On dismissing the taxpayer’s attorney July 28, 2009 The taxpayer’s suit lives on despite the dismissal of our attorney Craig Hunter. You can read about it here in the first spare story… Continue Reading
Attack of the deer July 28, 2009 I read Claudia to sleep last night. She started life in Iowa so when we heard the book Thunderbolt kid by Bill Bryson praised… Continue Reading
Why JCI would rather shut me up than turn over their email July 27, 2009 And this is July when no one is paying any attention to school. Continue Reading
The consequences of unfair and unbalanced reporting July 27, 2009 The last post reminded me that a couple days ago I talked to a former Duluth School District employee who mentioned that the coverage… Continue Reading
One more reason why people read this blog before the Trib July 27, 2009 Yet to be reported by the Duluth News Tribune. At this Thursday’s School board meeting there will be a discussion about acquiring 33 properties… Continue Reading
The Next Question July 27, 2009 Now that the world has had a chance to see my personal emails which are irrelevant to the legal issue of whether the JCI-School… Continue Reading
The skunk’s aim July 27, 2009 Readers of the blog are going to have to wait until the Budgeteer prints my reply to read it. Newspapers don’t like to publish… Continue Reading
Lincoln’s Privy July 27, 2009 Dr. Ralph Doty has castigated a few determined and courageous people most of whom, unlike me, have never participated in a public peeing contest… Continue Reading
Harry’s torrid tale July 27, 2009 I just read Ralph Doty’s take on the selective passages from 1,288 email messages I voluntarily turned over to the School District’s lawyers. Its… Continue Reading
Speaking of faith July 26, 2009 This is an email exchange that was quite uplifting compared to the email mentioned in the preceding post: I highly recommend the link from… Continue Reading
Dear JCI July 26, 2009 Dear JCI, I’ve had a very nice 40th High School reunion. Thank you for the email. I have a suggestion for you. Google Ralph… Continue Reading
40 Years later July 26, 2009 Spellcheck alert: I haven’t figured out an easy way to spell check when I use computers other than my own. Twenty years ago I… Continue Reading
Blogger Falibility Warnings July 24, 2009 The more I write. The more I mistake. I’ll be amending factual errors as I discover them or as they are brought to my… Continue Reading
Smokestacks in the news July 24, 2009 Its not often that the Trib features two smokestack pictures in a single day. Page 1 of the A Section featured the Denfeld Smokestack… Continue Reading
Occam’s Razor explains most, if not all July 23, 2009 As a school board member I always thought the official slogan of Board members ought to be: “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t meant they… Continue Reading
$3 million short! July 23, 2009 Golly, I just got word that you can expect the Duluth News and Chamber of Commerce Tribune to cover a kind of embarrassing story… Continue Reading
Voodoo? July 23, 2009 Just at the time my visitation has started climbing something or someone is messing with the blog to discourage them from entering. I just… Continue Reading
Politics 101 July 23, 2009 I intend to help anyone challenging Duluth’s incumbent school board candidates in this year’s election. That will require some organization and volunteer help. Those… Continue Reading
Increased readership despite eye glazing posts July 22, 2009 I’m amazed to find my site being visited by a hundred more folks a day despite the eye glazing length of many of my… Continue Reading
The pot and the kettle July 22, 2009 At last night’s School Board meeting during the time for public comment one spectator signed up to speak about the topic of “ethics.” He… Continue Reading