Police Power and Public Finance: How A Proposed Local Government Mandate Will Trash St. Louisans’ Pocketbooks
The city of St. Louis is debating a local legislative proposal that will, for the first time, impose a mandatory...
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Despite Government’s Encouragement, Rate of Homeownership Remains Steady
The rate of homeownership has not increased to the extent that the author implies in this Post-Dispatch article: After being...
Metro St. Louis Approves Fiscal 2011 Budget, Making Work Harder to Find
The Metro Board of Commissioners approved the St. Louis regional public transit agency’s Fiscal 2011 operating budget of $232.4 million...
Can St. Louis Really Support Another Performing Arts Facility? Local Government Certainly Thinks So
If I read the tea leaves correctly, I expect an announcement in the coming days, weeks, or months that the...
To-may-tohs or To-mah-toes, the Government Should Leave Them Alone
A piece from the Kansas City Star this weekend highlighted current political disagreement over “Know Your Farmer,” a $65 million...
Not Against Children With Autism ? Against Mandates
As the legislative session comes to a close this week, a number of bills have supporters who are eager to...
Matt Holliday, Truman Day, and “Freakonomics”
This post actually has nothing to do with Matt Holliday, but it does regard holidays in general, and I thought...
Mizzou Students March in Support of Poverty, Unemployment, and Extreme Energy Costs
A group of idealistic young whippersnappers marched in Columbia to protest the campus’ use — and, by extension, the entire...
Celebrate Educational Diversity
The Washington Post recently carried an article by Reason magazine senior editor Katherine Mangu-Ward on the benefits of online education...
Ignoring Calorie Counts
Thus begins the AP story about the national calorie count mandate, which will force restaurant chains comprising 20 or more...
Problems With Ethanol Subsidies and Mandates
The St. Joseph News-Press ran an article this past week about the biodiesel industry’s fight for a tax credit extension....
Dora the Explorer Promotes the Census
The Census Bureau has enlisted Dora the Explorer to spread its message that the Census counts babies and children. In...
Longstanding North Side Business Faces Uncertain Development Future
Fehlig Bros. Box & Lumber has occupied its current space in the north side of Saint Louis for 55 years....
At Least Four North Side Homes Slated for ‘Open Space’
Although NorthSide redevelopment plans for her area indicate that Shirley Hamilton’s neighborhood is slated to be replaced, Hamilton said...
At Least Four North Side Homes Slated for “Open Space”
The home of Shirley Hamilton, in the 2200 block of Madison Street, in Saint Louis’ north side. Although NorthSide redevelopment...
WashU Economist Testifies NorthSide Forecasts “Made Out of Thin Air”
The first round of arguments against a projected $8.1 billion development of the city of Saint Louis’ north side was...
Gridlock and the History of Light Rail in Saint Louis
I’m currently reading Gridlock: Why We’re Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It by Randal O’Toole, the Antiplanner....
NorthSide Trial on Tuesday
Click to Enlarge Interactive NorthSide Map Another round of challenges to the $8.1 billion development of the city of Saint...
The Census Bureau Is Not a YouTube Sensation
My Two Census declares the Census Bureau’s marketing campaign a flop, based on data from its YouTube channel: The Portrait...
Fiscal Responsibility?
Using the Show-Me Institute’s “Show-Me: The Spending” online tool, I discovered some curious trends in the Missouri state budget. One...
