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The Kansas City Star Is Right

The Kansas City Star Is Right

May 18, 2022

A recent Kansas City Star piece excoriated the Missouri Senate for its behavior and failure in the recently concluded legislative...

Kansas City Star Editorial Board Gets It Half Right

Kansas City Star Editorial Board Gets It Half Right

Oct 4, 2018

In a recent column, The Kansas City Star editorial board bemoaned the instinct of Mayor Sly James to be opaque...

Taxes in Kansas City: Still Too High, Still Unfair

Taxes in Kansas City: Still Too High, Still Unfair

Apr 18, 2018

Kudos to Kansas City Star editorial board member Dave Helling for his recent column on taxes in Kansas City, and...

Kansas City Star Editorial Board Gets Subsidies Wrong Again

Kansas City Star Editorial Board Gets Subsidies Wrong Again

Feb 3, 2016

The Kansas City Star editorial board published the following in a piece on the earnings tax on January 28: A spokesman for the...

User Fees Are A Better Way To Fund State Roads

User Fees Are A Better Way To Fund State Roads

Jun 16, 2014

In his latest Kansas City Star column, Dave Helling argues that it might be correct that everyone should pay for Missouri’s highways...

You Can’t Take The Public Out Of Public Airports

You Can’t Take The Public Out Of Public Airports

Oct 16, 2013

In an Oct. 14 Kansas City Star article, Kansas City Aviation Department Director Mark Van Loh railed against government policy and...

2013: A TIF Odyssey

2013: A TIF Odyssey

Jan 8, 2013

Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is marching onward in Missouri. Today’s Kansas City Star has a great editorial on a proposed...

Both Kansas City Star and Kansas City Airport Question Aerotropolis

Both Kansas City Star and Kansas City Airport Question Aerotropolis

Aug 19, 2011

The Star‘s editorial board writes that the Aerotropolis tax credits, which would heavily subsidize warehouse and facility construction near the...

It’s That Time of Year Again

It’s That Time of Year Again

Apr 14, 2010

In a Kansas City Star article, Steve Everly reminds us that Missouri’s annual green tax holiday is coming up: Beginning Monday,...

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