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Without comment: The Great State Fight

Good Links

Reuters: Swing states in muniland

Pensions and Investments: Pew Center: State pension funding gap widens

Pew Charitable Trust: States are $1.38 trillion short in funding retirement systems

Bloomberg: Pension reforms have their day in court

Reuters: Mayors back parents seizing control of schools

Bloomberg: Municipal regulators crack down on disclosure enforcement

Salon: Tactical urbanism, the “low-cost, low-commitment, incremental approach to city building”

@Twitter Talk

U.S. public retiree benefits gap grows to $1.38 trillion reut.rs/KYI5PB via @reuters

— Tiziana Barghini (@TizianaBarghini) June 18, 2012

#Illinois may close some state parks. In #California, they’re privatizing them. Two views.trib.in/MZppR7 and on.wsj.com/LqSE3S — Stephen C. Fehr (@scfehr1) June 18, 2012

Ghost Towns of California. j.mp/LnFPax #CA #geography

— Matthias Rascher (@matthiasrascher) June 18, 2012

Famous last words: “We could afford it.” MT @GlobeAndrewRyan: Boston to raise pensions, bucking nat’l trend. bo.st/MYrzAy — Dante Ramos (@danteramos) June 18, 2012

“Number 1 tee is elevated 75 yards, offering a spectacular view of Louisiana’s only maximum security prison.” prisonviewgolf.com

— Kevin Depew (@kevindepew) June 18, 2012