Progressive Action Debate October 12, 2007 I spent the afternoon passing out my flyers and the Let Duluth flyers in the Hidden Valley neighborhood. It felt good to pass them… Continue Reading
Steal my vote, steal my signs October 12, 2007 At the same time that my old buddy Bevan Schraw (who is against letting Duluth vote) is nettling me by putting lawnsigns up in… Continue Reading
Email to a doubter – Part 2 October 12, 2007 Harry, thanks for the replies, if you are elected, what would you do to improve the schools and the opportunities for the kids, and… Continue Reading
Email to a doubter – Part 1 October 12, 2007 Hello Mr. ______, I appreciate your email and your questions. I got back very late last night and only have found time now to… Continue Reading
I’m going to campaign October 11, 2007 Until our meeting with the State Department of Education I didn’t think I would bother campaigning for my own seat. Now that it is… Continue Reading
The Trib on our trip to St. Paul October 11, 2007 Duluth School Board candidate Harry Welty at the Minnesota Department of Education on Wednesday. [JOHN THAIN/FOX 21 NEWS] Sarah Horner’s story this morning did… Continue Reading
Trip to St. Paul October 11, 2007 Once again I’ve been so busy that I’ve had no time for posts. That’s about to change. To see what we told the Deputy… Continue Reading
Construction Costs – High or low? October 7, 2007 I read with interest the contradictory claims of construction costs in today’s big story in the Duluth News Tribune and its subordinate publication the… Continue Reading
Reconcile this! October 6, 2007 I got a testy reply to one of my posts. “How much did you spend eating at restaurants last year or entertainment? 9-11 bucks… Continue Reading
Let Duluth Vote statistics October 5, 2007 I finally tracked down some stats on who is visiting www.letduluthvote.com. The last column shows how many “pages” of the website have been visited…. Continue Reading
New lawnsigns and list for St. Paul October 5, 2007 An unexpected family matter kept me from attending the Chamber’s School Board forum. Tim Grover told me that they led off with the two… Continue Reading
Want to make a donation? October 4, 2007 Finances are a continuing problem and if you’d like to help Let Duluth Vote feel free to send a contribution. We’re aren’t a standard… Continue Reading
No posts means I’m busy October 4, 2007 Ive been very, very busy. I’ve been doing Grandfather duty for my daughter. What a joy! We Let Duluth Voters have been emailing like… Continue Reading
Dark Days in Faribault October 3, 2007 The entire story by the Zenith about Superintendent Dixon’s history in Faribault is now online. Continue Reading
JCI could probably afford to lose the Duluth Contact October 2, 2007 JCI a Fortune 100 company is worth 22.6 Billion as of 2003 – almost 100 times more than the Red Plan. Continue Reading
A voice from Faribault October 2, 2007 There was an interesting letter-to-the-editor in the Trib today. It began thusly: Dangerous to take elections out of making big decisions On a recent… Continue Reading
Anyone drawing a breath yet? October 1, 2007 My friend Frank took a look at the numbers and did a little calculation of his own. Here’s his message: “using your figure of… Continue Reading
The Commisioner will meet with us October 1, 2007 After calling various subalterns for a week we finally have confirmation that the Commissioner or Education will meet with Let Duluth Vote. No date… Continue Reading
$34,960,000,000.00 of public debt October 1, 2007 Here’s a little calculation. If the Red Plan costs are $437,000,000 and Duluth has 10,000 students that means, divide the bigger figure by the… Continue Reading
