Kevin Rupp – pioneering the use of the school board purge February 13, 2015 Readers of of my blog have ample examples of my regard for our School District’s attorney Kevin Rupp. Its the law spelled out in… Continue Reading
Rupp si daisy January 16, 2015 I had planned to go back to my notes to reconstruct my nine objections to retaining Kevin Rupp’s firm. I outlined them at our… Continue Reading
A warning to Minnesota School Board members before engaging the legal services of Attorney Kevin Rupp January 15, 2015 Background: I am Harry Welty. I served on the Duluth School Board from 1995 through 2003. I attended every MSBA conference in those eight… Continue Reading
Attorney Rupp on the Hot Seat January 6, 2015 Today’s brief DNT story on the January organizational meeting of the School Board is spare but accurate. I didn’t record it but a friend… Continue Reading
a shout out to our attorney, Kevin Rupp June 14, 2014 Hey Kev, I wanted to share the quick legal research of a layman (woman really) who was at our recent Board meeting. She didn’t… Continue Reading
Rupp’s bluffs March 13, 2009 On Tuesday the Trib’s Education reporter, Sarah Horner, talked to the attorney representing the School District and Craig Hunter who represents the taxpayers. The… Continue Reading
Civil Discourse April 6, 2019 My chat with “Juan Percent” reminds me that I view all debate as an opportunity to share points of view to blow off the… Continue Reading
I have church to go to. I’ll edit this later re: George Bush and other stuff December 5, 2018 This Harry’s Diary post didn’t start out with a title drawing attention to my dawdling over posts. But its a good reminder to my… Continue Reading
“Something sparked a second look” June 22, 2018 http://www.kbjr6.com/video?clipId=14439239&autostart=true Earlier this week Doug Hasler, the Chief Financial Officer for the Duluth School District, was put on administrative leave. Of course Superintendent Gronseth… Continue Reading
Two hat Wednesday June 20, 2018 I’ve made the press peripherally twice today. I was asked by the Trib, in my capacity as a recent School Board member, what I… Continue Reading
Does reporting the words and deeds of an elected official constitute “sexism” if the official is a female … October 20, 2017 … and the reporter is a male? Or, vice versa? Last night Rosie Loeffler-Kemp and I attended the Chamber of Commerce’s Pat ourselves on… Continue Reading
Can Duluth voters take an endorsement seriously from editors who did not notice that Donald Trump was an ignorant demagogue,… October 18, 2017 …a liar and a seven-year-old sexoholic? Well maybe, but I’m still profoundly disappointed in their at-large school board endorsements. They only grudgingly endorsed me… Continue Reading
Awash in Books March 18, 2017 Thirty years ago I read that an early Chinese leader ordered the destruction of as many ancient Chinese history texts as he could lay… Continue Reading
“Rustling my paperwork” March 17, 2017 Here’s Loren Martell’s take on that last school board meeting and, in particular, my reaction to the suprise reconsideration of retaining Kevin Rupp’s law… Continue Reading
“All animals are equal but… March 8, 2017 …some animals are more equal than others.” George Orwell Animal Farm I read this in high school. Apparently, Orwell’s observation is every bit as… Continue Reading
“I am on a data privacy kick” March 8, 2017 My Buddy twitted (as opposed to tweeted) me with this response to my third paragraph in the last post: “9AM [meeting] was strictly personal… Continue Reading
Busy Monday March 7, 2017 This is another one of those “where do I begin” posts. Unlike yesterday which was busy from 9AM till 9:30PM I only have two… Continue Reading
Foresight, what might have been, and temper tantrums March 3, 2017 I slaved off-and-on from 5 AM until midnight yesterday to whittle nonsense riddled old posts from 700 offenders to about 80 left today. It’s… Continue Reading
Today – the bad and the ugly March 2, 2017 An email I sent to the School Board and Superintendent and the DNT’s reporter today: Superintendent and fellow board members, This is my formal… Continue Reading
The Good Donald Trump March 1, 2017 I had every intention of watching President Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress last evening. Instead, I got Trumped by the… Continue Reading
