From the News Tribune Apr 20, 1989
“Less than a day after voters rejected a $55 million school bond issue, Duluth school Superintendent Elliot Moeser said yesterday a smaller building project may appear on the ballot this fall. Replacing of Washington Junior High School is a priority.”
This was the year Tim Grover and I became allies as we tried to save Washington Jr. from the School Board. This bond referendum at $55 million was a lot smaller than the Red Plan. How much less? I took inflation into account and posted this in October of 2007:
It’s also been argued that the Red Plan’s colossal $293 million expense is simply inflation over 1989’s failed $55 million plan. This too is nonsense. We haven’t suffered from 500% inflation over the last 18 years. If you used 2006 dollars on 1989’s $55 million plan it would only cost Duluth $90.3 million dollars today. That’s less than one third the cost of the Red Plan.
