Eat PB&J’s and Save the World July 22, 2008 For well over a year until about six months ago I was helping save the world and didn’t even know it. I was simply… Continue Reading
Reviewing Doty July 21, 2008 I spent an afternoon looking up Ralph Doty’s caustic attack on me and Gary Glass. In reviewing it a half a year later I’m… Continue Reading
Fees! July 18, 2008 Public schools are prevented by law from charging for educating students. That’s why students can’t be required to pay for their text books although… Continue Reading
Bad apples July 17, 2008 I do think laws were bent and or skated past to adopt the Red Plan but I’ve never said that JCI was acting with… Continue Reading
Energy Savings? July 17, 2008 The Trib’s reporter on JCI made it clear to me that the School Board’s contract with JCI was not a “performance contract.” Apparently Sarah… Continue Reading
Don’t tell Gary Glass anything July 16, 2008 Apparently no one in the District is authorized to tell Board member Gary Glass about who is getting contracts for Red Plan construction. The… Continue Reading
Its time for Campaigning July 16, 2008 JibJab on the Presidential campaign to Dylan’s tune The Times They are a Changin. Continue Reading
When size finally matters July 16, 2008 Kent Worley sent me an email today after reading the School Board’s discussion of the proposed Western Middle School and Piedmont Elementary. Kent has… Continue Reading
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
