Entries for 'James A. Shanahan'

August 03, 2010

Referendum Requirements

Posted at 09:29 by: James A. Shanahan | E-mail | Permalink | Comments (0)

IF I WERE KING! In other words, what change would I make if I were in charge and had the power to implement such a change unilater...

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August 02, 2010

Build America Bond Program

Posted at 12:35 by: James A. Shanahan | E-mail | Permalink | Comments (0)

IF I WERE KING! In other words, what change would I make if I were in charge and had the power to implement such change unilaterally. What w...

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October 23, 2009

If I Were King!

Posted at 13:14 by: James A. Shanahan | E-mail | Permalink | Comments (1)

IF I WERE KING! Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it. But where did the title to my new Blog originate and why? The first question is easy to answer. I made it up. For the last thirty years, I have served as bond counsel on hundreds (maybe even a thousand) municipal bond transactions. During the initial planning meeting for each financing when I would explain the statutory process that has to be followed to sell the bonds and how the bonds would ultimately be marketed, there would often come a moment where I would utter that phrase. In fact, the phrase has been used so often that friends and colleagues had the expression emblazoned on a tee-shirt shared by attendees at a birthday celebration for me.

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