Category: Bonds

Bonds, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, Elections, Guy Phillips, Taxes

Guy on the Bonds

September 3, 2013 2 Comments

From Scottsdale City Councilman Guy Phillips: Fellow Scottsdale Citizens, I have re-opened my newsletter to let you know about the upcoming bond election. A brief history will tell you that a group of Chamber of Commerce-backed businesses, construction companies, and a few token residents known as the Bond Task Force compiled a list of […]

Bar District, Bob Littlefield, Bonds, Chamber of Commerce, City Council, City Services, Dennis Robbins, Economic Sustainability, Elections, Guy Phillips, Jim Lane, Linda Milhaven, Politics, Ron McCullagh, Suzanne Klapp, Taxes, Transportation, Zoning & Development

Bond Arguments

August 7, 2013 No Comments

“For” and “against” arguments to be printed in the pamphlet for the November bond election were due this afternoon. Here are the submissions. You’ll note the usual suspects (developers, affiliates, and their Chamber of Commerce cronies) represented among the proponents. No surprise there. They will be the biggest direct beneficiaries of the resulting make-work projects […]

Bonds, City Council, Economic Sustainability, Politics, Taxes

Tucson Muni Bonds Downgraded

July 29, 2013 1 Comment

This article appeared in the Arizona Daily Independent on 3 June 2013: Moody’s downgrades Tucson bonds June 3, 2013 By ADI News Services Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a Aa3 rating to the City of Tucson’s General Obligation Bonds Tax-Exempt Series 2012-A (2013) and General Obligation Refunding Bonds Federally Taxable/State of Arizona Tax-Exempt Series 2013-B. […]