Duluth Activists email September 20, 2007 Got this email in our growing email list. I’ve put the the critical strategic sentence in bold typeface: D & A I don’t think… Continue Reading
Latest Press Release September 11, 2007 For immediate release: Sept. 11, 2007 For further information contact: Harry Welty 728-6928 or Gary Glass 525-2384 Let Duluth Vote petition has 1750 signatures… Continue Reading
My call to arms in the Reader September 6, 2007 Let Duluth Vote – We insist! By Harry Welty The $293 million Red Plan may be the best plan for Duluth’s schools. The School… Continue Reading
The petition August 24, 2007 Let Duluth Vote! We, the eligible voters of Independent School District 709 (Duluth), petition Governor Pawlenty and the Dept. of Education to order a… Continue Reading
Tentative language for a petition August 23, 2007 I’ve sent this out to a couple dozen folks who I’m hoping will want to help circulating a petition: We, the legal voting residents… Continue Reading
How does the GOP describe the Governor’s tax attitude? July 20, 2007 Even though I attended a DFL precinct caucus last year I still get Minnesota’s GOP email newsletter. I think the most recent one is… Continue Reading
My letter to the Governor July 19, 2007 July 10, 2007 Governor Pawlenty Office of the Governor 130 State Capitol 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. St. Paul, MN 55155… Continue Reading
Snatching Defeat November 4, 2006 Minnesota’s gubenatorial race has been Mike Hatch’s to lose for the past several weeks after he charged ahead of Governor Pawlenty in recent polls. Mike’s thin… Continue Reading
Pumpkin carving and the debates October 30, 2006 Last night Claudia and I carved pumpkins for All Hallows Eve while we listened to Minnesota’s gubenatorial and senatorial debates. I thought the Independence… Continue Reading
the harder they fall September 22, 2006 The last couple of days have had some bad news for the GOP. Todays NPR carried a story about how rural voters are beginning… Continue Reading
A check for Becky Lourey August 7, 2006 At the beginning of last week’s parade I saw the DFL’s renegade gubenatorial candidate Becky Lourey. She walked over to say hello and thank me for… Continue Reading
When Oberstar’s Power just doesn’t cut it July 24, 2006 About the time that Jim Oberstar said that the quarter billion dollars designated for the Bridge to Nowhere” was Alaska’s he was getting $50… Continue Reading
Snake Oil July 13, 2006 I’ve talked to too many people to remember all the neat little anecdotes I could report about my petitioning. A couple people asked me… Continue Reading
Becky Lourey vs. Cheney’s Governor April 12, 2006 One of my perks as a new Democrat who has yet to be discovered as such by the Republic Party is that I get… Continue Reading
Minnesotans gays and the shriveling Republican base March 26, 2006 A recent poll suggests that a majority of Minnesotans now oppose the DOMA law (Defense of Marriage Act) being pushed by religious conservatives and… Continue Reading
Senate DFL stiffs Duluth – Embarasses Bakk and Prettner-Solon March 23, 2006 Word came yesterday that the Senate DFL left the expansion of the DECC off its bonding bill. There are two competing theories to explain… Continue Reading
Borrow and Spend March 15, 2006 George Bush’s fusion of “conservative” and “liberal” borrow-and-spend principles is leading the US to a 9 trillion dollar debt. He has pursued spending on entitlements that… Continue Reading