November 30: Muniland Snaps
Good Links
WaPo: Congress likely to extend payroll tax cut, but what about an unemployment insurance extension?
Reuters: Shift from state and local government job cuts toward federal job cuts
NASBO: Here’s how it looks state by state: Fiscal Survey of the States – Fall 2011
NY Fed: Slow deleveraging: consumer debt fell by $60 billion to $11.66 trillion in Q3 2011
Fundweb: S&P says tough times ahead for muniland but no big meltdown
Reynolds Center: Journalists and bloggers guide to using MSRB’s EMMA system
@Twitter Talk
@GreeneBarrett Barrett and Greene In FY2012, states’ yearend budgetary balances + Rainy Day Funds projected @ $41 billion or 6.2% of GF spending — up from 4.6% in FY2010
@munilass Bond Girl Sales tax treatment of groceries, soda, and candy by state bit.ly/tigdfe
@NCSLorg NCSL State legislatures decide when to hold (and pay for) a presidential primary. Learn how states make those decisions: goo.gl/uzTOV
@StatesideAssoc Stateside Associates Unlike Washington, the state of Idaho is unlikely to end its liquor monopoly anytime soon bit.ly/vNeHTR
@coopnytimes Michael Cooper Timothy Williams shows how public sector layoffs are eroding the black middle class and reversing recent gains nyti.ms/urQrGb
@JonAPrior Jon Prior Still 10.7 million borrowers underwater on their mortgage, but California drops out of top 5 states. goo.gl/nNSqM
@enablingcity The Enabling City Strip Appeal, a call to reinvent the strip mall: strip-appeal.com
@CorbinHiar Corbin Hiar Each year, 220 pounds of food is wasted per consumer in the U.S. ow.ly/7HM1m


