The Hammonton Gazette 09/24/14 Edition | Page 4

S&P explains why town’s bond rating went from AA to AA- Wednesday, September 24, 2014 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3 COUNCIL, from Page 1 state had as many as eight … so Hammonton is being affected by our state, county and Atlantic City,” DiDonato said. According to DiDonato, despite the town’s effort to make an argument for the town’s bond rating, it received a AA- rating. “We tried to make a great argument for our rating, our bond rat- ing which we work so hard for, but because of the weakness of the state and the county Hammonton is going to have a AA-,” DiDonato said. DiDonato also stated publicly that he feels Hammonton should be invited to the economic summits held in Atlantic City as the town deserves a say if they are going to be impacted by the weak- nesses in those areas. “i know in the pas