A Rosy Endorsement April 22, 2016 In today’s Trib: Erik Simonson gets my vote for Minnesota Senate District 7. He has the depth of knowledge and professional and personal experiences… Continue Reading
DO OVER FALLOUT 11 – Finally as promised – I WRITE A LETTER TO BERNIE April 16, 2016 March 15, 2016 Bernadette Burnham President, Duluth Federation of Teachers 639 E Central Entrance Duluth, MN, 55811 Dear President Burnham, I invited you to… Continue Reading
Do Over Fallout 11 – I write a letter to Bernie re: her complaint – Prologue B April 16, 2016 I’ve cooled down…..but I will post my letter to Bernie in the next post. I promise. I have one aim immediate aim in writing… Continue Reading
Do over Fallout 10 – “An official complaint” against Harry Welty April 15, 2016 Here is my offense as described in a News Trib story of Feb. 23rd: “Prior to the board’s vote on the issue, Welty said… Continue Reading
Do over Fallout 9 – The Quality Steering Committee April 14, 2016 Frank Wanner was immensely proud of his “Quality Steering Committee.” Twenty years ago he told me how his brainchild had been written up in… Continue Reading
How I disagree with Nora April 10, 2016 New readers who have stumbled onto my blog will discover that I am not always fussy about a polished post. I’m a busy man…. Continue Reading
Using cash to solve our Mulch problems April 4, 2016 Loren Martell, the chronicler of the Duluth School Board, is always a little behind the curve in reporting Board meetings what with the once-a-week… Continue Reading
Let’s get real #1 – Has that ship sailed? April 2, 2016 This is a sort of a morning-after-the-crisis post. It will be the first of several more posts to come examining the recent nonsense manufactured… Continue Reading
The Mourning After November 4, 2015 I’m laughing at the title right now. It cheers me to no end finding a good pun. I told Art after the filings that… Continue Reading
Ditto, Ditto, Ditto October 30, 2015 Another friend sent me a link to Board Member Annie Harala’s endorsement letter in today’s Trib for the same three candidates Rosie Loeffler-Kemp endorsed… Continue Reading
As of yesterday Lincolndemocrat had 5,447 “unique” visitors for October October 29, 2015 That’s not a record but its close. My head is so full of stuff to blog about it could explode. Instead I’m going to… Continue Reading
On the Rock October 21, 2015 The Trib only mentioned one item from our school board meeting last night – the sale of a small parcel of land adjacent to… Continue Reading
The MSBA Area meeting September 25, 2015 Last night one of the regional meetings for the statewide Minnesota School Board Association met at Cloquet’s Municipal Building. I attended these gatherings every… Continue Reading
Campaign Countdown 44 days – door to door as Black Patch the Pirate, September 21, 2015 Having been confined to my house for the past three days left me raring to go. My right eye was still dialated but I… Continue Reading
AFSCME endorsements September 14, 2015 I understand that the Public Employees Union representing thousands of area union members made school board endorsements the other day. Three people made the… Continue Reading
The blogger as Toto September 9, 2015 I’ll get you my pretty – and your little dog too! If the 3,000 people each month who visit this blog (on average three… 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
Candidate updates August 11, 2015 The three candidates for the lone Duluth School Board at-large vacancy have now had op-ed pieces published in the Duluth News Tribune. Renee Van… Continue Reading
Hope for Nora Sandstad July 24, 2015 After Nora Sandstad’s request to meet me to benefit from my “experience” followed by her hasty departure ten minutes later I twitted the young… Continue Reading
Unfriending July 10, 2015 My Buddy sent me an email today in response to my anecdote about the fellow who stopped his car by my house and asked… Continue Reading
