Finance Committee Hearing on the Bonds for the MBNA Charters on Monday

Finance Committee Hearing on the Bonds for the MBNA Charters on Monday

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We talked about this here, when this item first came onto the City Council calendar. Monday -- January 6, 2014 -- at 5:00 is the Finance Committee hearing that will explore this proposal in some detail. You can see the agenda for the meeting here -- this is the only item on the schedule. The meeting is open to the public, and is going to be held in the 1st Floor Council Workshop room (next to the Council Chambers) in the Redding Bldg. Pass this info along to anyone you think will be interested in what happens here.
Saturday Open Thread [1.4.14]

Saturday Open Thread [1.4.14]

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Pope Francis has been in the business of afflicting the comfortable recently and one of the comfortable has issues -- noting that the Pope doesn't understand American rich people and that donations by rich American Catholics might now be at risk:
At issue is an effort to raise $180 million for the restoration of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York being spearheaded by billionaire Ken Langone, the investor known for founding Home Depot, among other things. Langone told CNBC that one potential seven-figure donor is concerned about statements from the pope criticizing market economies as "exclusionary," urging the rich to give more to the poor and criticizing a "culture of prosperity" that leads some to become "incapable of feeling compassion for the poor."