Rancho Cordova taxpayers eventually will pay $9.1 million to retire just $514,000 in capital appreciation bonds issued by the Folsom Cordova Unified School District – about $18 in payments for every $1 borrowed.
The bonds paid for school upgrades and construction in Folsom Cordova's Improvement District 4, the same area that is the focus of a $68 million bond measure on the ballot this November.
The $514,000 in capital appreciation bonds issued by Folsom Cordova Unified represent a small portion – 2 percent – of the $25 million in bonds issued for the Rancho Cordova area in December 2009. But they represent a significant portion – 20 percent – of the $42 million in interest that will eventually be paid on those bonds....