Will the operations levy be used to pay for the Red Plan? September 30, 2008 Yes, almost certainly. Dr. Dixon has already explained that the General Fund money can be used to pay for building. We asked the Minnesota… Continue Reading
“Watching the incredible boondoggle” September 30, 2008 Fred Tarnowski’s Point of View column doesn’t mince any words today in the Trib. A smart fellow who was principal at both Ordean and… Continue Reading
The natives are restless September 30, 2008 The folks responding to today’s story about “Vote Yes for Kids” are on the warpath. Says one: “Are they out of their blooming minds??… Continue Reading
MOVE Where? September 27, 2008 Move Forward Duluth’s leaders have criticized Let Duluth Vote for not working to pass the operations levy this November. The funny thing is that… Continue Reading
$100 million for a failed experiment September 27, 2008 This article makes the case that “middle schools” have largely been a failed experiment. Certainly the Duluth Schools which adopted middle schools have never… Continue Reading
When school employees work for JCI September 27, 2008 Someone has paid for ads in the News Tribune recently for “neighborhood†meetings to discuss ideas for the new Red Plan Schools. There will… Continue Reading
School Board husband speaks out September 27, 2008 Bill Punyko, Judy Seliga-Punyko’s husband, wrote a heart felt letter to the Editor today. Bill who is a school administrator in Wisconsin once filed… Continue Reading
Whipping them with our noodles September 23, 2008 My latest column in the Reader Weekly. It begins: People on Dr. Dixon’s citizen’s committee which gave us the Red Plan were pledged to… Continue Reading
email from Nigeria, uh, America September 23, 2008 Dear sir, I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am… Continue Reading
Dixon double talk September 23, 2008 As he’s filling up all the allotted time at meetings by filibustering Dr.Dixon slips in some double talk as he did at the last… Continue Reading
Pulling out the stops September 22, 2008 The word is out that Dr. Dixon has instructed the architects of the Red Plan to rush their work to finish it three months… Continue Reading
A fact!!!! September 22, 2008 Finally, the Move Forward Site has a fact on its fact checker. Funny, but it rebuts one of my posts. And at the last… Continue Reading
Twisting arms in the CAB September 22, 2008 The word is out that Dr. Dixon is twisting the arms of his cabinet to get contributions to pay for the Move Forward ads… Continue Reading
Move Forward Majority September 22, 2008 Today’s $2,000 ad in the Trib by Move Forward Duluth once again doesn’t bother telling voters why they should vote for the fall operations… Continue Reading
When the US Treasury begins acting like the Duluth School Board – Be very afraid! September 21, 2008 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were nothing. “But here is the truly offensive section of an overreaching piece of legislation: Decisions by the Secretary… Continue Reading
Red Infamy September 21, 2008 Yesterday an anonymous person sent me a clipping from the Cloquet Pine Journal. The Cloquet Board, like the Duluth Board, will levy money without… Continue Reading
Supporting Obama with trepidation September 20, 2008 My fiercest debating adversary is Vic. He keeps sending me information to deter me from voting for Obama. I posted one fairly persuasive piece… Continue Reading
Glass Steagall au contraire September 19, 2008 Vic, sent me this post from the always lucid Megan McCardle who rebuts my claim that Phil Gramm got us into the bailout mess…. Continue Reading
Using the District’s email to politic September 19, 2008 The DFT President Frank Wanner has reportedly sent an email to all teachers telling them to vote for the maximum levy. I believe that… Continue Reading
JCI waste September 19, 2008 A second hand report from one of the workers on this Summer’s JCI project. He/she thought it was a very wasteful project. I was… Continue Reading
