Here’s a summary of what took place in Ely with JCI. If my raising hell in Duluth helped that Board look with more skepticism at Johnson Controls then my work was not completely in vain.
Handsome Harry:
Former School Board member Billy Erzar informed me over a year ago that JCI had come to town to look at things. Apparently they made the recommendation that a new school be built (surprised?) and the school board kicked them out of town. The Ely Memorial High School is massive in architecture and size. The campus is huge, the school was built with mining company money and the proud old timers in Ely will never allow the school to be closed and razed. That is my understanding of the issue.
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Here’s the post that first corrected my unfounded suspicions.
