Moody’s Investors Service has lowered Monroe County’s bond rating, which could translate to higher borrowing costs. The move follows an approximately two-year period where Moody’s first increased the county’s rating, then held it steady. The financial services company issued the action yesterday and it also changed the county’s ratings outlook โ its prediction of future […]
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A little County Legislature humor
During his state Senate campaign, Democrat Ted O’Brien stressed the need to relieve local governments of some burdens imposed by the state. So he had to have expected some post-election joking when he returned to the Monroe County Legislature for a committee meeting last night. (O’Brien, a Democrat, doesn’t take his seat in the Senate […]






