6/28/2022 7:45:00 PM Citing inflation, mayor says now's not the time for a school bond referendum
With the economy dramatically affected by inflation, now's not the time for the Stewartville School District to ask for $38.5 million to improve its schools, Mayor Jimmie-John King told a small gathering of residents at the Central Education last week. King, one of about 10 residents other than school officials and School Board members who attended an informational meeting at the CEC cafeteria on Tuesday evening, June 21, said the current economic climate reminds him of the spring of 1980, when the U.S. inflation rate climbed to 18 percent... For more on this story pick up your copy of the June 28 Stewartville STAR.
