Candidate Welty’s view August 19, 2017 It’s Online here with the headline: Incumbent’s View: Red Plan fight isn’t over; funds needed for classrooms. This is my text in full: I… Continue Reading
Fallout from the John Ramos column August 19, 2017 Here’s WDIO’s story about the teacher union’s endorsement. While I was in flight back to Duluth, WDSM’s Brad Bennett, an ex Duluth School Board… Continue Reading
Just got a call from WDIO… August 18, 2017 …fifteen minutes before boarding a plane to Minneapolis. Watch the news tonight. Continue Reading
Candidate Trnka’s view August 18, 2017 From a self proclaimed “beacon for the future.” Here are Sally’s thoughts. As an expert on Boards Sally’s thoughts might have had a little… Continue Reading
Estes Park August 18, 2017 Welty family reunions have most often converged on Estes Park, Colorado in a valley surrounded by foothills and the Rockies. One of my first… Continue Reading
Candidate Martell’s view August 17, 2017 Very thoughtful. Loren has strongly suggested that the insiders in one local political party have a particularly heavy responsibility for leading the Duluth School… Continue Reading
Blogging while pissed off August 16, 2017 Its a terrible thing to do but I’m pissed off. In an hour I will go to a memorial for my uncle Frank but… Continue Reading
Candidate Krivogorsky’s View August 16, 2017 Bogdana (her Ukranian birth name) Krivogorsky has been Americanized since she immigrated to the US at age 15. She goes by Dana (pronounced Donna)… Continue Reading
Candidate Gorham’s view August 15, 2017 The Trib will feature the thoughts of the 5 at-large Duluth School Board candidates one-a-day from now to Saturday. Here’s Josh’s contribution. BTW –… Continue Reading
On the backs of our teachers and children August 15, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuyk9KM7A4 Much to my annoyance this link takes you to the video of yesterday’s School Board’s special meeting that won’t play for me. That’s… Continue Reading
Stuff it! August 13, 2017 I face long hours stuffing envelopes to deliver door to door around Duluth. They are both information sharing and fund raising and they are… Continue Reading
Swan song with the school board August 13, 2017 An email sent to all Duluth school board candidates this week: Thank you all for participating! This Northland Issues will air Sunday, August 27th… Continue Reading
Big Boo Boo August 11, 2017 I made quite a fuss in this recent post about our lost ISD 709 students (30% of the total students we could be educating)… Continue Reading
August blogging, campaigning, and family life August 11, 2017 I’ve had an uptick in visitors since I resumed blogging after my return from China. There will be much more to add as the… Continue Reading
Small World August 10, 2017 Shepherding my grandsons around I forgot to check my calendar this morning. No problem. Memorial Blood Bank called to ask why I was late… Continue Reading
China journey – last Facebook “slideshow” August 10, 2017 Here’s how I captioned my final Facebook slideshow on our China trip: “A Ming Garden that survived the Cultural Revolution. Ancient crafts that survived…. Continue Reading
Batting 0 for 7 August 9, 2017 “On behalf of the DFT screening committee I want to thank you for spending the time with us last night to share your views… Continue Reading
Second to the last China Slideshow August 8, 2017 I’m not quite sure what days of our trip these represent. We berthed in Wuhan two nights next to some not quite mothballed Chinese… Continue Reading
On being up to my neck in alligators… August 8, 2017 …and trying to remember that I came to drain the swamp. I worked overtime before leaving for China to get all my projects tidied… Continue Reading
On Being August 6, 2017 I caught the end of a BBC broadcast early this morning which I found engrossing and then tuned into On Being while I ironed… Continue Reading
