1032 visitors yesterday… October 24, 2013 …and not from Russia. (I’ve been getting strange hits from a few other countries that may be little more than an attempt to saddle… Continue Reading
Scandal October 23, 2013 It was cold and unpleasant and I just couldn’t bring myself to go door to door. Shame on me. My only scheduled campaign activity… Continue Reading
Who? October 22, 2013 The Trib endorsed me……….I think. I got a good laugh reading this. My wife looked at me over her glasses and said. “Well, its… Continue Reading
Our our children screwed? October 21, 2013 When I was on the school board it was believed Duluth had a 90% graduation rate. I recently read that today its only 67%…. Continue Reading
Hermantown’s Referendum October 21, 2013 I have a couple posts worth of thoughts about yesterday’s longish DNT story on the Hermantown building levy. I’m not inclined to start typing… Continue Reading
Vote yes twice… October 21, 2013 …says the Duluth News Tribune. I agree with them but I gnash my teeth every time they say that Red Plan was necessary. Continue Reading
Family Bull October 21, 2013 I’m sixteen days away from the election. I have a dozen posts in my head waiting for my fingers to type them up. I’ve… Continue Reading
A Zenith Twofer Treasure Trove October 19, 2013 The latest Zenith had a treasure trove of School District items. The first was a letter by Loren Martell. I was almost embarrassed for… Continue Reading
Lawnsign stories – 10-19 October 19, 2013 I ended up knocking on doors for five and a half hours today far more than I’d meant to. I managed to finish connecting… Continue Reading
One fourth of my family heritage October 19, 2013 Yesterday 774 visitors showed up at this blog. This time it was apparently Duluthians who showed up and not a bunch of Rooskies. Thank… Continue Reading
Help me put this ad in the Print Media October 17, 2013 These are the three most important votes you can cast in Duluth this election. 1. Vote for levy question #1 to renew the existing… Continue Reading
An idealist’s job is never done and… October 17, 2013 …a request for help. Perseverance can be exhausting. A. Tried to teach but was canned three times. B. Tried to get elected to the… Continue Reading
Lawnsign stories 10-16 “The law is an ass.” October 16, 2013 I’ve been too busy to post any stories relating to my door to door search for lawnsigns but I should mention this one. Yesterday… Continue Reading
If Harry knocks on your door this Fall… October 16, 2013 …this is what you can expect to hear him say. With luck I’ll knock on about 3,000 doors out of about 35,000 doors in… Continue Reading
As you sow so shall you reap October 15, 2013 It was a rainy day and I didn’t feel like working on my campaign. I did stick up three more lawnsigns in the rain… Continue Reading
Tea Partiers don’t call police “pigs.” October 14, 2013 They call them “brown shirts.” Continue Reading
White Flight and Charters October 14, 2013 This story deserves a prologue so here goes. After Brown vs. Board of Education and later court rulings requiring segregated school districts public schools… Continue Reading
Bullying Awareness Prevention Month… October 14, 2013 …is October. I do not have all the facts of this next story. It is a sobering story both tragic and a bit of… Continue Reading
My Old buddy shakes off my barbs October 14, 2013 Some days are worth waking up to. Today was such a day. I learned that my old buddy’s still reads my blog his protestations… Continue Reading