Show-Me Now! Greene County’s Bad Bet

Corporate Welfare | July 2, 2014

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 min

Greene County’s decision to back a land development deal has turned south for tax payers.

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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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