Lipstick on a pig

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At last night’s School Board meeting the unpopular school board tried to put lay the blame for their piggy on Let Duluth Vote. They voted to spend a quarter of a million to develop a Plan B review and comment. Its a grossly inflated price that includes $50,000 that has already been spent fighting to avoid a referendum. Only Gary Glass voted against it. As he said the Board is attempting “to put lipstick on a pig.”

From today’s Trib story:

“I don’t understand why they are talking about spending all this money on a review and comment document when we don’t even know what plan the public wants yet,” said Brenda Anderson, a spokeswoman for Let Duluth Vote.

Anderson said state law allows the district to hold a special election on the plan before fully developing it for approval by the Department of Education.

Glass echoed those comments before voting against spending money to develop the plan.

About the author

Harry is a ferociously good natured eccentric in Duluth Minnesota who detests traitors dressed up as Uncle Sam. You can find somewhat better edited writings of his at the Duluth Reader "contributors." page. The URL is:

https://duluthreader.com/contributors/h/84/284-harry-welty