I’ve been remiss in pointing out this article at The American by our former editor, Tim Lee, about how eminent […]
A Tax Activist Is Born
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a story today, via Combest, on St. Louis County’s newly born property tax reform group, […]
Public School Successes Exist; You Just Have to Know Where to Look
While the MSBA was too busy attacking the competition to notice this, I found a public school success story. Governor […]
The MSBA is blogging away … telling us about the successes of public schools in Missouri, right? Well, not quite. […]
Not really, but I like the image. Dr. Homer Tourkakis’ fight to keep his dentistry practice going at the location […]
Watch for Falling Taxes
A front page article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal detailed (and criticized) Wal-Mart’s aggressive accounting methods, designed to minimize its […]
MSBA Joins the Blogosphere
I see, by way of Combest, that the Missouri School Boards’ Association has started a blog. One of its stated […]
Liberty Should Consider Privatization, Not Tax Increases for Utilities
Liberty, Mo. (Clay County), is considering raising utility fees, aka taxes, on its citizens as part of its 2008 budget. […]
Along with David Stokes, I had the pleasure of attending two all-day sessions training Missouri broadcasters how to use the […]
On October 17, Judge Richard G. Callahan rendered a decision in the case brought by many of Missouri’s school districts […]
Regular readers of this blog know that I like to include references to literature in the titles of my posts. […]
I have written before about the proposed new 911 tax on cellular phone bills. There is a great article in […]
There is a debate in Kirkwood about the proposed library district tax rate increase on the ballot next month. This […]
Reading is Expensive
On November 6th, Kirkwood residents will vote whether or not to approve an additional 12 cents in taxes per $100 […]
Kirkwood is the only municipality in Saint Louis County that continues to provide utility services to its residents. Would citizens […]
Immigration’s back in the news. The Post-Dispatch reports on a personal angle: State Rep. Tim Flook is Mexican-American. Since many […]
It seems that an attempt by local governments in Southeast Missouri to work together and share revenues from overlapping developments […]
An article in the Post-Dispatch today reports that the National Women’s Law Center and Oregon Health Sciences University have given […]
Access to Credit
There’s a great op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader about the proposed interest rate cap on payday loans. If you want […]
Tim Lee’s interview about his new eminent domain study, on KMOX’s Charlie Brennan Show, is now available online. If you […]
