Archive for March, 2009

How about some solutions with the theater?

Media around the world is focused on the U.S bail out. I know this as
a fact, sitting in a hotel room in Venice hearing CNN, CNBC, BBC, &
SKY News spend significant time on bonuses paid with stimulus money.
In the Congress we now have hearings on who knew what about who all of
which I tend to [...]

Klein appointed to CDFI Coalition

Jim was recently selected to sit on the Board of Directors for the CDFI Coalition, a national organization representing community development institutions across the country. These institutions are certified CDFIs by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.

Shared Destiny.

An article in last week’s Columbus Dispatch solicited comment from the Ohio Congressional delegation about the federal stimulus package. I found it to be an interesting piece that left me with a strange feeling of despair.

Liquidity (ie where’s the money?)

At a CDFI Coalition meeting earlier this week in Washington D.C., the topic was liquidity, which is a fancy word for “where’s the money.” Seems like we have once again applied a “one size fits all” solution.