Articles by David Stokes :

• Tax Credits: Gambling with Taxpayer Money — May 01, 2012
• EEZs Are An EZ Path To Corporate Welfare — April 27, 2012
• Should Walmart Get a TIF In Ellisville? — April 25, 2012
• TIF Gives Cities An Unfair Advantage Over Other Governments — April 20, 2012
• Good Deal, Bad Deal — March 14, 2012
• Attacks on Fair Tax Are Propaganda, Not Economic Analysis — March 07, 2012
• TIF Is A Bad Idea That Refuses To Die — March 06, 2012
• ‘Sometimes Nothing Can Be A Real Cool Hand’ Saint Louis County TIF Policy, Punting, And Cool Hand Luke — March 06, 2012
• Licensing Home Inspectors Will Not Benefit Missourians — February 13, 2012
• Should Missouri Toll I-70? — January 19, 2012
• Who Should Pay for Highways? — January 13, 2012
• Should Missouri Toll I-70? — January 04, 2012
• City Managers and County Seats: Differences Between Kansas City and Saint Louis Governments — December 22, 2011
• Gasoline, Cigarettes, Alcohol and Taxes: When Less Is More — December 15, 2011
• Stokes on Jaco Report - Minimum Wage — December 12, 2011
• High-Speed Rail in Missouri Is Snapshot of Government Delusions — November 23, 2011
• In Praise of Jennings — October 21, 2011
• Making a Good System Better: Suggestions for Kansas City Government — October 18, 2011
• Property Taxes in Missouri: Can School Quality and Tax Rates Affect Home Prices? — September 14, 2011
• Property Taxes in Missouri: Police, Fire, Municipal Bands? — September 07, 2011
• The Nixa CID: Public Dollars For Private Benefit — August 29, 2011
• A $ 109,000 School “Voucher”: A Story of Tax Rates and School Districts — August 29, 2011
• Homes, Taxes, and Schools: The Effects of School District Rankings and Property Tax Rates on Property Valuations in Richmond Heights, Missouri — August 26, 2011
• Homes, Taxes and Choices: A Review of Real Estate Assessment and Property Taxation in Missouri — August 10, 2011
• Gas, Booze, and Cigs: How Lower Tax Rates Make Money for Missouri — August 04, 2011
• Special Taxing Districts In Nixa, MO — July 12, 2011
• Saint Louis County Sales Tax Pool Should Be Expanded, Not Contracted — June 10, 2011
• An End to Red Light Cameras in Saint Louis? — June 02, 2011
• A Five-Year Plan for the Earnings Tax — April 18, 2011
• Payments in Lieu of Taxes as a Supplemental Revenue Source After the Earnings Tax Elimination — March 31, 2011
• The Kansas City Earnings Tax Is Bad for Our Health — But Do We Care? — March 29, 2011
• The Saint Louis Earnings Tax Is Bad for Our Health — But Do We Care? — March 24, 2011
• Changes to Utility Financing Regulations Necessary for Cleaner, More Efficient Energy — February 28, 2011
• Private-Sector Investment Could Build Innovative Urban Corridor — February 02, 2011
• New Hotel Tax a Bad Idea for Jefferson City — January 31, 2011
• Columbia Could Benefit From Privatizing City’s Water and Electric Utilities — December 10, 2010
• Proposals for New Hotel Taxes in Suburban Saint Louis Misguided — October 25, 2010
• Private Sector Can Help Kansas City Manage Its Public Infrastructure, Likely for Less — October 06, 2010
• Show-Me Institute Free-Market Field Trip No. 3: Ticket Scalping — August 13, 2010
• Testimony Before the Saint Louis County Council Regarding the New Licensing Requirements Included in the Mechanical Code Update — June 29, 2010
• Proposed HVAC Licensing Expansion Benefits Practitioners at Public's Expense — June 24, 2010
• Show-Me Institute Free-Market Field Trip No. 2: Payday Loans — June 17, 2010
• Show-Me Institute Free-Market Field Trip No. 1: Shoe Shines — June 17, 2010
• Transportation in Missouri — May 19, 2010
• The City of Saint Louis Should Implement Water Meters — May 17, 2010
• Privatization of the Saint Louis Water Utility — May 17, 2010
• Counties, Not Municipalities, Should Determine TIFs — March 29, 2010
• Flexible Commercial Surcharge Rates Would Promote Economic Growth in Missouri — February 16, 2010
• Businesses Should Be Allowed to Keep a Percentage of Tax Collections — January 26, 2010
• Large Counties Should Reduce Their Commercial Property Tax Surcharges — November 17, 2009
• Testimony Submitted to Kansas City on Changes to the City’s Licensing Codes — November 06, 2009
• Testimony Before the Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight — October 06, 2009
• Scrapping Licensing Codes Would Benefit Kansas City — August 26, 2009
• Saint Louis County Would Benefit From City’s Return — August 25, 2009
• Switching to Private Utilities Could Fund Springfield's Pension Shortfall — August 25, 2009
• Tax Cuts Provide Better Stimulus Than Government Spending — June 05, 2009
• Testimony Before Missouri Senate Transportation Committee — May 01, 2009
• Kick Anti-CWIP Laws to the Curb — March 27, 2009
• Nonpartisan Elections a Bad Idea for Franklin County — March 24, 2009
• Three Ideas for Smaller Government in Missouri — February 20, 2009
• Testimony Before the Missouri Senate Agriculture Committee on Ethanol — February 09, 2009
• Government in Missouri — February 05, 2009
• Fewer Licensing Laws Would Make Missouri Freer, More Prosperous — December 09, 2008
• Occupational Licensing of Massage Therapists in Missouri and Kansas — December 04, 2008
• Private Funding an Important Option for Missouri Highways — December 04, 2008
• Greene County Could Benefit From Non-Partisan Judicial Selection — October 07, 2008
• General Guidelines for Charter Governments: Testimony Before the Jefferson County Charter Commission — October 01, 2008
• General Guidelines For Charter Governments: Testimony Before the Franklin County Charter Commission — October 01, 2008
• Testimony Before the Metro Board of Commissioners — September 16, 2008
• Saint Joseph's Licensing Laws Construct Barriers to the Free Market — August 05, 2008
• Testimony for the Saint Louis County Capital Investment Blue Ribbon Commission — July 30, 2008
• The Economic Impact of the Missouri E-10 Ethanol Mandate — July 18, 2008
• Counties, Not Cities, Should Determine TIFs — May 12, 2008
• Taxes — With a Capital T, and That Rhymes With P, and That Stands for Pool — April 18, 2008
• Testimony to the Senate Financial, Government Organizations and Elections Committee — April 15, 2008
• Saint Charles County Grows Without TIFs — March 28, 2008
• Tolling a Valuable Option for Missouri's Transportation System — March 05, 2008
• Missouri's Changing Transportation Paradigm — February 27, 2008
• Overturning Light Rail a Good Decision for Kansas City — January 30, 2008
• Franklin County Would Benefit From Charter Reform — January 11, 2008
• Changes to Property Assessment System Would Improve Fairness — December 06, 2007
• Should Kirkwood Sell Its Municipal Utilities? — October 22, 2007
• Saint Louis County, Drugs, and Competitive Bidding: A Privatization Success Story — August 27, 2007
• The Missouri Plan, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Lawyers — August 20, 2007
• In Praise of MoDOT — June 27, 2007
• Don't Drain the Sales Tax Pool — March 14, 2007
• Richmond Heights and Clayton Merger Would Benefit Residents — February 22, 2007