I got waxed – I like my chances June 3, 2017 Of four candidates for the two at-large positions I came in fourth. I got 34 votes the two winners got 234 and 244 votes…. Continue Reading
And while I’m speaking truth to power… May 31, 2017 …These are the 14 Questions from the DFL screening committee and my answers to them: 2017 Screening Committee Questions, City of Duluth DFL In… Continue Reading
Misc on Memorial Day May 29, 2017 Family and Memorial Day activities pulled me away from the blog again but on Sunday my mind was on overdrive thinking about starting a… Continue Reading
Why #1 is #1 May 21, 2017 I will post the DFL screening committee’s 14 questions to me and my replies later. I’ll start with the most important one which asks… Continue Reading
Preview or excuse not to blog……you decide May 21, 2017 Saturday’s past, So much to blog about including: My Saturday pitch to a DFL screening committee, friendly firing line, Party politics, three governor’s example,… Continue Reading
Good runners can complete a marathon in under three hours. May 17, 2017 It took the Duluth School Board four hours to complete the May, 2017 meeting. For those of you who can’t wait for the Reader’s… Continue Reading
Where the Red Plan demographers drew the line… May 13, 2017 …that supposedly divided our school population into two equal halves. (this was sent to me by Art Johnston today as he reviews our current… Continue Reading
Graduation Ceremony – Harry’s Diary May 8, 2017 Claudia and I left early Saturday for the Twin Cities with our grandsons. The occasion was the following day’s graduation ceremony for the United… Continue Reading
Before I leave for Florida…. April 26, 2017 …where I’ll be wishing my father-in-law a Happy 90th Birthday, I’ll point my eight loyal readers to two stories about what’s happening in the… Continue Reading
an email re: the last school board meeting April 20, 2017 To All School Board Members, At the regular school board meeting of April 18th there was a very large audience of Denfeld parents, students,… Continue Reading
Friends in Strange Places – How I meant to start March 10, 2017 Where did the beginning of the last post go? I just discovered I copied all but the first page of it from my computer… Continue Reading
Friends in strange places March 9, 2017 The Duluth School Board is and ought to be paranoid about voters who distrust it. We should be especially concerned about driving more of… Continue Reading
“I am on a data privacy kick” March 8, 2017 My Buddy twitted (as opposed to tweeted) me with this response to my third paragraph in the last post: “9AM [meeting] was strictly personal… Continue Reading
Harry’s an unhappy camper. March 1, 2017 It’s not quite midnight and I want to vent. Our School Board meeting went on till 10:30 PM by far the latest since I… Continue Reading
“Vintage Harry” in Three 709 updates February 23, 2017 1st. I had a long delayed lunch with member Nora Sandstad yesterday. Nora has had some medical worries that seem to be resolving themselves… Continue Reading
Happy # 4 (In no particular order other than #1) February 9, 2017 I was surprised to see that Loren Martell had published another column about the School District despite there having been no recent meetings. This… Continue Reading
Tonight could be an interesting meeting… December 20, 2016 …here is an email the School Board recently received regarding it: Good Morning Duluth School Board Members! Thank You all very much for the… Continue Reading
Hand wringing is not good enough November 22, 2016 Today’s DNT editorial is well motivated and insufficient. It decries the inequity between our High School course offerings born of the Red Plan but… Continue Reading
Fear and silencing in 2016? November 17, 2016 The initial reactions of many in the wake of Donald Trump’s election have been fearful, ugly, gloating and generally panicky. There is an abundance… Continue Reading
One crap sandwich and one decent candidate October 2, 2016 I’ll proof read this later. I’ve got grandsons to play with. True to form my Buddy sent me an email making sure to dis… Continue Reading
