This is why I’ve been lucky not to read NMn news for 2 weeks March 9, 2011 Got this in an email. I hate that I read it. It’s much nicer in NZ even with the earthquakes: When everybody in our… Continue Reading
Making up their own rules February 13, 2011 Arrogant and slipshod. How typical of a JCI directed school board. The St. Louis County School Board failed to conduct a state-required public hearing… Continue Reading
How long before JCI threatens Field township with financial penalties? February 12, 2011 If anyone has any doubts about why a St. Louis County subaltern would offer a variance to build a school which will do to… Continue Reading
Replying to an email February 11, 2011 Dear A****************************, You might send my Blog’s URL to your friends and neighbors. www.lincolndemocrat.com. The St. Louis County School District is also fighting JCI…. Continue Reading
Field of Dreams dashed February 10, 2011 JCI dreams maybe. By approving an interim ordinance that suspends major development in the township, including the construction of a proposed new K-12 school,… Continue Reading
They’ll be sorry February 5, 2011 The school board majority (by one vote) in the St. Louis County Schools will regret their decision to push ahead with a school consolidation… Continue Reading
Time for the School Board to wake up February 4, 2011 More evidence of the St. Louis County Schools being sucked into JCI’s fantasy land. They’ve followed the Duluth School Board model to the letter:… Continue Reading
At least there is one serious journalist in Northern Minnesota January 26, 2011 What’s happening north of us so reminds me of Duluth’s Red Plan which justified itself by saying we would save two million a year… Continue Reading
JCI lamprey uses false figures – The DNT proceeds cluelessly January 23, 2011 “…but liars figure.” That’s how Twain ends a famous epigram. Only sometimes the figures are lies. Its funny how by inflating St. Louis county’s… Continue Reading
A bill of goods notwithstanding nothing can stop a JCI plan January 20, 2011 School district officials and project managers are so confident they have the votes for approval this time around that they have already advertised for… Continue Reading
Bill of goods January 20, 2011 “While the spreadsheet is purported to demonstrate more than $5 million in cost savings, it, in fact, strongly suggests that individuals who developed the… Continue Reading
And how much did JCI deceive ISD 709? January 8, 2011 the Timberjay pecks at JCI: In doing so, it has become increasingly clear why JCI attempted to keep this documented from close scrutiny. In… Continue Reading
Public data and corporate evasion January 7, 2011 I wish the Duluth News Tribune would demand public data like the tiny little Timberjay has. The article begins: Johnson Controls, Inc. violated state… Continue Reading
When you’ve listened to a slick salesman… December 29, 2010 When you’ve been caught breaking the open meeting law, when you’ve been called on the carpet for it there is only one recourse….Payback. Punish… Continue Reading
And for the Editorial reaction December 29, 2010 The Timberjay editorializes about the previous two stories. Continue Reading
How JCI conducts business in violation of the open mtg law December 29, 2010 Again from the Timberjay. At the same time, four board members were found meeting together over drinks in a Virginia bar and restaurant following… Continue Reading