MuniLand Snaps: January 4, 2012
The City of Chicago mashes up information about snow removal, and throws in some social media coolness, too. Source: GovTech
Good Links
Center for the Study of the Public Domain: Why the public domain matters
Bloomberg: Corner turned? Fifteen states report revenue exceeding projections
Bond Buyer: The IRS has found a good use for bond pricing data from MSRB’s EMMA system
Bond Buyer: Municipal bond issuance for 2011 at $295 billion
Bloomberg: The 10th “dump on Meredith Whitney” story, but this one is good
Reuters: GE Unit to pay $70 million over muni bond bid-rigging
Common Dreams: Ohio fracking wells closed after earthquakes
@Twitter Talk
@dvandeventer Donald van Deventer #Muniland -since week of 7/16/2010 there has only been one city with CDS trades reported by DTCC: City of New York.
@CorbinHiar Corbin Hiar U.S. needs more than $600 billion to fix its leaky water infrastructure: ow.ly/8gGyO
@RWJF_Coverage RWJF Coverage Team RT @nytimeshealth: Nowhere to Go, Patients Linger in Hospitals, at a High Cost nyti.ms/vUvlbl
@jessevantol Jesse Van Tol I caught up on some reading over the holidays. Mostly fiction, but also @Shelterforce magazine. Best trade pub for housing & community bldg.
@PensionDialog Pension Dialog RT @CalPERS: “the sky is not falling on the California pension system” ow.ly/8gOJu
@markzbarabak Mark Z. Barabak Breaking: A state-appointed review panel will recommend CA xgr not authorize $6 billion in bonds to start $98.5-billion bullet train project


