Judge Rejects Eminent Domain Ballot Summary
Earlier this week, a judge struck down a ballot summary prepared by Missouri’s secretary of state for an initiative that...
Nursing Favoritism
Combest pointed out this morning that the Post-Dispatch has run an article about the state auditor’s concern about the city...
Q&A on the English-Language Amendment
A political science student contacted me this past week with some questions about the English-Language Amendment to the Missouri Constitution....
It’s the Thought That Counts(?)
The Post-Dispatch reports today that the city of Valley Park has passed an ordinance that would forbid the use of...
It’s Official Language Season Again
An article in the Kansas City Star reports on the recurring official language proposal that we can’t seem to get...
Beating a Dead Horse (With Some New Evidence)
Devotees will remember my reservations about the passage of the property tax reform bill (which prevents backdoor tax increases through...
Truth in Advertising
The St. Joseph News-Press has a report today (spotted via John Combest) about two bills before the General Assembly that...
Eminent Domain Case Reaches Missouri Supreme Court
This morning, the Missouri Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of Arnold v. Tourkakis, an eminent domain case that’s...
Missouri Supreme Court to Decide Whether Cities May Continue to Abuse Eminent Domain
During the five years between December 2002 and November 2007, dozens of cities acting without a constitutional charter used...
“&#$* No!”
If you ever find yourself in a bar in St. Charles, you’d better watch your mouth. Despite a recent study...
Some Things Surprise Me; Some Things Don’t
Just in case you didn’t know, Missouri is among the worst states in the country when it comes to eminent...
You Say Potato, and I Say TOMATO
Yesterday, oral arguments were heard in a lawsuit in Jefferson City about a language change in a 2008 Missouri ballot...
Columbia School District Should Abandon Frivolous Lawsuit
To date, Columbia Public Schools has spent roughly $82,000 on the “adequacy” lawsuit, despite the fact it is a no-win...
English Stays Strong
I’m always amused by fears that English is about to die out. I don’t see any need for an English-language...
Read It to Me!
A letter in the Springfield News-Leader criticizes a recent editorial. The editorial argued against the proposed English-only amendment, stating that...
Not the Worst Idea, just not the Right One…
Sen. Bill Stouffer (R – Northwest Missouri) his introduced a bill to increase the state sales tax by a penny...
