AFSCME endorsements September 14, 2015 I understand that the Public Employees Union representing thousands of area union members made school board endorsements the other day. Three people made the… Continue Reading
Lest there be any doubt about who I support…. September 14, 2015 … in the At-Large School Board race. Continue Reading
Zombie Sunday September 14, 2015 A month ago our youngest grandson, Jacob, came up with the idea of making a movie about Zombies. He’s five. Two weekends ago he… Continue Reading
Fond Farewell’s- Morgan Park September 12, 2015 Today’s paper has a story about the closing of the 99-year old Morgan Park School and today’s open house where alumni and others can… Continue Reading
Puncturing the District’s denial September 11, 2015 I will begin this by reiterating one of my convictions. No child whose parents tend to his or her education at home will be… Continue Reading
The blogger as Toto September 9, 2015 I’ll get you my pretty – and your little dog too! If the 3,000 people each month who visit this blog (on average three… Continue Reading
One last unedited political reverie… September 8, 2015 … before the Duluth Shool Board election season kicks off When I get back to Duluth from my Florida sojourn I’ll stick to school… Continue Reading
2015 Political Forums September 8, 2015 They begin with a school board forum on Sept. 22nd. Continue Reading
Shorter SB Candidate Interviews on KBJR September 7, 2015 http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/lifestyle/northland-voices/Northland-Voices-School-board-candidates-323441371.html Continue Reading
Out of town but not out of mind… September 3, 2015 …although I’m on the Duluth School Board so I may very well be out of my mind. I’m melting in Florida at the moment…. Continue Reading
To donate to Alanna’s campaign online….. September 1, 2015 ….Click this: https://www.facebook.com/oswaldforschoolboard/app_208195102528120 Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 10 – The Competition August 31, 2015 First let me make this very clear. I have never known anyone who ran for the School Board was not a good person or… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 8 – WWKD What Would Kirby Do? August 31, 2015 When Judy Seliga-Punyko talked about the issue on March 18th she pointed an accusing finger at the Minnesota Department of Education for frog marching… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 7 – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished August 31, 2015 Did Alanna get a handshake and thank you for putting the District on the road to rehabilitation? Not exactly. There is an old saying… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 6 – The School Board takes note August 31, 2015 It wasn’t only Brenda Casselius and the Minnesota Dept. of Education that got wind of Duluth’s shortcuts. The story was reported in the Duluth… Continue Reading
Howie Hanson’s blog August 31, 2015 One predictable result of sticking up for Alanna Oswald is that her fans are noticing and sending me information that might be of help… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 5 “ The MDE to the rescue August 30, 2015 PLEASE NOTE: I WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND ALTERED THE TITLE TO FIT THE STORY BETTER. Brenda Casselius acted swiftly. Here is… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 5 “ No good deed goes unpunished August 29, 2015 Commissioner Casselius acted swiftly. Here is her email reply to Alanna: [Having spent most of Saturday honing blog posts today I wanted some grandchild… Continue Reading
That Editorial Part 3 – Why did “The Thumb” return with such a vengeance? August 28, 2015 Why did the Tribune’s editors give the superlative Alanna Oswald such short shrift? Three answers come readily to mind. 1. To teach me a… Continue Reading
Rosie’s ally accuses Loren Martell of being vitriolic August 28, 2015 From a letter in today’s Duluth Reader by one of the paid staff that works with Rosie Loeffler-Kemp’s husband in the Public Employees Union,… Continue Reading