Month: August 2009

Tonight’s Special School Board meeting will, notwithstanding promises to the contrary: Will increase public indebtedness by $106.57 million, to fund the last 38% of…

A mixture of caution, orneriness, mental exhaustion and the knowledge that the upcoming primary election isn’t all that critical (Red Plan critics will have…

The best thing about Judy Seliga-Punyko’s column in the Budgeteer today was the explanation at the end. Editor’s note: Judy Seliga Punyko wrote this…

I just looked up a link to Ralph Doty’s column today. When I got to the Budgeteer’s online site I was amused to see…

A quick question occurred to me yesterday. If the Ordean High School gets built and it becomes immediately obvious that 600 or more parking…

I woke up early this morning. Not wanting to wake anyone in the house (the Tan Man and his Mommy are with us) I…

Not more accurate, mind you, just better. I wouldn’t trust anything I read on this website. I’m probably not alone based on the anonymous…

The spate of sour news about Duluth student test scores which mostly rated simple unheralded stories in the Trib dealt with all Duluth students…

Today’s story about the ACT scores in Duluth out performing Minnesota should be understood for what they likely are – a testament to the…

Its not on unnecessary new schools.

I guess if you criticize someone for doing something poorly that you’ve been congratulating them for doing you are absolved for having supported them.

Saw in today’s Trib that the airport service is being downsized. Gosh, but that ties into yesterday’s last post. There is much to comment…

A story from an Iron Range newspaper where they know something about boondoggles. Midwest high-speed rail plan a boondoggle Heartland Institute It’s probably appropriate…

Maybe the District won’t increase the levy to pay for health care retiree obligations without a vote. There must be an election looming. This…

First you start building a school, then to try to figure out where to put the students. That’s long term facilities planning for you.

For a company eating its young to honor the bottom line The Tribune’s editorial board seems curiously immune to financial logic, especially if it…

On the anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb, August 6th, the School District’s attorney sent four of the five plaintiff’s in the taxpayer’s case a…

In light of the District’s appeal to a higher court the five plaintiffs were notified today by JCI that they would not be taking…

I rented two movies over the weekend and can recommend both. The first is Lars and the Real Girl. To call it a comedy…