JCI wants $350,000 from the St. Louis County Schools November 22, 2013 Suddenly the St. Louis County Schools have grown reluctant to pay off JCI. REGIONAL Johnson Controls Inc. has requested payment of $350,284 that the… Continue Reading
25 years of ISD 709 newspaper clippings November 22, 2013 I finally got them consolidated from 1988 till today. Continue Reading
Sheeple continued November 22, 2013 I know that lots of people believe fanciful things. For instance according to one poll a quarter of people think alien life has visited… Continue Reading
Count me among the “sheeple” November 21, 2013 Recent polls suggest that I’m in the 39% minority of Americans that believe Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of President Kennedy. According… Continue Reading
A poem video November 20, 2013 Be forewarned this mentions T and A and some other dirty bits so skip it if you are a prude but I think it… Continue Reading
Happy sesquicentennial birthday to the Gettysburg Address November 19, 2013 Four score (4 x 20) and seven years ago I was a quarter century from being born (87 – 62). So I can’t very… Continue Reading
To my reading public November 18, 2013 Thanks for keep coming around. Even with a paucity of posts I’ve had over 5,000 visitors this November. Sorry I’ve got slow fingers lately…. Continue Reading
Anger and Logic November 12, 2013 I passed out flyers on Friday before the election so as not to waste unused campaign materials. They cost the campaign $329.00 and I… Continue Reading
Disappointing the voters November 12, 2013 This KBJR story told about the successes for the levies in Duluth. You can read it or watch the minute and a half of… Continue Reading
Rosie Loeffler Kemp on WDSE November 11, 2013 Claudia and I decided to break out of Duluth right after the campaign for a couple of days or rest and relaxation. I had… Continue Reading
Lawnsigns and Cleopatra November 7, 2013 Thank you Duluth. You won’t regret it. I crawled out of bed at three in the morning after the eleftion to begin picking up… Continue Reading
Honest November 5, 2013 Claudia texted our children with the news of my slender victory. She asked them both to pray for her. My son texted back his… Continue Reading
“Gangrene” spreads to social media November 5, 2013 I got a call just now 45 minutes into today’s election. Apparently my comments about gangrene spreading from western Duluth to eastern Duluth is… Continue Reading
I’m the little boy, the parents are the old school board… November 1, 2013 …and the box contains the Red Plan. Continue Reading
Brickbats for Halloween October 31, 2013 There were two predictable letters complaining that I was an eastern elitist for using the word gangrene to describe the Red Plan’s dire results… Continue Reading
Final DNT story on at large school board candidates October 31, 2013 I have no complaints. I was treated more than fairly. Continue Reading
Gangrene Pt 5 – That other letter October 30, 2013 Then there was that other letter in today’s DNT: Let me quote select passages: I’m finding it hard to believe the News Tribune’s endorsement… Continue Reading
Gangrene Pt. 4 – My colorful vocabulary October 30, 2013 I took it on the chin twice in letters to today’s Duluth News Tribune. I much admire this letter from a Stowe teacher who… Continue Reading
Gangrene Pt 3 – “Behind every great fortune… October 30, 2013 …there is a great crime.” French saying derived apparently from Honore de Balzac As time has gone on it has become increasingly silly to… Continue Reading
Gangrene Pt 2 – The no bid contract … October 30, 2013 …I’m not supposed to talk about. Because I signed an agreement to keep the public ignorant so that the donors of a $100,000 bond… Continue Reading
