On June 17, the Show-Me Institute’s David Stokes and Corianna Baier submit testimony to the St. Louis County Tax Increment Financing Commission regarding development subsidies in Crestwood. To read the full testimony, click here. David and Corianna also created a video exploring the proposal here.
Crestwood Mall TIF Proposal
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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 2007 to 2016. From 2016 through 2020 he was Executive Director of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, where he led efforts to oppose harmful floodplain developments done with abusive tax subsidies. Stokes rejoined the Institute in early 2021 as the Director of Municipal Policy. He is a past president of the University City Library Board. He served on the St. Louis County 2010 Council Redistricting Commission and was the 2012 representative to the Electoral College from Missouri’s First Congressional District. He lives in University City with his wife and their three children.
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Corianna Baier
Corianna grew up in Michigan, where she earned her B.S. in Economics from Hillsdale College. She then earned her M.A. in Economics from Troy University. Corianna is interested in business regulation and tax policy.
