$200 million! May 29, 2014 I was a little taken aback reading a March news story about a Tribal panel dismissing complaints against Fond du Lac’s leadership. It wasn’t… Continue Reading
Beautiful Day – it would be a shame to blog May 29, 2014 But I finally will – at least a little. But first I had to feed my cat Moloch who kept pestering me, then I… Continue Reading
Post 2 of 2 on the eve of a wedding May 22, 2014 Take a good look at these figures: S.O.D. RESERVE …..2012-13………..2013-14…….2014-15…….2015-16 …-$2,900,064…$1,866,209..$4,925,088..$4,183,689 ……..2016-17………..2017-18…………2018-19 …..$1,830,586..-$4,135,974..-$13,779,629 Year by year you can see the end of year finances… Continue Reading
Post 1 of 2 on the eve of a wedding May 22, 2014 All that paper clutter lies behind me as I type this. I have, as I’ve indicated before, a flood of posts awaiting the lifting… Continue Reading
Civility < Honesty May 21, 2014 School Board member Rosie Loeffler-Kemp informed the Board that she would be bringing the Civility Pledge to the Board for us to renew our… Continue Reading
SOD May 20, 2014 I had, have, a long list of nuggets that I ran out of time to write. Today I was ready to continue these posts… Continue Reading
Nugget 5 – 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board May 18, 2014 I was three years old and living in Topeka, Kansas when the US Supreme Court ruled in Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education that… Continue Reading
Nugget 4 – Singing the blues May 18, 2014 I’ve commented briefly about the Spanish 5 classes. I’m sure that the Board will now be shamed into making sure Denfeld students get that… Continue Reading
Nugget 3, Belated tours May 18, 2014 I can no longer put off visiting our new schools. I’ll confess that my PTSD from fighting the Red Plan left me very reluctant… Continue Reading
Nugget 2. Martell quotes me May 18, 2014 I’m indebted to Loren Martell for writing a review in the Reader Weekly of the most critical school board meeting I’ll have attended in… Continue Reading
Floodgate nuggets, 1. Thank you DNT May 18, 2014 I’ve got an hour before Church and no time to fully open the floodgate of posts pent up inside my poor bursting head. Fortunately… Continue Reading
Libre Soy May 15, 2014 A glitch in my email, wedding preparations, and general confusion have left me to neglect some parental email lobbying to preserve Denfeld’s Spanish 5… Continue Reading
Pol Pot’s boys May 9, 2014 The second half of a story on NPR got me thinking today as I drove in the dark to McDonalds for an oatmeal and… Continue Reading
Some dizzyingly good news for Duluth taxpayers May 8, 2014 I didn’t want to harp only about the bad news at our Tuesday meeting. (Darn it. I can’t find the story on the Trib’s… Continue Reading
Still sweeping Red under the Rug May 8, 2014 Shielding Johnson Controls from public scrutiny is an old habit that just won’t die. Perhaps a few of my readers read the piece my… Continue Reading
Somebody owes Gary Glass an apology May 8, 2014 Among the things I didn’t say at the Tuesday meeting but was prepared to: I believe that the last time the Duluth News Tribune… Continue Reading
No more heart attacks May 8, 2014 I’ve had very few moments of anxiety since 1. I decided not to fret about the abyss the School Board was about to jump… Continue Reading
In Praise of Folly May 8, 2014 I am the floodgate of a reservoir about to burst. I have bottled up a lot of thoughts over the past six months. They’ve… Continue Reading
I vote no May 6, 2014 We have a Board policy, it was around when I served on the Board a decade ago, that forbids school board members from predicting… Continue Reading
The Gusset Plate May 4, 2014 Once again I’ve woken at threeish in the morning with the School District on my mind. My plan was to edit the last post… Continue Reading
