Rosie’s ally accuses Loren Martell of being vitriolic August 28, 2015 From a letter in today’s Duluth Reader by one of the paid staff that works with Rosie Loeffler-Kemp’s husband in the Public Employees Union,… Continue Reading
ACT Up August 27, 2015 Today’s story on the pre-college sorting out test called the ACT is mixed and unsurprising for Duluth. Our average grades are up a fraction… Continue Reading
Table scraps of the DFL endorse Duluth school board candidates August 25, 2015 Three state and national election years have been highlights for me. In 1978, before the GOP started calling moderates like me RINO’s, I went… Continue Reading
Obije’s and Kirby’s endorsement August 25, 2015 All I have to say about the Duluth News Tribune’sendorsement I wrote in the email included in the preceding post. Continue Reading
Mulling over mulch August 23, 2015 I haven’t searched the internet for any arguments pro or con on mulch. I will probably have to do this at some point. I… Continue Reading
Doing the Minimum August 21, 2015 The most interesting discussion at this week’s school board meeting was a reprise of our July motion granting our hourly workers more than the… Continue Reading
Minimum Wage coming up after my host duty’s are completed. August 21, 2015 I have a long post to compose on the issue of minimum wage and ISD 709. It will require me taking a look at… Continue Reading
Mulch Ado about something? August 21, 2015 School Board candidate Alanna Oswald sent me this take on the issue regarding the rubber “mulch” we have in our school playgrounds. i don’t… Continue Reading
Playground Safety and that rubber mulch August 18, 2015 I mentioned that playground mulch that some parents are wanting reviewed or removed with an Internet petition. I mentioned my chief gripe that shredded… Continue Reading
Second District School Board Candidates speak out August 15, 2015 In the Tribune this last week: Jane Hoffman Dr. David Kirby Charles Obije I’ve been hearing about the recent pilgrimages of most of the… Continue Reading
Tony Stauber August 15, 2015 I was surprised and saddened today to learn that one of my School Board predecessors, Tony Stauber, died. Tony was part of a big… Continue Reading
A Retired Superintendent’s View: Charter schools: A need addressed August 15, 2015 When I saw that my friend Ray Pearson had written a column for the Trib weighing in on Charter Schools I was a little… Continue Reading
Tire Chips August 13, 2015 I’ve been busy today trying to figure out a new email system and getting Windows 10 on my computer. I hate being an old… Continue Reading
Acronyms in the News: PSEO and MCA, August 12, 2015 Today’s Trib has two stories about public schools. The second story notes that many if not most Minnesota schools are failing to advertise the… Continue Reading
Diplomacy August 10, 2015 Yesterday, Sunday, I attended the memorial celebration for Al France. Al was one of the movers and shakers in Duluth and in his late… Continue Reading
“Erroneous Impressions” August 6, 2015 I fenced with Chuck Frederick about a letter-to-the-editor supporting Art Johnston which did not pass muster. Chuck had his nose out of joint with… Continue Reading
And the Greenhouse again August 5, 2015 Claudia got to the Trib before I did and was alarmed that I would describe the Community Action Greenhouse as “dangerous.” I told her… Continue Reading
Wetlands August 5, 2015 I almost didn’t read totay’s Opinion collumn “Keeping Duluth’s wetlands intact should be a priority.” I’m glad I did. It turned out to be… Continue Reading
A DNT bygone reminds me of some pragmatic politics. August 5, 2015 This is one of the items in today’s Trib from the Bygone’s section twenty years ago today: * The Duluth school administration will have… Continue Reading