Always grateful for some feedback July 24, 2014 I’m always cheered when someone sends me email based on a post. (you can find my email address in the third link from the… Continue Reading
And another thing about our CFO July 24, 2014 For years the Red Plan School Board members claimed that no money was being transferred from the General Fund to pay off Red Plan… Continue Reading
I did edit the last post after all July 24, 2014 Yes, I did. It could probably use another editing but its waaaay too nice outside. Continue Reading
Re: the last post – but I’m not exactly resentful either July 24, 2014 I’ll be back to post an initial reply to the Duluth News Tribune Editors who mentioned me in their editorial today. Afterwards I’ll compose… Continue Reading
Not mollified July 23, 2014 Jana Hollingsworth’s coverage is fair enough and the headline is right on. I’m not mollified. I’m pretty annoyed that an investigation touted as taking… Continue Reading
The Minnesota State Odditor July 22, 2014 I woke my wife up in St. Louis this morning at 2:30 a.m. to get into our car in drive for ten and a… Continue Reading
From $4.5 to $33.4 to $38 to $56 million July 20, 2014 $56 million is the latest figure for what Johnson Controls Inc. got from Duluth for the building of the Red Plan. And the U.S…. Continue Reading
Literary criticism July 20, 2014 My old buddy quite rightly poked a little hole in my literary interpretation. I observed that the “Zenith City” of Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt described… Continue Reading
About that charge of racism July 19, 2014 I’m not the only one bird dogging it. Take it away Loren. Continue Reading
Babbittry July 19, 2014 I read about 62 pages of Babbitt off and on to Claudia in our first leg of the St. Louis trip. There was a… Continue Reading
I’ll have to cut my trip to St. Louis short by a day July 18, 2014 Darn. I just got my Board packet delivered by mail announcing various meetings. The State Auditor’s office will finally report out its analysis of… Continue Reading
I found those notes July 18, 2014 I’m heading out of Duluth as the best weather of the summer arrives to refresh us. I’ll be retrieving my air conditioner from my… Continue Reading
In the news July 18, 2014 I saw an old familiar name in today’s Duluth News Tribune, Sarah Horner. My old pals in Let Duluth Vote will recall that Sarah… Continue Reading
Q: Why don’t sharks attack lawyers? July 17, 2014 A: Professional courtesy. Think attorneys representing school boards are all smart and public spirited? Think Again! From the mighty Timberjay’s coverage of the ongoing… Continue Reading
My preface/prologue July 17, 2014 I’m not yet prepared to publish the six pages I’ve written of the notes I took of our District’s black ex employee but turned… Continue Reading
Son of an attorney July 17, 2014 I have spent a lot of time since my interview with Attorney Mary Rice typing up a rough draft of my own interview of… Continue Reading
I got off easy July 16, 2014 I was wrung out after nearly two hours of being interviewed by Attorney Mary Rice. Art Johnston spent five hours with her today. That’s… Continue Reading
Hello Mary July 16, 2014 You gave me your business card as I left Old Central yesterday and urged me to call you if I had anything else to… Continue Reading
Along came Mary pt. 3 July 15, 2014 I ended by telling Mary that I thought the big unspoken issue in this investigation is the provocation of Art Johnston. I spell it… Continue Reading
Along came Mary pt. 2 July 15, 2014 As Mary Rice handed me my legal disclaimer to sign indicating that I understood all this secrecy rigamarole I handed her my four page… Continue Reading