Holy Cow! The Trib printed my letter November 11, 2011 Apropos the last post: Reader’s view: The flight of Duluth students is Dixon’s legacy The writer of an Oct. 6 letter seemed disappointed Red… Continue Reading
How much have we paid JCI so far for the Red Plan? November 11, 2011 According to Gary Glass: “payments to JCI as of 10.27.2011 = $42,844,432.85” That’s so far. Looks like Gary was using a pretty conservative estimate… Continue Reading
Spoiling for a fight November 11, 2011 Art Johnston is a pain in the neck. He’s also been elected to represent the people on the School Board. He’s proven to me… Continue Reading
Grover, Cameron, Seliga-Punyko as cheerleaders for levies November 10, 2011 Reading this story of three board members blaming another for the failure of the operational levies brought the following history to mind. 1997, Tim… Continue Reading
I’m glad I’m out of town… November 8, 2011 …even though Oklahoma’s earthquake has been shaking things up here in KC. They’re not as severe as the ones shaking Duluth. 2nd District………………Votes………Percent Judy… Continue Reading
I’m goin to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come November 7, 2011 My grandfather was a war hero. The little college he attended is putting up a memorial dedicated to him and a dozen other graduates… Continue Reading
Its not my newspaper – I just subscribe November 7, 2011 Unless my five week old letter was published in some obscure corner of some back page that I missed its still waiting to see… Continue Reading
live wire November 4, 2011 I was going to title this with the cliche about being up to the wire then thought of a better cliche. The District’s hopes… Continue Reading
Cluck, Cluck, Cluck November 3, 2011 It took the DNT nearly a month to get around to publishing my letter replying to Ralph Doty. I still haven’t seen it. Tomorrow… Continue Reading
Chickens coming home to roost November 3, 2011 Today’s Trib was non-stop coverage of a failing school district. I hardly know where to begin except to say that it all began with… Continue Reading
How did the Europeans get their undies in a bunch? November 3, 2011 Maybe it was Germany’s fault. The same currency that made German exports more competitive also made the exports of other European countries less competitive…. Continue Reading
It takes one to know one November 1, 2011 Today the letters to the editor really kicked in. That is a phenomenon that always emerges when the general election draws near. It means… Continue Reading
Keep on the Sunny Side November 1, 2011 I’ve given Judy Seliga-Punyko a cold, calculating treatment since she bested me in the school board election four years ago. She’s tall, pretty, athletic… Continue Reading
Martell vs. Seliga-Punyko October 30, 2011 I know that Loren Martell had serious misgivings about how this story would be reported by the DNT but I think the result is… Continue Reading
Finally, a balanced appraisal of Loren Martell… October 29, 2011 …in a DNT letter to the editor. Martell has nothing to gain personally from all of his efforts surrounding the decisions of the School… Continue Reading
Paynesville School Board kicks JCI out October 29, 2011 In a better world this could be Duluth. Continue Reading
Having failed to save the school district millions of dollars… October 28, 2011 …JCI is also fighting a ruling requiring them to disclose public data that might help explain where they went wrong in their school building… Continue Reading
On the other hand the St. Louis County Schools….. October 28, 2011 …has enough money to fight a Court decision that went against them. They want to make it OK for School Boards to sell school… Continue Reading
