Apr 1, 2012 ... 2011 downgrade of East Providence's bond rating to junk status was in response  to the ... In February, Providence Mayor. Angel Taveras noted that Chapter 9 may  be an ... declined 20.4 percent over the five-year ... 2. In Rhode. Island,  fluctuations in residential property values have resulted in comparatively.
Angel Taveras served a four-year term as the mayor of Providence, R.I.  beginning in Jan. 3, 2011, the first Dominican-American to be elected mayor in  the state. ... bond rating was downgraded from A to BBB, two steps above junk- bond status.
Sep 4, 2012 ... Prior to reaching the deal, Taveras had already finalized agreements amounting  to $1.45 million with two nonprofits, Lifespan and Johnson and Wales University.  ... “It was one of my most pleasant days as mayor of the city of Providence.” ....  ratings agencies that have given the city near-junk bond status. In ...
Under Mayor Angel Taveras "Providence's bond rating was downgraded from A  to BBB, two steps above junk-bond status." — PolitiFact Rhode Island on ...
May 28, 2012 ... Public pensions should be valued like a government bond. ..... Seven people  who live in a city, overseeing a Mayor living in the city should be ..... Moody's  downgrades Woonsocket's (RI) general obligation rating to B2 ...... S&P lowered  Providence's credit rating to BBB, two steps from junk-bond status, from ...
Under Mayor Angel Taveras "Providence’s bond rating was downgraded from A to BBB, two steps above junk-bond status."