Paul Door in 2008:

October 31, 2008 - Anti-Minneapolis levy group says it has Iowa consultant's help - With just days left before the election, an anti-levy group claiming to be affiliated with an Iowa consultant who helped torpedo Robbinsdale schools' levy last year has surfaced in Minneapolis, Star Tribune (Citizens for a Quality Education Minneapolis).

Paul Dorr in 2007

In 2007, Paul Dorr was hired to oppose the Robbinsdale referendum.  Dorr is an Iowa-based campaign consultant on a mission. Resources:

• November 26, 2007 - Memo to MN DFL Senators Re: Paul Dorr anti-levy referendum campaigns, MN Senate Majority Research.
  
  
• October 25, 2007 - Heated Levy Battle In Robbinsdale District - The fight is on to increase taxes to fund education and in the Robbinsdale School District, the battle is getting ugly, WCCO (WCCO video).

Paul Dorr in 2005

In 2005, Paul Dorr was hired to oppose the Orono Schools referendum in Long Lake, MN.  Resources:

• C.A.R.E. Doesn't Care! - Save Orono Schools.
  
  
• November 8, 2005 - We don't need no public education - Paul Dorr, the political consultant and anti-public-school crusader from Ocheyedan, Iowa, has resurfaced again in Minnesota, this time in an attempt to defeat bond referenda in Orono and Kingsland school districts, City Pages Blotter.
  
  
• November 4, 2005 - Consultant becomes the issue in school referendum campaign, Minnesota Public Radio.
  
  

• Why I Defeat Government School Bond Levies At The Ballot Box And Do It For A Profit - LewRockwell.com.

Taxpayers League

Sometimes a group is willing to play hardball. Read this 2002 Star Tribune article to learn how the Freedom Club/Taxpayers League of Minnesota helped get us to where we are today.

November 1, 2007 - Phil Krinkie's Conservative Views on Schools, 2007 Special Features.

Additional Resources

Alliance for the Separation of School & State - Helping families choose academic independence by freeing themselves from government schools and educating the public about the history of and danger of state-controlled education. We support the complete separation of school and state.
(Note: Sound lovely? Think about an uneducated America.)

First Class Education - Working to change the laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to make public schools more effective and efficient by requiring at least 65% of every K-12 education dollar be spent on “in the classroom instruction” as defined by the National Center for Educational Statistics.
(Note: The remaining 35% non-classroom expenditures would include district and school administration and support services, operations and maintenance (utilities, transportation, facilities), staff development, pupil and instructional support services (librarians, guidance couselors, school nurses)…. That means the lights, heat, the very schools our children attend, teacher training, and librarians are not essential to the education of our children. So where are the kids supposed to learn? And what are the teachers supposed to be teaching? And why not just turn the lights and the heat off now? Learn more about The 70% Game in Minnesota.)

Rapid Referendum Response - Background information on anti-referendum campaigns and how school districts can prepare and respond, Minnesota Association of School Administrators.