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PUT
THE
AIKIN GROUP TO WORK
FOR YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT
PLANNING AND WINNING BOND ELECTIONS
Our expertise includes:
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30 years experience in running winning bond
elections.
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First hand expertise in early voting strategy.
Former State Rep. Aikin wrote Texas’ early voting laws.
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Maximizing the state share of debt service so as to
minimize local tax burden.
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Structuring debt service to best serve your cash
flow needs.
PIONEERING AND DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES TO BOND ELECTIONS
We were among the first to offer:
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Lease Revenue Bonds (since 1994). The ideal way to
supplement a bond package whose proceeds do not cover project
expenses, or to address immediate facilities needs with a lease
structured so it can be paid off without penalty from a future bond
election.
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Maintenance Notes (since 1995). The most flexible
and affordable instrument to finance renovation and equipment costs
from one to twenty years.
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QZAB’s (since 1998). Using a unique federal program
to borrow, using bonds or maintenance notes, at low, subsidized
interest rates.
REFUNDING AND RESTRUCTURING CURRENT DEBT
In addition to saving cash flow by lowering payments on
traditional debt we can:
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Refinance IFA supported leases (since 2000). A bond
election, and its higher bond rating, can pay off a lease and
continue to receive IFA support.
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Refinance QZABs and refinanced debt. (since 2003).
For the same purposes as refinancing IFA leases. Additionally we
have qualified the refinanced debt for state EDA subsidy.
Contact Bob Aikin at 903-886-1978 or
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