The first time I was in a school board minority January 21, 2015 If you don’t count my first two years on the School Board from 96 to 97 when I was one of two new members… Continue Reading
Teasers January 21, 2015 From an email this morning: Mr Welty, Good morning sir… I was perusing your blog this morning and catching up on the disaster that… Continue Reading
Rosie’s Criminal Background Check… January 20, 2015 …of Art Johnston. “The investigation was brought forward because of Art Johnston’s violent abusive and harassing and threatening behaviors,” School Board Member Rosie Loeffler-Kemp… Continue Reading
MSBA Notes 3 – The right to remain stupid January 20, 2015 I had a good long drive down to the MSBA convention on Wednesday and plenty of time to catch up after my week out… Continue Reading
MSBA Notes 2 – The Incredible Shrinking School District January 18, 2015 I have the terrible gift of prophecy where the Duluth Schools are concerned. Much that has happened since the uber ambitious Red Plan was… Continue Reading
Sauna stories & Jeno Paulucci January 17, 2015 Yesterday upon returning from the MSBA conference I was alone as my wife had driven to the Twin Cities for her Seminary classes. Having… Continue Reading
Correction on MSBA Notes 1 January 17, 2015 In that post I wrote that our Business Office was going to charge school board member Art Johnston $500.00 to provide him some public… Continue Reading
MSBA Notes 1 – My Heart of Darkness January 17, 2015 At the end of this rumination I will post two emails sent after my long posted warning to MSBA members about engaging the legal… Continue Reading
Rupp si daisy January 16, 2015 I had planned to go back to my notes to reconstruct my nine objections to retaining Kevin Rupp’s firm. I outlined them at our… Continue Reading
What’s good for the goose……….. January 15, 2015 “Finding an excuse to reject a majority vote contradicts any commitment to enfranchisement” I heartily agree with the Editors of the Duluth News Tribune… Continue Reading
A warning to Minnesota School Board members before engaging the legal services of Attorney Kevin Rupp January 15, 2015 Background: I am Harry Welty. I served on the Duluth School Board from 1995 through 2003. I attended every MSBA conference in those eight… Continue Reading
Harry Welty and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Month January 14, 2015 Hat tip to author Judith Viorst and her book which I read to my children many years ago. Thank Goodness December, 2014 is behind… Continue Reading
Address corrections January 14, 2015 I picked up my new business cards and checked to be sure no one else had spotted and corrected my mistake. They were pretty… Continue Reading
If only orderliness was this easy January 14, 2015 I love this ad: As I type this I’ve got a couple guys in my attic putting in new windows in preparation for turning… Continue Reading
Sticking together January 13, 2015 I decided that my official school board business cards was not complete so I had a second side printed onto the card I was… Continue Reading
Central and the STC’s 77 acres will earn us $4.7 million January 13, 2015 That’s Loren Martell’s calculation in his latest Reader Weekly Column. I noticed it wasn’t in the Reader’s website when I tried to link to… Continue Reading
LRFP Leftovers January 13, 2015 Approximately 1% of the $315 million Red Plan’s moneys are left over. The School Board has been hearing about this money for some time… Continue Reading
History built on Republican sand January 12, 2015 Reading my last Palm Beach Post of my Florida visit this morning I ran across this column by “conservative” Mona Charen about how the… Continue Reading
Censure is infectious January 11, 2015 Our Attorney, Kevin Rupp, belongs to a law firm that has become expert in the sanctioning wayward school board members. They were behind what… Continue Reading
Tour of Jupiter, January 10, 2015 Florida. I’ve been visiting my father-in-law in Jupiter for twenty plus years. This is the City’s iconic image; the red Jupiter Lighthouse that was… Continue Reading
