“Very truly yours,” September 30, 2010 Harry R. Welty 2101 E. 4th Street Duluth, MN 55812-1217 Re: Welty v. ND #709 and JCI Court File No.: 69DU-CV-09-758 Dear Mr. Welty:… Continue Reading
Another Twin City school district . . . September 30, 2010 does the opposite of Duluth vis a vis integration. Bloomington did go to two high schools but it didn’t build them both stadiums. They… Continue Reading
Cravaack won’t endorse September 30, 2010 I get emails from Dems since I began caucusing with them a few rounds back but I also get emails from various GOP organizations… Continue Reading
Waiting for Superman September 30, 2010 On my way out of town yesterday on business I listened to this radio interview. Davis Guggenheim is the producer of an important new… Continue Reading
Is LHB Lake County’s JCI? September 29, 2010 I heard an interesting story yesterday from a Lake County businessmen. He told me that LHB in Duluth had underwritten the last three or… Continue Reading
Poverty, Bonds and Profits September 29, 2010 Three items from the news today: A long time complaint of anti Red Planners has been that it is being foisted on a relatively… Continue Reading
A fair trade September 25, 2010 Former School Board member Joan Peterson isn’t thrilled to have had the expanded East Parking lot impose on her back yard but compliments the… Continue Reading
Now that Duluth has closed its magnet schools September 25, 2010 West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan are starting three up. That’s how they are using their two million of Federal dollars. Continue Reading
It gets better September 24, 2010 Some of the kids I found most interesting in high school never returned because those qualities that made them interesting also kept them apart…. Continue Reading
1.3 + 1.7 = ?, 6.5 + 6.5 = ? September 24, 2010 School Board member Ann Wasson does her math a little differently than Art Johnston. If you get a 1% increase in pay next year… Continue Reading
Double dipper September 23, 2010 I gave my critic Paul Goosen’s reply to a post of mine space and spared it any rebuttal. Paul off handedly claimed that my… Continue Reading
Good luck getting a new excess levy passed September 23, 2010 Its not only the Red Plan that has cost teacher’s jobs. Its the new teacher contract. On July 20, the board passed a $63… Continue Reading
Post sale sale’s pitch September 23, 2010 When I was in college the fraternity I belonged to had a few shortages of pledges. (It was back in the Animal House years… Continue Reading
Starfish analogy September 18, 2010 With Sarah Palin annointing Republican candidates around the nation with no more vetting than she got before being propelled into the national dialogue even… Continue Reading
Separation of church and state is fascism September 18, 2010 Now that Christine O’Donnell has defeated Congressman Castle his GOP replacement running for Congress is out on the hustings passing on this radioactive historical… Continue Reading
Seinfeld High September 17, 2010 Yesterday’s column by the Denfeld student who now finds himself in Central is hopeful. It doesn’t particularly surprise me. Kids, as lots of folks… Continue Reading
Man without a country September 16, 2010 I’ve never said anything kind about Karl Rove before and I don’t intend to start now. He used to call the folks who support… Continue Reading
We have met the enemy September 16, 2010 and to continue paraphrasing Pogo: shot ourselves in the foot. Ted Kopple’s explains it far more eloquently. I blame the Tea Party mentality that… Continue Reading
Struggling minorities September 15, 2010 Today’s Trib story about the District’s attempts to do right by minorities is important. Just before the Trib canned its previous Education Reporter she… Continue Reading
