Durrwachter understands what it means to work for a living, raise children under financial pressure and confront people with more institutional power than she possesses. She does not appear to regard City Hall as a private club.
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Duluth taxpayers are not prepared to approve another vague promise that new money will stabilize a system the district admits will remain financially unstable.
Before City Hall asks property owners for another increase, it must account for the recurring $4.5 million created by its retiree health care breakthrough.