OCTOBER 8, 2025
Voices of the Tri-States:
a Conversation with Cindy Kohlman
This Voices of the Tri-States episode aired on KDTH (1370 AM) with Paul Kern, Chair of the Vote No Committee. Kohlman and Kern discussed some of the reasons why the Vote No School Bond Committee is opposed to the Yes Vote for a $121,9 00,000 new school.
- $70,000,000 General Obligation Bond, and
- $51,900,000 borrowed against future revenue from the SAVE Fund.
Listen below.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
Vote No Group Asks for
a Middle School Renovation Estimate
by John Rhodes
A group of Dubuque School District voters who have organized the Vote No campaign opposed to the $70-million-dollar referendum are asking the Dubuque Community School Board* to provide a cost estimate of what it would be to renovate Washington Middle School.
Vote No campaign leader Paul Kern says they believe remodeling the building would come at a much smaller price tag and cost to tax payers than the estimated nearly $122-million dollars to tear down Washington and build a new facility combining Washington and Jefferson.
Kern cites the recent multi-phase renovation of Dubuque Senior High as an example which cost approximately 64-million dollars and is also a building over 100 years old.