John Sherman’s Proposed Entertainment District Is Bad for Everyone Else
John Sherman, the owner of the Kansas City Royals, said in an announcement the other day: I believe in my...
Earnings Taxes and St. Louis’s Catch 1%.
A version of this commentary was published in the St. Louis Business Journal. As voters in the City of St. Louis...
Up and Up: Sales Taxes Across the State
Making long-term projections can be tricky business, but figuring out where sales taxes across the state are going is straightforward:...
Baltimores on the Missouri?
At a recent conference on municipal policy, I had the opportunity to reflect on Baltimore, Maryland. Certainly Charm City has...
Kansas City and St. Louis Battling National Trends
From costly bad bets subsidizing the development of Kansas City’s Power & Light District to promoting the St. Louis Ballpark...
Why Haven’t We Fixed This Law Yet?
Whatever our policy inclinations, we should all agree that government ought to be for the public good, transparent, and accountable....
Prospects Bleak for MLS Proposal-and That’s a Good Thing
Public funding for a Major League Soccer (MLS) stadium has been a hot topic in Saint Louis over the past...
When Scoring a 60% gets you $16 Million
Bill DeWitt III, President of the St. Louis Cardinals, let the city know he was “ticked off” when he heard...
It Takes a Village to Raise a Subsidy
The Cardinals recently announced plans to move forward with a second phase of development at Ballpark Village, an entertainment district...
Who’s Paying for $160 Million in Blues Upgrades?
The Saint Louis Blues had a very successful season, making it deep into the playoffs and just two wins short...
Downtown Saint Louis Restaurants: Coming or Going?
With the recent closure of a number of downtown establishments (the most recent being Mike Shannon’s), local media are considering...
Saint Louis Property Taxes, Part 3: The Tax Breaks
In my previous two posts on Saint Louis City’s real property tax base, I discussed how various government bodies and...
Group Pushes for Higher Downtown Taxes
Last week, multiple news outlets reported that representatives of Downtown STL, a taxpayer-funded organization, wants to set up a transportation...
Saint Louis Has Plan B if Stadium Plan Fails
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported on what the city plans to do with the Near North Riverfront, the proposed site of...
Saint Louis City’s Growth: Trickle-Down Urbanism?
A look at the latest American Community Survey data confirms that income growth in Saint Louis City has been lackluster...
Ballpark Village Crushing It . . .
It seems that state and local development officials hit a home run when they decided to subsidize the construction of...
Sweetness And Power & Light
I want to follow up briefly on the pieces recently published in The American Spectator and here on the blog about...
Does Ballpark Village Really Need Subsidies?
We are two months into the baseball season and while the Cardinals might be off to a slower start than...
Saint Louis Gets Ballpark Village And You Get The Bill
The Missouri Development Finance Board has approved its “share” (according to reports, $5 million) in bond purchases to help fund...
Show-Me Institute In The News
We had a very busy first week of October for op-eds at the Show-Me Institute. The Missouri Record ran a...
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