Executive Director Classie Dudley began working for Community Action Duluth (CAD) on June 7, 2022. Even though 29-year-old Dudley had no experience running a...
On a 2.5-acre site in Morgan Park, the Duluth Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) is building 12 modest single-family homes on 50-foot-wide lots. The...
Beaver Bay citizens have been concerned about the town’s finances since 2023, when City Clerk Kristy Gregory was hired. After Beaver Bay resident Ellie...
When Duluthian Erik Lindgren was looking for property to build his hunting camp, he found a promising ten-acre parcel in Lakewood Township. The tax-forfeited...
This is one of many reasons why we lack good quality people on commissions. Why put in the time when the admin can control it? This commission, on the other hand, has very good, quality, citizens, highly educated on what they’re overseeing.
It would be a shame if Jim Filby Williams gets his way on this. He has always acted like this and shouldn’t be in the position he is in. All commissioners’ role is to advise and inform the administration and the city councilors. Unfortunately, we have six councilors that rubber-stamp everything administration puts forward.
I applaud this commission for standing up to Jim Filby Williams, and doing what is right. What is he afraid of? Information or advice that one of the commissions is advancing is their role! This is one of the many reasons our city is stuck in the past.
This is one of many reasons why we lack good quality people on commissions. Why put in the time when the admin can control it? This commission, on the other hand, has very good, quality, citizens, highly educated on what they’re overseeing.
It would be a shame if Jim Filby Williams gets his way on this. He has always acted like this and shouldn’t be in the position he is in. All commissioners’ role is to advise and inform the administration and the city councilors. Unfortunately, we have six councilors that rubber-stamp everything administration puts forward.
I applaud this commission for standing up to Jim Filby Williams, and doing what is right. What is he afraid of? Information or advice that one of the commissions is advancing is their role! This is one of the many reasons our city is stuck in the past.