The Draft Budget December 9, 2013 It came in the mail over the weekend and I need to give it a quick look before today’s Business meeting. At Mike Miernicki’s… Continue Reading
HOCHS in November November 26, 2013 On my way to visit my Mother in Park Point today I stopped to take this picture of Old Central. A few days ago… Continue Reading
Alliances November 26, 2013 I’ve been meeting with a few people prior to being sworn in on the School Board in January. I’ve got some catching up to… Continue Reading
25 years of ISD 709 newspaper clippings November 22, 2013 I finally got them consolidated from 1988 till today. Continue Reading
Anger and Logic November 12, 2013 I passed out flyers on Friday before the election so as not to waste unused campaign materials. They cost the campaign $329.00 and I… Continue Reading
Disappointing the voters November 12, 2013 This KBJR story told about the successes for the levies in Duluth. You can read it or watch the minute and a half of… Continue Reading
Rosie Loeffler Kemp on WDSE November 11, 2013 Claudia and I decided to break out of Duluth right after the campaign for a couple of days or rest and relaxation. I had… Continue Reading
Brickbats for Halloween October 31, 2013 There were two predictable letters complaining that I was an eastern elitist for using the word gangrene to describe the Red Plan’s dire results… Continue Reading
Gangrene Pt. 4 – My colorful vocabulary October 30, 2013 I took it on the chin twice in letters to today’s Duluth News Tribune. I much admire this letter from a Stowe teacher who… Continue Reading
Save Kids, Starve Schools October 28, 2013 I saw the first of these lawnsigns a few days ago and could barely read it as I zipped by at 25 mph. I… Continue Reading
Insert suitable imprecation here October 28, 2013 I just popped over the the local post office to check to see if there were any new contributions there. Golly there was one… Continue Reading
These are some magical words that you will find… October 27, 2013 …in the preceding post. I’m sure you will want to read all 1,501 of that post’s less than magical words to make sense of… 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
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
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
The Teacher’s Contract prologue: “Are those jobs really gone?” October 8, 2013 I was holding this piece off for my Not Eudora column after the election. However, it seems timely: ”Are those Jobs Really Gone?” When… Continue Reading
New Threads October 8, 2013 I probably typed 5,000 to 10,000 words up yesterday not all for the blog. As I told a coorespondent I have a small but… Continue Reading
Sell Central Now Pt 4 – “one child” October 7, 2013 The Sell Central Now series is not meant to go in any particular direction. Its what’s going on in my head and what’s been… Continue Reading
Sell Central Now Pt 3, Where the three incumbents stand October 6, 2013 I don’t know. That won’t stop me from speculating. Duluth now has a seven member school board. Four people constitute a majority. As I’ve… Continue Reading
