- Developing and Implementing Procedures for Post-Issuance Tax Compliance for Issuers of Governmental Bonds.
- GFOA, NABL Issue Guidance on Post-Issuance Tax-Compliance.
- Expanding Municipal Securities Enforcement: Profound Changes for Issuers and Officials.
- First Municipal Advisor Political Contribution Disclosures Due in October.
- MSRB Proposes Historic Dealer Markup Disclosure for Retail Investors.
- BDA Submits Comment Letter to the SEC on FINRA’s Retail Confirmation Rule.
- S&P: What’s Next For U.S. Municipal Green Bonds?
- Enrollment for Series 50 Exam Begins September 12, 2016.
- Nichols v. City of Rehoboth Beach – Court of Appeals holds that city’s expenditure of municipal funds to hold a special election for approval of bond issue was not sufficient to establish municipal taxpayer standing on taxpayer who sought to challenge certain voting procedures used in the special election authorizing the bonds.
- And finally, Unclear on the Concept is brought to you this week by Carolina Convenience Stores, Inc. v. City of Spartanburg, in which the city attempted to resolve a hostage standoff in a convenience store by breaching the building with a bulldozer. An honest-to-god bulldozer. Upon noticing that, mysteriously, the building suddenly looked a tad dinged up, the owners “were asked to tear it down as it did not comply with ordinances regarding vacant commercial buildings in its damaged state.” [Cut to the dumbfounded Patels.] And then we get to the part where we try – and fail – to cram the words “negotiate” and “bulldozer” into the same sentence. Job well done, Spartanburg. Job well done.