Running on Fumes November 3, 2017 Even in my cabin on a boat floating down the Yangtze River this August I would wake up thinking about my reelection campaign for… Continue Reading
Snow Purge # 5 October 27, 2017 If you are just opening Lincoln Democrat for the first time today I suggest you begin with the first post in the Snow Purge… Continue Reading
Snow Purge #3 October 27, 2017 Loren Martell always writes long, very long, columns about the School Board. (With millions of words on the subject here at Lincoln Democrat I… Continue Reading
Snow Purge # 1 October 27, 2017 We in northern climes often view winter as a time of purging the ills of the warmer months, disease, rot, allergens etc. And so,… Continue Reading
The Other Shoe Drops October 26, 2017 Our budget reserve comes close to evaporating. Here’s the straight forward story from the Trib. Like member Nora Sandstad, Alanna Oswald and I were… Continue Reading
GET’M WHILE THEY LAST – SNOW SCULPTURE CARD 40 OF 50 October 26, 2017 The “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.” This is one of my provocative snow sculptures from 2009 as the Red Plan was proceeding at break neck… Continue Reading
Irony watch October 26, 2017 I am a connoisseur of all things ironic and recent stories, that have been a surprise to me and everyone I know, may have… Continue Reading
Moody’s – Read it and weep October 25, 2017 It begins: “Moody’s Investors Service downgrades Duluth Independent School District No. 709, MN’s underlying general obligation unlimited tax (GOULT) and full term certificates of… Continue Reading
Can Duluth voters take an endorsement seriously from editors who did not notice that Donald Trump was an ignorant demagogue,… October 18, 2017 …a liar and a seven-year-old sexoholic? Well maybe, but I’m still profoundly disappointed in their at-large school board endorsements. They only grudgingly endorsed me… Continue Reading
Asking for it October 12, 2017 I have been waking up with posts to write lately but I’ve been forcing myself to turn over and fall back asleep. My attic… Continue Reading
Duluth News Trib steals a page from the Duluth Reader and declares that… September 25, 2017 … East High School is the best school in the area! Except that the Reader’s ten-plus years of running a people’s choice awards issue… Continue Reading
A target on my back. “Bygones” twenty years ago September 23, 2017 I left too early for church clean up to read the Trib but a friend noted the Bygones from twenty years ago and sent… Continue Reading
“Eat that mistake” September 21, 2017 I’m meeting a candidate for the school board election in seven minutes for coffee. You will have to find that quote in the Trib’s… Continue Reading
THE STOWE PLAYGROUND IS FINISHED September 20, 2017 NOTE: THIS POST CONTAINS THE CLAIM THAT THE STOWE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND IS NOT YET DONE. THAT IS NOT TRUE. SO MUCH FOR IMPECCABLE SOURCES. Continue Reading
Catching up on Energy September 20, 2017 I was exhausted last Wednesday after the Primary election when we rescheduled our Business meeting. I began hallucinating when we got to a turgid… Continue Reading
Good press on mulch change September 20, 2017 Coincidentally, Claudia pointed out the Conservation Minnesota Piece we got in the mail today: It features a very nice write-up on the Duluth School’s… Continue Reading
A delayed request for a change order September 20, 2017 NOTE: THIS POST CONTAINS THE CLAIM THAT THE STOWE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND IS NOT YET DONE. THAT IS NOT TRUE. SO MUCH FOR IMPECCABLE SOURCES…. Continue Reading
Well, I shudda known better than to boast September 7, 2017 It turns out that Gary Westorff has me beat in his giving to school board candidates. His wife also gave Josh Gorham $500 making… Continue Reading
I finally put a little time into my campaign website August 30, 2017 I worked on it with both a computer and cell phone in mind. Its www.weltyforschoolboard.com Continue Reading
I’ve never met a school board candidate who didn’t want to help educate children… August 30, 2017 … So what? The last ten year’s worth of Duluth School Board members reduced the local taxes going into our classrooms from $14 million… Continue Reading
