Monday, June 1, 2020

100 years ago June 1, 1920 Dubuque gets its First City Manager


Dubuque adopted the City Manager form of government 100 years ago. This front-page story and subsequent selected articles reveal the fiscal condition of the city and the need for better management. 



An audit by the State of Iowa presented to Manager Carr showed even more problems. 



Then came this Section Two headline on June 13, 1920







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