What Should St. Louis County Do about Its Budget Shortfall?
The two largest counties in Missouri are both having difficulties. Over in Jackson County, the assessment system is still a...
Use Taxes on the Ballot in Missouri This November
There are several cities seeking to impose use taxes during special elections on November 4. These cities include Ladue and...
Why the New Property Tax Rules in Missouri Are Bad, Part 2
This is the second in a series of blog posts about why the new property tax legislation passed as part...
Why the New Property Tax Rules in Missouri Are Bad, Part 1
This is the first in a series of blog posts about why the new property tax legislation passed in the...
Royals May Stay at Kauffman Amid Stadium Inertia
A new story by Kansas City Business Journal’s Thomas Friestad suggests a growing likelihood that the Kansas City Royals will...
Jackson County Property Tax Assessment Update
As part of the ongoing saga of the 2023 Jackson County reassessment debacle, the Missouri State Tax Commission (STC) ordered...
Jackson County Assessment Disputes Will (Hopefully) Lead to Real Change This Time
A version of this commentary appeared in the Examiner. It’s an obscure state law that every article about government and politics...
Shocker! Local Leader Demands More Money to Address Issue
I attended a screening of the KCPBS documentary “A Tale of Three Cities” on Tuesday hosted by the Kansas City...
Jackson County Assessment Facts, Part Four
Ongoing sagas, for movies at least, often get worse over time. Look at the Star Wars series. Three of the...
Jackson County COMBAT Is Still a Failure
It’s been a few years since we’ve checked in with COMBAT, Jackson County, Missouri’s Community Backed Anti-Crime Tax. Back in...
The KC Streetcar Still Isn’t Driving Economic Development
In 2016, my former colleague Joe Miller wrote a piece in which he pointed out that the Kansas City streetcar...
The Border War Is Bad Because It Hurts Us
The day after the Kansas Legislature voted to use sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds to lure the Kansas City...
Release Those Records, Kansas City!
According to documents received from Clay County through an open records request, the Royals suspended negotiations regarding a new stadium...
Details of the Negotiations Between the Royals and Clay County
Given that Jackson County voters rejected the proposed 40-year 3/8 cent sales tax that would have funded a downtown baseball...
KC Stadium Tax: The Opportunity Cost
On April 2, 2024, Jackson County voters will be asked to approve a new 3/8 percent sales tax to support...
KC Stadium Tax Debate with Patrick Tuohey, Sly James and Jim Rowland
On March 27, Sports Radio 810 WHB in Kansas City hosted a roundtable with Senior Fellow at the Show-Me Institute...
Fact Checking That Stadium Tax Event
Proponents of the new stadium tax in Jackson County, which the Royals would use to build a new downtown stadium...
KC Stadium Tax: “They Are Asking Us to Give Them $2 Billion”
On March 20, Patrick Tuohey joined Mundo in the Morning on KCMO to discuss the recent debate held on the...
Arguments for a New Stadium Fall Apart Like Bad Concrete
Leaders of the Kansas City Chiefs held a press conference on Wednesday to unveil their plans for the Truman Sports...
Spin vs. Reality: The Jackson County Stadium Tax Proposal
On April 2, 2024, Jackson County voters will be asked to approve a new 3/8 percent sales tax to support...
