Nada for Tim July 15, 2008 Tonight’s Duluth School Board meeting shows how futile it has been for Tim Grover to play team player after going off Dr. Dixon’s Reservation…. Continue Reading
Red Plan vis a vis Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae July 14, 2008 Even more than Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae the backers of the Red Plan have deep pockets which will guarantee that te Red Plan… Continue Reading
The Virtue of an extinct breed – the Housing crisis foretold July 14, 2008 I found this comment about one of my favorite Congressmen, Iowa’s Jim Leach, in a piece by a long time critic of the Federal… Continue Reading
On both hands July 14, 2008 Harry Truman said once that he wanted a one-handed economist because they were always saying, “on the other hand.” N. Gregory Mankiw writes in… Continue Reading
A fit story for a Lincoln Democrat July 9, 2008 I liked this story of art and politics in Boston. Continue Reading
Reaction to the JCI story July 7, 2008 Not many folks have written in because this page was put up late. Continue Reading
JCI Continued July 7, 2008 The second half of the JCI story is a great disappointment but not a surprise. The important question isn’t whether JCI can handle the… Continue Reading
Way past 2% July 6, 2008 The Trib has finally publishing an in depth story about JCI’s compensation for the Red Plan. This is Part 1 which extensively quotes all… Continue Reading
How we got to be idiots July 5, 2008 Some of us think history can help explain idiot decisions. Here’s former School Board member Tony Stauber’s brief history explaining how we got to… Continue Reading
innovaters, imitators, or idiots? July 5, 2008 Vic sent me this Wall Street Journal Story today. I think it can be tied into the Red Plan much more directly than might… Continue Reading
Hell! July 3, 2008 I sent this email to the City Council and Mayor Ness last night. Its early so I haven’t heard anything from any of them… Continue Reading
T-shirts anyone? July 3, 2008 I thought this was a pretty good gimmick. I got an email this morning from an email business site called “Cafepress.” The email suggested… Continue Reading
My Not Eudora column July 2, 2008 I’ve rolled a number of blog posts and emails together to come up with this week’s Not Eudora column. It harks back to an… Continue Reading
Dog Trails, YES – Red Plan, NO July 2, 2008 Some of us are taking the City to court because the Planning Department will not authorize an Enviornmental study on the $293 million Red… Continue Reading
Traffic Safety at Ordean July 2, 2008 Here’s another example from Superior, Wisconsin to help put the Red Plan into perspective. Its in Today’s Trib and concerns increased investment in downtown… Continue Reading