Governing Around a Fistfight

Thu. Jul. 24th, 2014

Good old School Board-style democracy! Horrible government, but if you like a good fight…

A Few Words About the State “Audit”

Thu. Jul. 31st, 2014

from the naïve citizen who set it all up

Stress Fracture

Thu. Aug. 28th, 2014

Everyone keeps lecturing the Board of Education about getting along. In reality the Board is split by a seemingly irreparable fracture.

Exposing the Warts

Thu. Sep. 25th, 2014

The honorable research scientist, Dr. Glass, made a reappearance in the boardroom of ISD 709, to observe the spectacle of the September school board meeting. Afterwards, I asked him: “Felt like old times, Gary?” His reply: “Same as always, only worse

Tragic, Strange and Absurd

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014

I don’t know how to broach this one. I’ll just say that it all started out so happily. The auditorium of old Central was not roiling with a malcontented throng ready to critically engage its government.

The Stinking Fish

Thu. Nov. 13th, 2014

These are observations from one of the few people permitted to read the full, unredacted investigative report on the six charges leveled against Duluth School Board member Art Johnston

The Calm Before the Storm

Thu. Nov. 27th, 2014

The people in control of the Duluth public school system told us the half-billion-dollar Red Plan would be half free, because of all the money we’d SAVE. They told us the buildings the plan abandoned would sell like hot cocoa on the lake walk in Dec

More School Board Fun & Games

Wed. Dec. 3rd, 2014  |  Robert Boone

The fun and games with the Duluth School District continued on Tuesday, December 2nd

More School Board Fun and Games

Thu. Dec. 4th, 2014  |  Robert Boone

Kraus-Anderson to buy Central High School

All Aboard the Loony Train

Thu. Dec. 11th, 2014

Blending a mix of clown and Nazi behavior is not easily done, but the school board has thrown itself into the endeavor for several years. The Red Plan’s wreckage—the Board’s enduring gift to us all