JCI’s phenomenal ability to coach School Administrators… December 22, 2011 …to lie through their teeth. 12/14/11 School district audit shows financial “crisis” never existed By Marshall Helmberger We now know for certain what many… Continue Reading
Foresight vs. Hindsight December 21, 2011 Foresight = LincolnDemocrat Feb. 10, 2010: Dr. Dixon made it sound like the programming he was willing to trim was not all that important…. Continue Reading
Making a “good plan into a great plan.” December 19, 2011 Loren Martell, still licking his wounds from losing to a clueless incumbent, offers his latest critique of the Red Plan and the Board that… Continue Reading
JCI’s Midas touch December 16, 2011 Does this sound like any other school district you know? REGIONAL – ISD 2142 drained the contingency fund for its $78.8 million school restructuring… Continue Reading
The Mayor speaks December 15, 2011 Bout time: Because of the negative impact of the Red Plan on the central part of the city with the closing of Central High… Continue Reading
Eye Rolling as rebuttal December 15, 2011 I got this email from a friend who was pretty unimpressed with the School Board’s dim response to running out of financial cushion: “About… Continue Reading
Tell me what’s a happening November 30, 2011 I’m always happy to pass on rumors of JCI’s shoddy work so here’s the latest: Handsome Harry: I took interest on your post of… Continue Reading
More on JCI at Ely, MN November 22, 2011 Here’s a summary of what took place in Ely with JCI. If my raising hell in Duluth helped that Board look with more skepticism… Continue Reading
My readers in Ely have the answer November 18, 2011 I heard a lot about JCI being up in Ely, Minnesota, so I was naturally suspicious that the big HVAC contract I read about… Continue Reading
I’ll give you one guess who’s installing their heating system November 16, 2011 Re: our tax hikes: It could be worse. In Ely, truth-in-taxation statements project a tax increase of nearly 37 percent on homesteads next year…. Continue Reading
Reaction to my recent letter to the Trib November 15, 2011 One of the most finance savvy past School Board members wrote me this email. HARRY, THE LETTER SAID IT ALL. RALPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN… Continue Reading
Holy Cow! The Trib printed my letter November 11, 2011 Apropos the last post: Reader’s view: The flight of Duluth students is Dixon’s legacy The writer of an Oct. 6 letter seemed disappointed Red… Continue Reading
How much have we paid JCI so far for the Red Plan? November 11, 2011 According to Gary Glass: “payments to JCI as of 10.27.2011 = $42,844,432.85” That’s so far. Looks like Gary was using a pretty conservative estimate… Continue Reading
Paynesville School Board kicks JCI out October 29, 2011 In a better world this could be Duluth. Continue Reading
Having failed to save the school district millions of dollars… October 28, 2011 …JCI is also fighting a ruling requiring them to disclose public data that might help explain where they went wrong in their school building… Continue Reading
On the other hand the St. Louis County Schools….. October 28, 2011 …has enough money to fight a Court decision that went against them. They want to make it OK for School Boards to sell school… Continue Reading
JCI’s savings up North? October 28, 2011 Not so big: The St. Louis County School Board has been trying for months to get an accounting from the district’s business manager of… Continue Reading
JCI watch – Kaboom! October 25, 2011 On a JCI Biomass plant explosion By Wayne Washington – wwashington@thestate.com By Wayne Washington COLUMBIA — On June 28, 2009, an explosion rocked the… Continue Reading
Dixon destroyed Duluth’s confidence… August 25, 2011 …in our public schools. How do I know? I’ve been stewing over the incredibly low level of confidence in our schools revealed by the… Continue Reading
A teacher per acre August 25, 2011 Nothing like building a school on land that is too small before you line up adequate space for it. Otherwise known as asking for… Continue Reading
