MuniLand

A well-to-do city outside Atlanta incorporated and privatized most of the municipal services it provides. More from conservative think tank Reason.

Good Links

NYT: Doughnuts defeating poverty

WaPo: What happens if a state opts out of Medicaid, in one chart

NPR: At work and at play, how cities stack up

Tableau: How California gets its revenue

WisconsinReporter.com: Wisconsin pensions get shock treatment

Stateline: Detroit and Michigan: A fragile bargain

Oakland North: Oakland votes to terminate swap agreement with Goldman Sachs

U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Town of Mammoth Lakes bankruptcy case

PFSK.com: McAllen, Texas turns abandoned Walmart into a public library

@Twitter Talk

#HHS Offers to Pay Six Years of Operating Costs for Some States’ #ObamaCare Exchanges -j.mp/N8AOgZ

— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) July 5, 2012

MSRB Requests Comment on Proposal to Limit Dealers from Providing Consents on Behalf of Bondholders msrb.org/News-and-Event… — MSRB (@MSRB_News) July 5, 2012

Average population of entities filing Ch 9before Dec 2007 was 2,260. After recession began, increased to 99,083.

— Bond Girl (@munilass) July 5, 2012

And the #muniland fund inflow beat goes on… reut.rs/MCABs1 via @reuters — Bob Nelson (@BNels22) July 6, 2012