A second Candidate’s Debate September 30, 2013 There was a debate for at large and the eastern district school board candidates at the Lakeside Community Club tonight. There were about twenty… Continue Reading
Art Johnston, Part 1 September 19, 2013 The dilemma of a Reporter: My rainy day post has been bothering me ever since I wrote it. I hate it when people tell… Continue Reading
1 – 2 – 3 September 18, 2013 You will note that the three previous posts are not in order. That’s because I failed to post the first one when I’d completed… Continue Reading
After the Civil War 2 – “Little Billy Gronseth from Morgan Park” September 18, 2013 That’s how Superintendent Gronseth described himself to me when he introduced himself to me after the last School Board meeting. He was puzzled and… Continue Reading
Where to all the Readers come from? August 3, 2013 The first two days of August have averaged almost 2,000 new readers. That’s up from the 300’s a couple days earlier. I hope they… Continue Reading
TMI from HRW #2 July 27, 2013 Too much information from Harry Welty #2 – Sat. 7/27/2013 It will not be necessary for me to send this as an email to… Continue Reading
Burning my house down February 28, 2013 Some kids have been talking about burning my house down. So says Robin Washington of the DNT. He got a call from someone in… Continue Reading
709 equity February 8, 2013 I’ll heap even more abuse on the Duluth School District, its Administrators and School Board in the next post as well as the Duluth… Continue Reading
GOP = Ghastly Organized Putrescence Pt 2 January 25, 2013 I’ve felt compelled to think long and hard about Thomas Jefferson through the years because I know that my Grandfather, George Robb, had so… Continue Reading
More on Esko’s math scores January 18, 2013 As my eight loyal readers can attest I do not go out of my way to defend the Duluth Schools. On the other hand… Continue Reading
My life as an anvil salesman – Pt 1 January 18, 2013 Yup. Another post beginning Pt. 1. If you are one of my long time readers the “eight loyal readers” you understand that I’ve got… Continue Reading
Red Plan Ennui December 12, 2012 I’ve had it for a couple years. Mine comes from burn out. I continue to flog the subject out of a masochistic sort of… Continue Reading
I’ll believe its the last email when I stop seeing any more of them November 3, 2012 After receiving a host of emails from the Obama campaign over the past year the pace of emails has picked up greatly as the… Continue Reading
I still think the 8th District is Cravaack’s to lose September 1, 2012 And he’ll have about a million dollars to defend himself far more than his DFL challenger has in the bank. But a couple partisan… Continue Reading
Thanks for hanging in there for the blog August 2, 2012 If I can believe my blog’s stats my eight loyal readers keep coming back everytime I abandon them because of a vacation or my… Continue Reading
Vacation, Apathy, Metamorphosis, Whatever July 9, 2012 I suspect that my eight loyal readers are close to giving up on me. Every so often since I started this blog in 2006… Continue Reading
2AM – 5/9/2012 – Orderliness in lieu of accomplishment May 9, 2012 My eight loyal readers have often read in my posts a claim that I am more interested in writing a book than getting elected…. Continue Reading
2AM – 5/9/2012 – on waking May 9, 2012 Been up for an hour thinking random thoughts. Time for a little stream of conscience blogging, perhaps to make up for so little blogging… Continue Reading
Caro Syrup April 28, 2012 If my eight loyal readers didn’t anticipate this I’ll make it clear. My book is not going to be finished this year. I concluded… Continue Reading
Good night Lincolndemocrat… March 19, 2012 …good morning welty4congress. Yes, I know I joke around about using a congressional campaign to sell books. Its also meant to light a fire… Continue Reading