Saving by laying off teachers October 15, 2007 Among the more ridiculous savings reported be be part of the $5 million in annual savings with the Red Plan are the laying off… Continue Reading
A Langrous debate October 15, 2007 Since Pete Langr’s column in the Saturday Budgeteer Pete and I have exchanged email and had something of the debate a referendum would have… Continue Reading
Now here is a real story October 13, 2007 The DNT covered yesterday’s candidate’s Debate. The Red Plan supporters were no shows. Continue Reading
Dragging my body over the coals October 13, 2007 A columnist for the Budgeteer dragged my body over the coals. I wrote him an email: Mr. Langr, You posit that stopping the Red… Continue Reading
Progressive Action Debate October 12, 2007 I spent the afternoon passing out my flyers and the Let Duluth flyers in the Hidden Valley neighborhood. It felt good to pass them… Continue Reading
Steal my vote, steal my signs October 12, 2007 At the same time that my old buddy Bevan Schraw (who is against letting Duluth vote) is nettling me by putting lawnsigns up in… Continue Reading
Email to a doubter – Part 2 October 12, 2007 Harry, thanks for the replies, if you are elected, what would you do to improve the schools and the opportunities for the kids, and… Continue Reading
Email to a doubter – Part 1 October 12, 2007 Hello Mr. ______, I appreciate your email and your questions. I got back very late last night and only have found time now to… Continue Reading
I’m going to campaign October 11, 2007 Until our meeting with the State Department of Education I didn’t think I would bother campaigning for my own seat. Now that it is… Continue Reading
The Trib on our trip to St. Paul October 11, 2007 Duluth School Board candidate Harry Welty at the Minnesota Department of Education on Wednesday. [JOHN THAIN/FOX 21 NEWS] Sarah Horner’s story this morning did… Continue Reading
Trip to St. Paul October 11, 2007 Once again I’ve been so busy that I’ve had no time for posts. That’s about to change. To see what we told the Deputy… Continue Reading
Construction Costs – High or low? October 7, 2007 I read with interest the contradictory claims of construction costs in today’s big story in the Duluth News Tribune and its subordinate publication the… Continue Reading
Reconcile this! October 6, 2007 I got a testy reply to one of my posts. “How much did you spend eating at restaurants last year or entertainment? 9-11 bucks… Continue Reading
Let Duluth Vote statistics October 5, 2007 I finally tracked down some stats on who is visiting www.letduluthvote.com. The last column shows how many “pages” of the website have been visited…. Continue Reading
New lawnsigns and list for St. Paul October 5, 2007 An unexpected family matter kept me from attending the Chamber’s School Board forum. Tim Grover told me that they led off with the two… Continue Reading
Want to make a donation? October 4, 2007 Finances are a continuing problem and if you’d like to help Let Duluth Vote feel free to send a contribution. We’re aren’t a standard… Continue Reading
No posts means I’m busy October 4, 2007 Ive been very, very busy. I’ve been doing Grandfather duty for my daughter. What a joy! We Let Duluth Voters have been emailing like… Continue Reading
Dark Days in Faribault October 3, 2007 The entire story by the Zenith about Superintendent Dixon’s history in Faribault is now online. Continue Reading
JCI could probably afford to lose the Duluth Contact October 2, 2007 JCI a Fortune 100 company is worth 22.6 Billion as of 2003 – almost 100 times more than the Red Plan. Continue Reading
A voice from Faribault October 2, 2007 There was an interesting letter-to-the-editor in the Trib today. It began thusly: Dangerous to take elections out of making big decisions On a recent… Continue Reading