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Girard Miller

Girard Miller

Finance Columnist

Girard Miller is the finance columnist for Governing. He is a retired investment and public finance professional and the author of “Enlightened Public Finance” (2019). Miller brings 30 years of experience in public finance and investments as a former Governmental Accounting Standards Board member and ICMA Retirement Corp. president.

Miller writes Governing's bi-weekly newsletter on public finance, which you can sign up for here.

He can be reached at millergirard@yahoo.com. 

For the coming year, here are some strategies - both 'inside the box' and 'outside the box.'
Time for less finger-pointing and more action
Should full pensions be allowed if you keep working?
Police, fire and teachers could use Medicare at 55, cutting localities' costs.
Squirrelly insurance deals are too good to be true.
Public employers can no longer afford to pay employees' share of pension costs.
Even in a post-recession economy, leaders must learn to say no.
There really is no place in the pension boardroom for mercenaries.
The "B" word shows up in earnings and news reports.
How the Golden State "borrows" money from taxpayers -- interest free.