Personal Property Tax Declarations and Jackson County
Every single county in Missouri should follow Jackson County’s lead and allow people to file personal property tax declarations online....
County Seat Mania ? Live From The Gasconade Octagon
If you like studying government, covering politics, and writing about it all on a blog, then yesterday’s Post-Dispatch had a...
The Missouri Free Suburb Project
Regular readers will recall the debates we have had over the recently repealed "Village Law," which made forming one’s own...
Be Careful Where You Live – It Might Cost You More Than You Think
Everyone knows that April’s showers bring May’s flowers. Unfortunately, it also brings Missourians’ tax bills. This year, individuals, businesses, and...
Should St. Charles Councilmembers Get a Pay Raise?
The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Saint Charles County Council is considering giving itself a pay raise. Now, those...
What Is the Worst Way to Dispose of Extra Budget Money in Jackson County?
The Kansas City Star has an article on the age-old question of what to do with leftover budget money. I...
Justin Channels Stalin
"A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." — Joseph Stalin, aka Koba the Dread "No,...
Crime Stats Are Facts, Not Opinions
My colleague Justin seems to be attempting, in his prior post, to refute hard numbers with personal experiences, which is...
Saint George: Symptom of a Larger Problem? Or Is It a Smaller Problem?
Traffic ticket hotspot St. George, Missouri, is still on people’s minds after that ugly incident with the police officer last...
The Missouri Plan, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Lawyers
Missourians amended our state constitution in 1940 to change the ways judges were selected for the Supreme Court, the Court...
Jackson County Makes the Right Call …
Via Mr. Combest, the Kansas City Star reports that Jackson County, Missouri (that’s Kansas City and suburbs, for you St....
