April 2, 2019
David Swenson, associate scientist, was interviewed for a March 31 Quad-City Times story, "Iowa legislators look to slow property tax growth."
Swenson also questioned why legislators landed on 2 percent as a trigger. “That’s nothing but an arbitrary number. It makes no sense. It has no relationship either to the rate and pace of growth of the cost of public services in Iowa or the inflation rate. In and of itself, the 2 percent is just a number somebody pulled out of a hat as far as I am concerned,” he said.
The story was also covered by:
Bettendorf.com
Dyersville Commercial, April 10
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Cityview