{"id":23617,"date":"2017-10-27T09:14:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T14:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=23617"},"modified":"2017-10-27T09:26:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T14:26:13","slug":"snow-purge-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=23617","title":{"rendered":"Snow Purge #3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loren Martell always writes long, very lon<\/em>g, columns about the School Board. (With millions of words on the subject here at Lincoln Democrat I should talk!)<\/p>\n

Today’s piece in the reader is, however, simply mesmerizing. Its mesmerizing for his honesty and its exposure of the powers-that-be in this City and how they have brought our public schools down to their knees and then punished any truth tellers pointing the finger at them for the destruction they are responsible for causing. For once I can tell you all to read it to the end<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sample:<\/p>\n

“The bad headlines<\/strong><\/p>\n

The News Tribune and the rest of the establishment painted me and others who opposed the Red Plan as bad citizens who didn\u2019t care about the little children\u2019s future. The reason we opposed the Red Plan was because, right out of the gate, we saw that it was a dumb idea. We did not believe running up a bill of nearly half a billion would \u201csave\u201d $122 million; we did not believe the vacated buildings would sell for big money; we did not believe the huge aquatic centers and all the other over-the-top extravagancies would be a magnet for students; we did not believe getting rid of all the schools in the center of Duluth–a city nearly thirty miles long, with an already existent east-west divide–would create \u201ceducational equity.\u201d <\/p>\n

A week or so ago (10\/18\/17,) the News Tribune reported on a forum sponsored by the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation. Comments from some of the attendees were included in the report. One concerned mother \u201cexplained that she moved to Duluth to raise her children because of the city\u2019s size,\u201d but had \u201ccome to feel there\u2019s a \u2018good side\u2019 and a \u2018bad side\u2019 to the city, and (is) troubled by the division.\u201d Another woman said \u201cshe\u2019s concerned that the \u2018trouble students\u2019 only live on the western side of Duluth, and the division began when the school district closed Central.\u201d<\/p>\n

At what point does it become evident that this town has been listening to the wrong people: the News Tribune and the rest of the stodgy establishment? Just look at what the alternative press was saying, back in 2008: ……………..”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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