Squeezing some blood (thoughts on education) out of a turnip. December 21, 2017 I began deleting old email messages on my District website a few moments ago. One gives me a link to clear out all of… Continue Reading
Fighting my Blog freeze December 19, 2017 I began writing the second fuzzy post on Kindergarten but stopped half way through. I’ll finish it and unlike its predecessor I may even… Continue Reading
Two fuzzies, a referendum and a gift horse (2F,R,Horse) – A prologue December 17, 2017 NOTE: I ONLY TYPED THIS UP TO CLEAR MY MIND SO AS TO GET BACK TO SLEEP. THESE 1485 WORDS SERVE AS BOTH THE… Continue Reading
Doomsayer ignored December 13, 2017 I’ve had a month to recover from my most recent election defeat. I was quick to cast a gimlet eye on the satisfied reaction… Continue Reading
Minnesota School Boards in Concert December 5, 2017 I just snapped this picture of all my monthly school board books (meeting agendas and accompanying documents) from 2014 through 2017. As you can… Continue Reading
Comp ed December 1, 2017 I’ve been sent an email reminding me to return my school board member’s visitor pass and parking permit, sure signs of my lame duck… Continue Reading
Possibly my last appearance on the local television news… November 30, 2017 . . . as an elected official. This was a pretty good story from KBJR on the Compensatory Education Funding and our discussion of… Continue Reading
The Esko Girl was missing November 29, 2017 There was one noteworthy absence from yesterday’s special School Board meeting to give the Western School Equity group a public hearing – the newly… Continue Reading
On Being Charlie November 21, 2017 “That’s just Charlie being Charlie.” That was the rationalization Charlie Rose’s right-hand woman gave the young ladies who told her disturbing stories about their… Continue Reading
Our Little Thing – 2, Addendum November 20, 2017 It is time for me to confess that Mary Rice, the attorney hired by the district to defame Art Johnston, was right to stress… Continue Reading
Our little thing – 2 November 19, 2017 Last spring I learned that my daughter was applying for a position with the Duluth Schools. I quietly cringed but said nothing. There is… Continue Reading
Our little thing – 1 November 19, 2017 A quick search on Wikipedia tells me that “little” is not originally part of the Sicilian Mafia’s term for itself, “our thing” or “Cosa… Continue Reading
End of the Campaign odds’n ends November 18, 2017 I’m not yet ready to start my new life free from the School Board. The final step will be to put all the campaign… Continue Reading
The 2017 election’s good news a post mortem and a caution or two November 14, 2017 A week ago I wanted to begin a post by writing that my defeat for School Board was a small price to pay for… Continue Reading
Anticlimactic Moody Mulch meeting and a jab back at the editors of the Trib November 14, 2017 I am beginning my posts today with a throw away post about yesterday’s Business Committee meeting. I post it because I’ve tried to provide… Continue Reading
Veterans Day 2017 November 13, 2017 Since the election I’ve woken from a couple of dreams about going door to door. In much the same way I keep thinking of… Continue Reading
Eternal Vigilance November 8, 2017 I have had a night to sleep on the final words of my last post: “I have no plans to comment on the Duluth… Continue Reading
Sayonara November 7, 2017 I got a very sweet phone message from Sally Trnka commending me for my service and telling me how nice it was to get… Continue Reading
Hillside Stories November 6, 2017 Three months of walking Duluth will come to an end today. Looking at the city-wide map I’ve been marking in I’d guess that amounts… Continue Reading
Special School Board Meeting called… November 3, 2017 …by Art, Alanna and Harry: So says the press release from a leader of western Duluth’s Equity group, and its true. We have called… Continue Reading
