RE: Libraries and Bonds

2000-11-06 Thread David Brauer
Lawrence Rudnick argues: >A quick look at the Metropolitan Council's summary of top-bond-rated cities >(www.metrocouncil.org/Region/ri121.htm) lists five cities with rankings >of Aaa or Aa1: Minneapolis, Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. >Except for Minneapolis, all four have breath-taking

Re: Libraries and Bonds

2000-11-06 Thread Mark Wilde
i appreciate mr. rudnick's work in tracking down all these resources. it is this type of informative post that makes me glad to be a member of this list. i am in support of the library referendum because i use the downtown library a lot, as well as southeast and northeast branches. IMHO (In My H

Libraries and Bonds

2000-11-06 Thread Lawrence Rudnick
Wallace Swan has written to this list and to the SW Journal and the StarTrib re: our bond ratings and his concern about approving the Better Libraries referendum. I'm no expert on ratings, and all the factors that go into them, so I appreciated the tutorial in the StarTrib, but found it to fall s