Today’s Press Release March 9, 2009 Taxpayers file suit against ISD 709 & Johnson Controls Inc. Five Duluth School District taxpayers have filed suit against Independent School District 709 and… Continue Reading
Pie in the Sky Syndrome March 9, 2009 Today’s Trib letter from Robin Downs today gave me pause. I thought it sounded identical to the one she sent in about a month… Continue Reading
1 Samuel 17:40 March 8, 2009 “And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s… Continue Reading
Shame of the sham March 7, 2009 I couldn’t agree more with today’s letter to the editor: The stubbornness of Dixon and the School Board has been astonishing. They refuse to… Continue Reading
Dixon just doesn’t see March 6, 2009 Let Duluth Vote kept operating by the faulty notion that reason and compromise were the sine qua non (That’s Latin for indespensible) of the… Continue Reading
Brown Bag lunch March 6, 2009 If you want to find out about the Red Plan’s current status pack a sack lunch and drop by. DULUTH CITY PLANNING COMMISSION BROWN… Continue Reading
Dr. Evil? March 6, 2009 I try to avoid bumping into teachers these days for fear someone will report them to the Red Plan gestapo. I’ve heard recently that… Continue Reading
Duluth should own the decision on school closures March 6, 2009 Someone sent me this story about Dr. Dixon’s early honeymoon period and DFT President Frank Wanner heaps praise on the then fresh new Superintendent…. Continue Reading
Accentuate the pos(neg)itive March 6, 2009 Duluth’s lucky sixth graders will get their own school. Gosh, that sure sounds swell. That’s the implication of another cheerful headline in today’s Trib… Continue Reading
Central vs Ordean March 6, 2009 I was sent an email today from someone who thought Duluth ought to compare the Ordean site, as it is today with the Board’s… Continue Reading
More on the Con March 6, 2009 Two of the folks at the District’s meeting to discuss boundaries reported on the dismal affair at our Let Duluth Vote meeting tonight. (It… Continue Reading
Loco Control March 5, 2009 Oh, excuse me. I meant to type “local control.” I’ve slept on the Governor’s mantra about the virtue of local control. Allowing the Duluth… Continue Reading
The Gov and Ed Commissioner mind meld March 4, 2009 No one can say that Governor Pawlenty isn’t backing up his Education Commissioner. Here’s his email reply on the Red Plan. I think the… Continue Reading
A kid could be killed! Not our problem. March 4, 2009 Here is the useless mass reply being sent back to the people in Duluth unfortunate enough to contact the Minnesota Department of Educataion about… Continue Reading
Unemployment in Duluth nears 10% March 4, 2009 This is just out on the Trib website. It can be taken one of two diametrically opposed ways. A. We need to keep pushing… Continue Reading
Today’s thank you note March 4, 2009 Sorry its not easy to read. Unlike the School Board it makes sense. Continue Reading