Linn County got the five-star bond rating in July 1999, the last time the county issued debt. Steve Tucker, the county’[s finance director, said once you get a rating like that, it’s easy to maintain.
Rating services like Moody’s look at a county for a few indicators before they award a good rating:
1) Good governance.
2) Competent [...]
Archive for February, 2008
An AAA bond rating. What is it good for?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mark March 10 on your calendar if you care about county salaries.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s the day Lu Barron said she and the other supervisors will take action to “address this issue (their salaries, that is) more concretely.” She wouldn’t say on the record what they will do, but hinted that ”…it’s going to cost us a lot of money.”
So to some degree, the writing’s on the wall. Dogged by the issue of [...]
Supervisor candidates
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following have asked the Linn County Auditor’s office for the papers required to run for county supervisor. Others may have downloaded the documents from the county’s website. Papers must be filed by March 26.
District 1: Leon Dale D
District 1: Lu Barron D
District 2: Linda Langston D
District 2: John Erceg R
District 2: Bernita Rozinek D
District 3: Benjamin Rogers D
District [...]
