$40 Million Tax Giveaway in Boonville, Missouri

Corporate Welfare | March 11, 2021

By David Stokes and Elias Tsapelas | Episode Length 1 min

Developers have asked the City of Boonville for a tax-increment financing (TIF) subsidy to “help” them build a new subdivision for 400 homes in Boonville.

On March 11, 2021, David Stokes joined The Gary Nolan Show to discuss why this is a bad deal for Boonville:

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David Stokes

David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from...

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Elias Tsapelas

Elias Tsapelas earned his Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Missouri in 2016. Before joining the Show-Me Institute, he worked for the State of Missouri's Department of Economic Development and Office of Administration, Division of Budget & Planning. His research interests...

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