Mayor Benjamin to join Municipal Bonds 101 panel
July 1, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin will help lead a panel of experts on Capitol Hill tomorrow,Wednesday, July 2nd for Municipal Bonds 101, an educational forum to help inform government leaders and finance professionals on the importance of preserving tax-exempt municipal bonds as the chief source of funding for infrastructure projects across the nation.
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin announced today that he has been chosen to lead Municipal Bonds for America (MBFA), a non-partisan coalition of state and local government officials, brokers and dealers from across the nation organized to protect tax-exempt municipal bonds, the chief tool used by state and local government to build and maintain roughly 75% of the nation’s infrastructure.
Joining Mayor Benjamin on the panel will be Ronald P. Bernardi, Principal, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Bernardi Securities, Inc. and Kevin Burke, President and CEO, Airports Council International – North America. Together, they will help explain the “nuts and bolts” of municipal bonds in easy-to-understand terms to help translate the potential impact of federal legislation on communities across the nation.
Tax-exempt bonds help stimulate public and private investment in job creation, business, and industry expansion, economic and physical redevelopment, transportation and infrastructure, and renewable energy production, among many other projects. In fact, tax-exempt bonds are issued by over 50,000 state and local governments and authorities representing a three trillion dollar industry.
WHAT: Municipal Bonds 101
WHO: Mayor Steve Benjamin
Ronald P. Bernardi, President and CEO, Bernardi Securities, Inc.
Kevin Burke, President and CEO, Airports Council International
WHEN: Wednesday, July 2nd from 2-3PM
WHERE: 2103 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Municipal Bonds 101 is hosted by Municipal Bonds for America (MBFA), a non-partisan coalition of state and local government officials, brokers and dealers from across the nation organized to protect tax-exempt municipal bonds. Mayor Benjamin was chosen to help lead MBFA as its Chairman earlier this year.
For additional information visit www.munibondsforamerica.org/mbfa-to-hold-muni-bonds-101-seminar-on-capitol-hill/.
