by Robert Jessup | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services recently sent a letter to the local governments for which it maintains ratings – apparently that’s about 20,000 issuers across the United States. In the letter, S&P tells issuers they need to send to S&P documents from...
by Robert Jessup | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog
Back in February, I posted this article on why I think the LGC’s proposed debt maturity guidelines are unfair as applied to refundings of long-term USDA debt. In March, the LGC staff said it would assemble a small stakeholders group to work through the proposed...
by Robert Jessup | Jun 1, 2014 | Blog
Every lawyer probably has his or her own list. Let me mention three that affect the North Carolina local government and public finance practice. Change the existing prohibition on “gifts and favors” Section 133-32 of the General Statutes may be the biggest joke in the...
