New candidates in the pool July 8, 2015 A fifth candidate has entered the School Board race for Judy’s second district seat. Its the second general election match-up for the three seats… Continue Reading
Chopped liver July 8, 2015 A question via email: Harry: But were board members other than you and Art Johnston, also not immediately told about what had happened? Was… Continue Reading
Last to know – as usual July 7, 2015 On Friday, five days ago, I was told that the Rockridge School sale had fallen through in an email from a citizen. I wrote… Continue Reading
School Board filings begin today July 7, 2015 Here’s the story behind this image from the Trib’s Attic. So far four citizens have announced their plans to be candidates for the school… Continue Reading
Rosie’s Hardball July 2, 2015 (This post was first conceived as: MAJ 7 Rosie’s Hardball on April 9, 2015) At our closed school board meetings Rosie Loeffler-Kemp regularly says… Continue Reading
For newbies to LincolnDemocrat July 2, 2015 I expect that as the election season begins this summer I’ll pick up new visitors. I often explain how I operate here but every… Continue Reading
From the Zenith to some Nadirs July 2, 2015 As I went to bed last night I reminded myself to check to see if I’d mentioned Tony Diercken’s name in a blog post… Continue Reading
An example of something we have too little of on the Duluth School Board – July 1, 2015 Humility. Today I learned of a fellow who has it and I wanted to give him some well deserved credit. John Ramos told me… Continue Reading
Our old schools were supposed to fetch us $26 million June 30, 2015 The center piece overlooks Duluth’s Down town. From tomorrow’s Tribune: The Duluth Central High School development project agreement — touted as a much needed… Continue Reading
Segregating Duluth June 30, 2015 In preparation for writing a book about what led up to this last disasterous year I found a couple interesting tidbits after dusting off… Continue Reading
Somebody’s Knocking on my Door June 29, 2015 After a week or more of blog inactivity but mental overload its, as always, hard to know where to begin. The School Board race?… Continue Reading
Facts and fairness June 23, 2015 My Buddy has been waiting to jump all over my DWBP post for a week and kept sending me hints that he was waiting… Continue Reading
DWBP (Driving with a black passenger) June 18, 2015 I take it for granted that black drivers are subjected to being pulled over by cops (black or white) far more than white drivers… Continue Reading
Seven Period Day June 17, 2015 The school board received an email a couple weeks ago which I’ve been meaning to reply to. Its timely and this is a portion… Continue Reading
About this graph June 17, 2015 At last night’s school board meeting (about which much could be said) other than the Trib’s take that we are getting past the bad… Continue Reading
Rainy Morning birdwalk June 17, 2015 Rainy Morning: something I’ve longed for during a week of sunny days. Needed to buckle down and sift through oceans of paper that I’ve… Continue Reading
A Time to Fish June 16, 2015 Art wasn’t kidding. I found his Father’s book at Amazon on offer for $2,500. Art did most of the writing and its been rated… Continue Reading
Edison June 16, 2015 This is today’s big Duluth Education News. Duluth Edison Charter Schools plans to split from the for-profit company that has helped manage the schools… Continue Reading
A “brilliant summation!” June 16, 2015 If you come to Lincoln Democrat to understand our public schools I must direct you to Karl Schuettler’s demographic analysis of Denfeld’s missing students…. Continue Reading
A sailor who can’t bait a hook June 16, 2015 Art Johnston’s got a new fundraising website – sorry don’t have the URL yet. My personal plans are to write a book to help… Continue Reading
