Is Chair Harala correct that the School Board reaffirmed its policy of not selling old schools to other schools? September 23, 2016 Not exactly. That would have required the Board to reconsider the aforementioned policy and vote for it. That’s not the question we voted on…. Continue Reading
PSEO correction – setting me straight September 23, 2016 I’m more of a eagle’s view of the forest than an ant’s view of the weeds fellow. I see us taking $3.4 million of… Continue Reading
1 more email on: OUR “CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS” September 23, 2016 Our constituents continue a new round of venting over our refusal to sell schools to “competitors:” It seems almost moronic what your decisions have… Continue Reading
Our “current state of affairs” September 22, 2016 In the light of this recent offer to take empty buildings off our hands the Central sale has been reanimateded – zombie like. A… Continue Reading
Bait and Switch at Denfeld September 22, 2016 Don’t get me wrong. That last post which conludes with a litany of challenges facing Denfeld is only meant in extreme sympathy. I know… Continue Reading
Many Rivers, Little Info, Self fulfilling prophecies September 22, 2016 I asked our School Board Chair if we could set up a coffee date after Tuesday’s school board meeting but was told she was… Continue Reading
Two emails to the School Board September 21, 2016 The news of additional offers by other school entities to buy our white elephant closed schools is ripping a scab off yet again. This… Continue Reading
Many Rivers, Little info September 21, 2016 Yesterday’s School Board meeting will be up on Youtube in a few days. It was nearly three and a half hours long. My seatmate,… Continue Reading
Homage to Andrew Sullivan September 21, 2016 My Buddy sent me a link to a commentary by my all time favorite blogger, Andrew Sullivan, in which he takes oodles and oodles… Continue Reading
homage to the Philippines September 20, 2016 For the past couple months the Philippines, or probably servers in the Philippines have been sending out robots to investigate my blogsite. Their “hits”… Continue Reading
Equity for Denfeld September 20, 2016 Last week’s Education Committee got very interesting at the 54 minute mark. Its finaly on Youtube. Continue Reading
Segue from Mr. Robot to Megamind with some religion and poly sci. mixed in September 19, 2016 I just read a synopsis of Song of Solomon in a fat Bible Commentary to better understand what I had just read. The commentary… Continue Reading
Mr. Robot and the paranoia that knows even a Lincoln fails the sainthood test September 18, 2016 I have to go to church. I’ll finish and proof read this later……probably not till tonight after we watch another episode of Mr. Robot… Continue Reading
The abandonment of true journalism September 18, 2016 Donald Trump is, among other things, a fellow who has profited mightily by the faltering of twentieth century journalism. In its place is a… Continue Reading
The value of true journalism September 18, 2016 This story chronicles the lastest chapter in the saga of the Timberjay newspaper which incurred the wrath of its minority share holders by out-reporting… Continue Reading
Highs and lows. September 16, 2016 After my Congdon visit this morning I served lunch at the Damiano Soup Kitchen. Chicken gravy over fresh mashed potatos. It was very popular…. Continue Reading
Oswald Reference Services and a more successful visit to Congdon September 16, 2016 I am so glad Alanna Oswald is on the Board. Everything that I missed for the decade I was off the School Board she… Continue Reading
Think twice before pushing “send” September 16, 2016 So begins the NY Times piece on panic spreading on Capital Hill as the Russians make public yet another luminaries personal emails: WASHINGTON —… Continue Reading
Get the lead out September 15, 2016 After I was nearly finished scraping and painting the sides of my house this summer I began thinking that I should have at least… Continue Reading
Mulch alternatives wait for no School Board September 15, 2016 Cory Kirsling, one of the Lester Park parents who successfully persuaded the School Board to come up with a new playground surface told me… Continue Reading
