That meeting you didn’t hear about May 13, 2009 There was quite a Duluth City Planning Commission meeting last night. The room was jam packed with concerned Ordean residents. And of course they… Continue Reading
“when one elected official calls another___ , it’s a story” May 13, 2009 Trib City Reporter Brandon Stahl explains his story on a not so private tête-à -tête between City Councilors in his blog BuzzDuluth today. He says:… Continue Reading
Since December? May 13, 2009 This letter-to-the-editor in today’s Trib from yet another person I’ve never met, John Jelatis, is right on target until the last paragraph. “Questions about… Continue Reading
WADMs Beyond amazing May 12, 2009 I’ve written about the hemorrhaging of Duluth students out of the Duluth School District before. Those figures are still being compiled and when they… Continue Reading
Amazing May 12, 2009 Amazingly the spouse of a Duluth School Board member endorses the Red Plan today in a letter to the editor. Even more amazingly his… Continue Reading
Wasson vs. Worley Smackdown May 11, 2009 The School Board’s Ann Wasson virtually dismissed Landscape Architect Kent Worley’s criticisms of the Ordean High School site as the rantings of a crank…. Continue Reading
Colonizing America in the Twenty-first Century May 11, 2009 I found this economic prediction disturbingly plausible. If it happens it will be the result of the United States standing on its “full faith… Continue Reading
The fox guarding the hen house May 9, 2009 This is the phrase that keeps coming up where JCI and its Red Plan authority and management is concerned. I was amused to find… Continue Reading
Sounds familiar May 9, 2009 JCI is busy selling new buildings and air conditioning to school district’s all over northern Minnesota. I’ve been fielding calls from residents of the… Continue Reading
Disrespect doesn’t deserve respect May 9, 2009 I commented on last week’s sermon from the Budgeteer on Respect. It came out along with the Doty column disrespecting my “hooligans” at the… Continue Reading
The Grand Tour May 8, 2009 In two days I’ve seen the bowels of almost every school in the District. I toured them with architects from ATS&R who I’ve come… Continue Reading
Dixon’s Roofs May 8, 2009 One of the Faribault Schools Dr. Dixon built has a roof which failed three years before its expected lifetime. “The entire roof is leaking… Continue Reading
Nice pick me up May 7, 2009 I found this email waiting for me when I got back. I haven’t yet fixed the glitches I found as a result but I… Continue Reading
Touring the schools May 7, 2009 I spent the day touring school buildings with the President of ATS&R and an architect (both are architects). Their firm was awarded the contract… Continue Reading