"In Texas, there are 4,900 parcels of property within 500 feet of the border....The entire process of “eminent domain” — the legal term for government taking private property — along the border makes a sham of the Constitution’s requirement that 'private property (not) be taken for public use, without just compensation.'" - InsideSources, "Building the Wall Using Eminent Domain Hurts Americans" Shades of Public Finance Vol. 2 takes readers through some of the most pressing concerns of the day. Continue learning the ins and outs of state economy, public finance, public authority, municipal law, and state finances through this insider story. In this text, you will learn the following regarding these important issues in public finance: clean water - solid waste disposal - highways, utilities, open space - gambling and native Americans - public authorities - reciprocal tax immunity, and - eminent domain You may not realize it, but these topics reside in the shadows of your everyday life and budget. "Whether you write the tax laws or pay the taxes that result, function in the private sector or the public, or care about potholes or wastewater, you will find Sigal’s stories behind the stories fascinating. When they say it is not about the money, they are wrong. It always is. And the ultimate question is ‘whose money?’ Sigal explains it clearly." - Majorie Smith, Chair, New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee; former Chair, NH House Finance Committee and Joint Fiscal Committee Richard Land Sigal practiced public finance from 1964 to 2016 including fifty years with the national law firm of Hawkins Delafield & Wood. He was the bond counsel or underwriters’ partner in charge of major tax exempt or taxable bond issues in many states as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. A graduate of Yale University (1960) and the University of Chicago School of Law (1963), Sigal’s contribution to the creation of financing strategies to support the growth of public infrastructure are unmatched. Among his most significant contributions was developing a special tax in 2006 to secure a multibillion-dollar bond issue to fund general fund deficits of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. That security structure withstood challenge in 2019 in the recent Puerto Rico bankruptcy and is expected to be a prime structure to finance the many new capital needs of that territory. Mr. Sigal was a two-year chairman of the New York State Bar Association – Municipal Law Section, Chairman of Bond Buyer National Conferences held in San Francisco and New York, and received the Corporate Affiliate Award for outstanding service to the profession and the National Association of State Treasurers in 2008. Mr. Sigal resides in New York City with his wife Samayla Deutch, who is also an attorney.