{"id":4053,"date":"2010-07-13T22:06:29","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T02:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2010-07-13T22:06:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T02:06:29","slug":"arlington-that-free-spending-socialist-utopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2010\/07\/13\/arlington-that-free-spending-socialist-utopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington, that Free-Spending Socialist Utopia . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

just had its 3 x AAA bond rating re-affirmed<\/a>:<\/p>\n

For the tenth straight year, Arlington has scored a financial \u00e2\u20ac\u0153triple-triple.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d All three major bond rating agencies have just affirmed Arlington\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AAA bond rating, the highest rating available.<\/p>\n

[ . . . ]<\/p>\n

Arlington is one of only 35 counties across the country that has a triple AAA rating. It allows the county to borrow money at the lowest possible rates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, it’s not lost on me that I’ve roundly criticized the bond-rating agencies elsewhere, but if you’re a relatively small county that can manage to convince all three that you’re doing it that well? \u00c2\u00a0You’re doing something right.<\/p>\n

Arlington isn’t perfect, but seriously, if the world had our problems, it would be a better place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

just had its 3 x AAA bond rating re-affirmed: For the tenth straight year, Arlington has scored a financial \u00e2\u20ac\u0153triple-triple.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d All three major bond rating agencies have just affirmed Arlington\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s AAA bond rating, the highest rating available. [ . . . ] Arlington is one of only 35 counties across the country that has a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t