Timberjay calls for legislative fix for JCI’s villainy

The Trib could learn a thing or two from the Timberjay.

We’ve seen too many examples already where school boards and taxpayers have been taken for a ride. In Duluth, the controversial Red Plan, developed by JCI, has divided that city and will ultimately cost taxpayers more than $300 million. In the St. Louis County School District, Johnson Controls exaggerated savings stemming from their proposed school district restructuring plan, in order to sell a $78.8 million bond measure from which JCI stands to reap nearly $12 million. And in the community of Paynesville, in central Minnesota, what began as a $100,000 steam boiler replacement morphed into a $16 million capital project, one that has now embroiled that school district in a growing controversy of its own, thanks again to JCI.

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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:

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