Bond Ratings Have Not Been Affected By Ceded Lands Case

Attorney General Mark has said that the Hawai'i Supreme Court's landmark January 31, 2008, ruling, that the State of Hawai'i could not selling ceded lands until the unrelinquished claims of Native Hawaiians are resolved have affected the state's financial situation. He has specifically suggested that the state's bond ratings have been negatively affected. Below is a table of the State's bond ratings from three bond rating firms. The table covers the years between 2003 and 2008.

YEAR	S & P	Moody's	Fitch
2008	AA	Aa2	AA
2007	AA	Aa2	AA
2006	AA-	Aa2	AA
2005	AA-	Aa2	AA-
2004	AA-	Aa3	AA-
2003	AA-	Aa3	AA-

By clicking on each individual year, you will be taken to an individual News Release from the Governor's Office acknowledging the bond ratings.

---

In other news, we're now listed at http://hawaii.alltop.com. I met Guy Kawasaki last year when he spoke to law students, MBA students, and engineering students last year who were enrolled in the law school's High Growth Entrepreneurship class. Guy's book, The Art of the Start is nothing short of awesome, and I highly recommend it to all who are considering their own start-up, working for or with a start-up or just interested in start-ups.

Anyway, check out alltop.com