Please DNT Don’t check into this either July 3, 2009 Hermantown is doing its own LTFP (long term facilities planning) right now – without the help of JCI, thank you very much. Part of… Continue Reading
Please DNT – Don’t report any of this! July 3, 2009 Remember that old saw about liberty requiring constant vigilance? Well we don’t have either in Duluth. No Vote and no Newspaper coverage. Remember that… Continue Reading
Laxative High School June 21, 2009 It is unthinkable that any professional engineer, planner, landscaper, or contractor could think that the Ordean site was suitable for a high school of… Continue Reading
Lawyers vs. the Majority June 19, 2009 How deeply as the JCI cancer riddled Duluth? We’re starting to look like Iran where the Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has just ruled that… Continue Reading
Still waiting for Mimi’s reply May 19, 2009 Hi Harry, I am heading out the door for a full day of meetings but first wanted to tell you how much I appreciate… Continue Reading
Blogging lite May 4, 2009 Lincolndemocrat pulled another 200 visitors today despite limited blogging. I’ll be on the road and unable to blog early ltomorrow so that will really… Continue Reading
Environmental justice April 23, 2009 Often lost in the recent criticism of the Red Plan is the impact it will have on the Central City. Some of the central… Continue Reading
Where to next? Pt 3 April 22, 2009 There will be a fall election for the School Board. Four pro Red Plan board members could be replaced. If all were replaced by… Continue Reading
Me Two weeks ago April 18, 2009 From: Harry Welty [mailto:harrywelty@charter.net] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:10 PM To: mlarson Cc: ****@chartermi.net Subject: Re: Mimi’s Question to Betty Dear Mimi, Thank… Continue Reading
One-way loyalty? April 17, 2009 According to this week’s story in the Zenith Semi Weekly “The Board has held no closed sessions to discuss the lawsuit and none are… Continue Reading
When the scales fall from their eyes March 27, 2009 For months Let Duluth Vote has been portrayed as a group of sour pusses. But our efforts to find a means of compromise have… Continue Reading
“I didn’t support …Welty… to begin with.” March 25, 2009 When I served on the School Board I persistently advocated a two high school district. Early on I’d run into people who told me… Continue Reading
The “lynch-pin” March 15, 2009 Today’s Trib has two more excellent letters about the folly of the Red Plan: Former teachers Michele Benson and Robert Thompson describe the safety… Continue Reading
Welty/Glass March 13, 2009 Ralph Doty was not content with his first attempt to impugn my character a day before the last School Board election where I was… Continue Reading
Duluth should own the decision on school closures March 6, 2009 Someone sent me this story about Dr. Dixon’s early honeymoon period and DFT President Frank Wanner heaps praise on the then fresh new Superintendent…. Continue Reading
Best Show in Town December 17, 2008 Last night’s school board meeting was the first I’ve attended in years that seemed like a real school board meeting with real adults who… Continue Reading
Rearranging the Titanic’s deck chairs August 19, 2008 Tomorrow’s Trib story quoted me as I described our School Board’s futile efforts to pass an operational levy this fall. But my comments pale… Continue Reading
The Promise May 4, 2008 A couple weeks ago a reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune was in town interviewing people for a story about the Red Plan. At… Continue Reading
Email to a doubter – Part 2 October 12, 2007 Harry, thanks for the replies, if you are elected, what would you do to improve the schools and the opportunities for the kids, and… Continue Reading