How do you stop a scorpion from stinging March 10, 2015 Art Johnston faces imminent removal from the Board if he does nothing. In my opinion this is because he protected his partner from an… Continue Reading
Irony of Ironies March 10, 2015 Today’s story in the Trib picked up on a great irony. Yesterday’s Business Committee meeting was a modicum of earnest business like discussion. So… Continue Reading
Anonymous email March 8, 2015 I mentioned my recent meeting with Tim. He’s a black fellow and has been at odds with our police department. He’s been in talks… Continue Reading
A different topic while I take a break from the school board’s feud March 7, 2015 There are times I really appreciate the Duluth News Tribune especially when it comes to stories relating to the issue of Race and Civil… Continue Reading
Points of Order March 6, 2015 On my lunch break I looked for a Duluth Reader hoping to see Loren Martell’s take on our last school board meeting. Sometimes pathetic… Continue Reading
Cups overflowething March 6, 2015 I woke up at two this morning and spent two hours pondering the wealth of material I have for March posts. My cup truly… Continue Reading
What I told the Senate Subcommittee on Elections today March 5, 2015 The previous post was meant to be a quick one about my trip to the state capital today so that I could turn in… Continue Reading
I feel a novella coming on March 5, 2015 After today I feel like I have a novella’s worth of blogging in me. The only thing that would scotch it is an outbreak… Continue Reading
The School Board’s fat is in the fire March 4, 2015 I’ll leave off tonight with the news that the legal war that my colleagues on the School Board have been itching to start has… Continue Reading
The Statement of Art Johnston concerning Case: 0:15-cv-01173,… March 4, 2015 …filed in United States District Court, March 4, 2015. Arthur Johnston, Plaintiff vs. Annie Harala, Rosie Loeffler-Kemp, Mike Miernicki, Judy Seliga-Punyko, Bill Westholm, and… Continue Reading
More on Loren’s figures March 4, 2015 As if Art Johnston isn’t busy enough preparing for his meeting with the legislature tomorrow and today’s imminent lawsuit against the Duluth School Board… Continue Reading
About Loren’s figures March 4, 2015 Loren Martell has been a grudging entrant into the computer age. He resisted email and the Internet for the longest time which I came… Continue Reading
March comes in like a lamb and a little demography March 4, 2015 As February came to a close I was set to begin blogging up a storm with some squalls like I had in February. It… Continue Reading
Not so stinkin Lincoln February 28, 2015 Every old Northern city has a Lincoln school in it. It was a post Civil War tradition. In my old hometown of Mankato we… Continue Reading
Beyond Patience February 28, 2015 That title is meant to be a joke. Hooray! I’ve got my computer back. Think of it as my Thor’s Hammer. I can almost… Continue Reading
Patience February 25, 2015 The last post will be improved upon by the next. Even before I took a week away from the trauma of life on the… Continue Reading
a 4% drop in the grad rate? February 25, 2015 Duluth schools see “frustrating” drop in graduation rates The Duluth school district’s graduation rate took a step backward in 2014, dropping nearly 4 percentage… Continue Reading
press chats February 24, 2015 At the moment I’m undoing years of neglect of my computer and other tools for communication. This post is being tapped out on my… Continue Reading
Catching up upon my return from Eden February 23, 2015 Apparently our Duluth School Board’s crusade to excommunicate Art Johnston is not the only thing that has caught the State legislature’s attention this year…. Continue Reading
Sunday Opinion February 15, 2015 About 24 Denfeld teachers took the chance that almost nobody else does in these days of email an texting. They signed letters to the… Continue Reading
