by Robert Jessup | Jan 16, 2024 | Blog
Back in 2013, the Town of Hillsborough issued North Carolina’s first “special assessment revenue bonds.” Most of the proceeds went to pay costs of constructing a road through Waterstone, a large development that includes a variety of housing units and the UNC Health –...
by Robert Jessup | Jan 10, 2024 | Blog
When you have a project that needs approval from the Local Government Commission, not everything you need to know about the process is written down in one place (or in many cases, written down at all). Bond lawyers and financial advisers will help you navigate, but it...
by Robert Jessup | Jan 5, 2024 | Blog
The State Auditor’s investigative reports on local governments sometimes document really bad, and even criminal, behavior by local government officials. In other cases, the findings are more about sloppiness, although sloppiness that gets bad enough can have criminal...