 2008 Gone with the Wind Published Aug. 1, 2008 “As a little kid growing up in Topeka, Kansas, my family would often troop down to… Continue Reading