Western Duluth Lens, DFL Trolls? October 27, 2017 You will no longer find the conversation from the previous post on the Western Duluth Lens Facebook Page. Its a dodgy page with only… Continue Reading
Can a 65 year old white man who has never had a period become the Amy Shumer of American School Boards? April 21, 2016 A year or two ago I heard an NPR story about a woman comedian who tells the raunchiest stories imaginable and about her great… Continue Reading
With 20 x 20 hindsight April 7, 2016 Supporters of the Red Plan School Board have constantly accused Red Plan critics of misrepresentation of the truth. In fact it has been the… Continue Reading
“Fair enough” October 6, 2015 So, where have I been for the past couple days? I have a post with nothing in it lined up to talk about the… Continue Reading
A 10 minute explanation of this blog for new readers September 27, 2015 I have ten minutes till I have to pick someone up for Church so here goes. About 150 more people are paying a call… Continue Reading
Out for blood? – an email exchange on the Thou Shalt Not series September 25, 2015 I woke yesterday morning to find an urgent plea in my email. One of my eight loyal readers was crushed that they missed the… Continue Reading
Campaign Countdown – 49 Days to Equity for all Duluth schools September 16, 2015 I’m pleased with the outcome of the school board primary. Alanna Oswald, whose chief blemish is that she successfully got the school district to… Continue Reading
Mystery letter September 14, 2015 I will have a lot to say in coming days about the latest victim of ISD 709’s character assassination syndrome. It will be largely… Continue Reading
Letter to the Editorial Page Editor – Pt 5 July 17, 2015 Part 5 In the Dixon years the District has had its fingerprints on several such character assassinations. The first was committed by Ralph Doty… Continue Reading
Art Johnston’s Statement on Resolution SP-5-15-3269. May 20, 2015 (For which I stood to applaud afterwards in breach of school board etiquette.) It is with a heavy heart that I see the school… Continue Reading
Stealth is for ninjas May 10, 2015 I’m not a ninja. I’m not an open book but I presume anyone who visits this blog with some regularity does it to find… Continue Reading
A letter on my making an ass of myself May 4, 2015 I last used Richard Thomas’s cartoon of me in this blog post of January 3rd. I had a bad December but of all the… Continue Reading
“I am disappointed by your recent post:” April 30, 2015 An email recently sent to me at my school board email: Mr Welty I am disappointed by your recent post: “I’d like Art Johnston… Continue Reading
Shadows on the cave wall April 29, 2015 I had a very nice lunch with the Superintendent yesterday. Afterward he prompted me with a question to get me past pleasantries to the… Continue Reading
How to create implacable foes February 1, 2015 The answer is simple. Be really, really, really uncivil to them. I’m astounded at my tenacity and that of Loren Martell and Art Johnston…. 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
Could I raise $30,000 in three months? January 9, 2015 I think so. What our current school board is in the process of doing is so egregious that I suspect ultra liberals, ultra conservatives… Continue Reading
You don’t see a vagus nerve response in upper class people January 4, 2015 Maybe that explains why well-to-do Duluth doesn’t seem to mind that the fancy new schools of the Red Plan have shortchanged some children. A… Continue Reading
No more pantomime for me January 3, 2015 I can’t think of a better or more appropriate way to start my blog in 2015 than with the first newspaper cartoon ever attempted… Continue Reading
When our better angels songs grow faint December 26, 2014 My dove of peace still holds up a sprig of olive in its beak but it will probably melt away and drop it soon…. Continue Reading