A most satisfying reply July 29, 2010 I just sent the Trib a most satisfying reply to their endorsement. I’ll publish it here when they put it in the paper. That… Continue Reading
“Retain?” July 29, 2010 Here’s the Trib’s Editorial endorsement of Roger Reinert. I’m mostly pleased with the Trib’s editorial endorsement of Roger Reinert. I was but an afterthought… Continue Reading
Congdon parking? July 29, 2010 A friend told me that the Trib just published a notice in the real estate section explaining that the school district had purchased a… Continue Reading
Mother’s milk July 29, 2010 Here’s my Minnesota Campaign Finance Report. Here’s Roger Reinert’s. Sometimes I feel like an old dog who can’t learn any new tricks but I… Continue Reading
In the beginning July 28, 2010 This is the universe that the shepherd priests who took dictation from the Almighty didn’t know about. Within the last year I read a… Continue Reading
Why I’m not a Republican any more July 28, 2010 I got a letter from Falmouth, Maine the other day. It was the first of the sixty or so I received from my fundraising… Continue Reading
When same old, same old, becomes “an unprecedented partnership” July 28, 2010 I think the photo of the three men with their grim demeanors is the best indicator of how innovative the District’s latest PR band-aid… Continue Reading
Seniors and the property tax July 27, 2010 All the news and advertising coming out the the DFL governor candidates has been a boon to me. For instance thisKelliher story makes it… Continue Reading
Frequent candidate July 27, 2010 Waiting for me when I got home was an email from a friend complaining that the Trib had once again found a way to… Continue Reading
Home July 27, 2010 I let a day and a half go without posting despiting having a great many morsels to feast upon. I plead family. Claudia and… Continue Reading
Aw July 26, 2010 In a couple hours we will be returning from a weekend at Mackinac Island. I leared two things here at a minimum this weekend…. Continue Reading
The passing of a real journalist and one of my heroes July 25, 2010 Daniel Schorr RIP From the NPR Obituary: In 1976, Schorr reported on the findings of the Pike Committee, which had investigated illegal CIA and… Continue Reading
Good Questions July 25, 2010 I got an email today with a number of good questions. It also reminded me of one of Roger Reinert’s ideas which seems more… Continue Reading
But do we get a say? July 25, 2010 I found the concluding paragraph in this very long article about the JCI inspired dilemmas facing the St. Louis County School system very interesting… Continue Reading
Now JCI is infiltrating the medical care system up North July 24, 2010 I find it interesting that JCI not the St. Louis County School system has taken the lead in turning the School’s facilities to “community… Continue Reading
More local gov’s pile on JCI plan up North July 24, 2010 It makes one wish Duluth’s local government had some spine. Continue Reading
Incredulity squared July 24, 2010 Dr. Dixon doesn’t bother taking news to the School Board first. He goes directly to an even more gullible bunch – The Duluth Trib’s… Continue Reading
About or school libraries July 24, 2010 The Trib’s Thursday editorial about the community the use of our schools gymnasiums and school libraries was poorly thought out as I noted in… Continue Reading
No idle threats July 24, 2010 Another story that the Trib doesn’t, has never, covered that shows how wrongheaded JCI directed School Boards can be. Bjerklie’s reference was clear, and… Continue Reading
JCI’s Beaurcratic friends fill loopholes for them July 24, 2010 How JCI gets around the law: The issue arose because the school district’s consultants apparently never considered zoning in their school site selection process…. Continue Reading