Family Bull October 21, 2013 I’m sixteen days away from the election. I have a dozen posts in my head waiting for my fingers to type them up. I’ve… Continue Reading
A Zenith Twofer Treasure Trove October 19, 2013 The latest Zenith had a treasure trove of School District items. The first was a letter by Loren Martell. I was almost embarrassed for… Continue Reading
Lawnsign stories – 10-19 October 19, 2013 I ended up knocking on doors for five and a half hours today far more than I’d meant to. I managed to finish connecting… Continue Reading
One fourth of my family heritage October 19, 2013 Yesterday 774 visitors showed up at this blog. This time it was apparently Duluthians who showed up and not a bunch of Rooskies. Thank… Continue Reading
Help me put this ad in the Print Media October 17, 2013 These are the three most important votes you can cast in Duluth this election. 1. Vote for levy question #1 to renew the existing… Continue Reading
An idealist’s job is never done and… October 17, 2013 …a request for help. Perseverance can be exhausting. A. Tried to teach but was canned three times. B. Tried to get elected to the… Continue Reading
Lawnsign stories 10-16 “The law is an ass.” October 16, 2013 I’ve been too busy to post any stories relating to my door to door search for lawnsigns but I should mention this one. Yesterday… Continue Reading
If Harry knocks on your door this Fall… October 16, 2013 …this is what you can expect to hear him say. With luck I’ll knock on about 3,000 doors out of about 35,000 doors in… Continue Reading
As you sow so shall you reap October 15, 2013 It was a rainy day and I didn’t feel like working on my campaign. I did stick up three more lawnsigns in the rain… Continue Reading
White Flight and Charters October 14, 2013 This story deserves a prologue so here goes. After Brown vs. Board of Education and later court rulings requiring segregated school districts public schools… Continue Reading
Bullying Awareness Prevention Month… October 14, 2013 …is October. I do not have all the facts of this next story. It is a sobering story both tragic and a bit of… Continue Reading
My old buddy loves the Simon and Garfunkel song Kodachrome October 14, 2013 He won’t read my blog any more because I’m so bigoted against Republicans but I’ve got to say my life is a lot easier… Continue Reading
A Brainer October 14, 2013 Last week the DNT endorsed two District candidates for the School Board. One was described as a “no brainer” endorsement. I’m not sure I… Continue Reading
A scramble of words to live by October 13, 2013 I’ve currently got four adages competing for space in my head. One of them is primal and comes from my elementary school years. It’s… Continue Reading
Saving the Duluth Public Schools Pt. 1 a new thread October 12, 2013 I’ve predicted disaster for the Duluth Schools for six years. When I ran for the School board in 2006 Duluth wasn’t ready for that… Continue Reading
Why I blog at night – to get back to sleep October 12, 2013 In my “weepy” interview with Jana Hollingsworth she asked me why I get up at night to write. She did not say write my… Continue Reading
Blind faith and the levy referendum October 10, 2013 This lady nailed the District’s problem getting people to support its levy requests in a letter to the editor. Her conclusion: Until the School… Continue Reading
Malkovich does an interview – gets all weepy October 10, 2013 Well no. It wasn’t Malkovich doing an interview. It was me. I had an appointment to explain myself to the Trib’s lonely Education reporter… Continue Reading
My impression of Carnac the Magnificent October 8, 2013 I was going to explain “high fives” which I mentioned in the last post. I thought I might have described them in some much… Continue Reading
The Teacher’s Contract Pt 7 – What does Frank want? October 8, 2013 i recommend starting this series from the beginning. Frank rallies in his conclusion. He’s barred his bare bottoms to the School board like Mel… Continue Reading