…is brought to you by Jefferson County, Alabama.
…burdened with more than $4 billion in debt. The bills began to mount in recent years after officials borrowed to fix a broken sewer system, and then entered into some ill-advised and corruption-laced refinancing deals that backfired with the mortgage lending crisis.
“ill-advised”? “corruption laced”? Interesting.
Here’s coverage from the Birmingham News.
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