Top Down January 8, 2009 At church choir practice the other evening my ears pricked up when a math teacher expressed shock that the math committee composed of math… Continue Reading
Toxic waste January 8, 2009 That may be overstating it but rumor has it that the latest unexpected problem for the Red Plan is the poluted nature of the… Continue Reading
Thank you of the Day January 8, 2009 People send Let Duluth Vote thanks in their check memos too. These proud Central grads wanted us to know that their three children’s Central… Continue Reading
Board Chair to put pieces together January 8, 2009 This week’s January reorganizational meeting of the Duluth School Board had twenty-five speakers in the audience ready to give the Board a piece of… Continue Reading
Today’s thank you note January 6, 2009 37 replies in the LDV PO Box today. I’ve only opened four so far. Already there is one donation for a hundred dollars and… Continue Reading
Jail the kids January 6, 2009 Other than the administration manufactured Rah Rah with a few kids mostly from East High I don’t get any sense that Duluth’s students are… Continue Reading
The Trib’s #2 story of 2008 January 5, 2009 The Red Plan was the year’s number two local news story for the Trib this year. (I think for the second year running) The… Continue Reading
a funny rumor January 5, 2009 I’d have to classify this as a rumor. I could certainly call and confirm it but that would spoil it so if you pass… Continue Reading
A correction January 5, 2009 I’ve added a small correction to a previous post about the Marshall School’s Fifth grade. I’ve already reported on the Hermantown Schools and the… Continue Reading
Today’s thank you January 5, 2009 This person sent us the letter he sent the School Board but which was never acknowledged. He donated $100 to Let Duluth Vote. This… Continue Reading
More Red plan heat in today’s Trib January 4, 2009 How did I miss this letter in the hard copy of today’s paper? And I thought I was getting testy. Among its more moderate… Continue Reading
Thank goodness its not a “stadium” January 4, 2009 In the same story linked to in the previous post the architectural firm did some frenzied backpedaling. Now they assure us that they are… Continue Reading
“Bunker Mentality” January 4, 2009 Mayor Ness who has been reluctant to get involved in the Red Plan debate was at last night’s meeting of Ordean Neighbors. He went… Continue Reading
Today’s thank you note January 3, 2009 I’ve got a bunch of thank you’s to choose from today because of a flurry of donations today. I’ll save some of the others… Continue Reading
A despicable act January 3, 2009 Gary Glass opined about eminent domain and Dr. Dixon’s method of “hoodwinking” the school board in Today’s Trib. One paragraph: “Authorizing eminent domain to… Continue Reading
Today’s thank you note January 2, 2009 We sent out a new batch of fund raising letters, 5000 of them, on Dec 30. Some folks sent replies back to us the… Continue Reading
The tie breaker January 2, 2009 I’ll let this little gem of a letter which showed up along side Mimi’s today punctuate this little tete-a-tete between Mimi and me. Mr…. Continue Reading
The log in Mimi’s eye January 2, 2009 I hadn’t bothered to post my letter-to-the-editor which Mimi criticized for its error regarding Pasek Drugs. Here is my letter in full. I’ve bolded… Continue Reading
The speck in my eye January 2, 2009 Mimi Larson the Red Plan’s chief civilian cheerleader wrote about me in today’s letter to the editor section. Here it is in full: Don’t… Continue Reading