Media
Selected recent media quotes and appearances:
March 18, 2020 - interview with Voice of America about Coronavirus' impact on state and local budgets
March 16, 2020 - quoted in a Marketplace story about city rainy day funds
March 12, 2020 - interview with KCBS radio (San Francisco) about the financial market turmoil
November 26, 2019 - quoted in a Stateline story about climate change and municipal credit ratings
November 11, 2019 - quoted in a Washington Post story about Seattle elections and tax policy
November 7, 2019 - quoted in a Route Fifty story about California's Local Government High Risk Dashboard
October 18, 2019 - quoted in a Stateline story about climate change and state/local borrowing costs
September 24, 2019 - quoted in a New York Times story on tax preferences in New Jersey
September 18, 2019 - quoted in a Clarin (Buenos Aires) story on the impact of Fed rate cuts
August 15, 2019 - quoted in an Education Dive story about the financial implications of California's Council for Post-Secondary Education
November 1, 2018 - quoted in a Seattle Met story about public investment in Safeco Field
September 30, 2018 - quoted in a Yakima Herald story about corruption charges at the City of Wapato, WA
May 16, 2018 - quoted in a Seattle Times story about City of Seattle employee pensions
April 25, 2018 - interview with CBC-Montreal about the NHL in Seattle
April 20, 2018 - quoted in a Climate Liability News story about litigation over climate change disclosures in municipal bond offering documents
February 22, 2018 - quoted in a Governing story about the fiscal health of the Amazon HQ2 finalist cities
February 13, 2018 - quoted in a Newswire story about the Trump infrastructure plan
February 12, 2018 - quoted in a Law 360 story on fiscal equalization
December 21, 2017 - quoted in a Seattle Times story about growth in the City of Seattle's spending
September 6, 2017 - quoted in a Deadspin story about Seattle arena finances.
August 28, 2017 - quoted in a Bloomberg View story about proposed local taxes in Seattle
August 14, 2017 - interview with Q13 News about the UW Seattle Arena Finance project
August 2, 2017 - quoted in a Q13 News story about Seattle's Proposition 1 ballot initiative
July 31, 2017 - appeared on Professor Jeff Shulman's "Seattle Growth Podcast" to discuss the UW Seattle Arena Finance project
July 20, 2017 - quoted in a Wall Street Journal story about Seattle's city income tax
July 14, 2017 - appeared on Chris Cashman and Chris Daniels' "Next Best Podcast" to discuss the UW Seattle Arena Finance project
July 12, 2017 - interview with KOMO News about Seattle's proposed city income tax
July 11, 2017 - coverage of the UW Seattle Arena Finance project, in the Seattle PI, KING 5, SportsPress NW
May 26, 2017 - quoted in an Arkansas Democrat Gazette story about the University of Arkansas' forthcoming bond issue
April 22, 2017 - quoted in a Seattle Met story about Mayor Ed Murray's proposed local income tax
April 14, 2017 - appeared on the GovLove podcast to discuss trends in Master of Public Administration programs
April 5, 2017 - quoted in a Seattle Met story about Mayor Ed Murray's proposed sales tax to fund services for the homeless
November 2, 2016 - quoted in a Seattle Times story about King County's (WA) use of consumer marketing data
November 1, 2016 - quoted in an Arkansas Democrat Gazette story about the University of Arkansas football stadium bond deal
September 9, 2016 - quoted in a Keystone Crossroads (Pittsburgh NPR) story about municipal bond ratings
August 3, 2016 - quoted in an Illinois News Network story about public-private partnerships
July 10, 2016 - quoted in a Houston Chronicle story about the Houston Independent School District's procurement practices for bond counsel
June 7, 2016 - quoted in a Governing story about the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board's proposed standard on tax expenditure reporting
March 15, 2016 - quoted in a MarketWatch story about municipal bond issuance and the 2016 election
March 14, 2016 - interview with BEFM Radio (Busan, South Korea) about local bond elections
January 26, 2016 - interview with KIRO 7 (Seattle) about State Senator Maralyn Chase's (D-Edmonds) proposed income tax
September 29, 2015 - interview with ICMA TV about my ICMA/GFOA report
August 19, 2015 - quoted in a Bond Buyer story about my ICMA/GFOA report
August 16, 2015 - quoted in a Detroit News story about school finance in Michigan
August 13, 2015 - CitySpeak (National League of Cities blog) story about my ICMA/GFOA report
July 31, 2015 - quoted in a Washington Post story about public-private partnerships in rural communities
May 16, 2015 - quoted in a Tacoma News-Tribune story about cost allocations to Tacoma's Click! utility
May 3, 2015 - quoted in a Boston Globe story about the risks to taxpayers of Boston's Olympic bid
March 20, 2015 - GovLoop podcast on activity-based costing in state and local government
January 27, 2015 - Interview with UW TV about the Governing Guide to Financial Literacy
January 11, 2015 - quoted in a Seattle Times story about the state budget process
September 3, 2014 - quoted in a Seattle Times story about public school funding in Washington State
November 4, 2013 - interview with Michigan Radio (NPR) about the proposed merger of the cities of Saugatuck and Douglas
August 6, 2013 - interview with Al Jazeera America about Seattle's tunnel construction project
December 18, 2012 - quoted in a Bloomberg story about the financing of the University of Washington football stadium
July 19, 2012 - interview with KCBS radio (San Francisco) about alleged LIBOR manipulation
July 17, 2012 - quoted in a WNYC story about the potential effects of LIBOR manipulation on municipal finance