‘Little Pink House’ Author Jeff Benedict Tells Story of Kelo Eminent Domain Case in Kansas City
Jeff Benedict, author of “Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage,” speaks at a Sept. 15 event...
Benefits of Tax Credits Concentrated in Urban Regions, Costs Diffused Throughout Missouri
Last week, I spoke to Roseann Moring at the Springfield News-Leader about the Tax Credit Review Commission‘s recent recommendations. (Here...
Giant Disappointment for Kansas City
A City Council committee in Kansas City has tabled (aka, killed) a proposal that called for simply studying the idea of...
Blighting and Taking Private Property Not the Right Fix for Vacancies
The Kansas City Star’s editorial board wrote recently that the city should deal with vacant houses and buildings more aggressively,...
Kansas City Considers Private Involvement in Infrastructure Management
As I understand it, at their regular meeting tomorrow, Kansas City’s City Council will be deciding on whether or not...
Private Sector Can Help Kansas City Manage Its Public Infrastructure, Likely for Less
The $2.5 billion settlement to improve the Kansas City sewer system has put the city well past the question of...
Why Does Kansas City Need More Power to Take Private Property?
The Kansas City Star recently wrote that the city should step up its efforts to deal with more than 12,000...
Kansas City to Take a Hard Look at How It Provides Services
According to the Reason Foundation, New York Governor Mario Cuomo said about privatization, “It is not a government’s obligation to...
Interesting Article About the Head of the Kansas City Fed
I recommend this article about the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. If you are the type...
O’Fallon Updates Its Water Meters – Why Not St. Louis?
O’Fallon (which, if it continues to grow like it has during the past decade, will soon be the largest city in...
The Definition of a Conflict of Interest
Photo credit: Thomas Duda The Tax Credit Review Commission held its regional meeting in a veritable monument to the tax...
Strip Club Patrons Vote With Their Feet
According to a recent article in the Kansas City Star, strip clubs in Missouri have fewer customers and fewer revenues...
Missouri’s Licensing Boards: Killing Jobs Every Day
Decades ago, only doctors, lawyers, and accountants were required to get a license from the state before they could lawfully...
Urban Planning Smackdown in Ingram’s
I am a big fan of Jack Cashill’s writing over at Ingram’s, “Kansas City’s Business Magazine.” We just got our...
Should Clayton Privatize the Taste of Clayton?
A friend emailed me this story from the Sun-Times about the City of Chicago continuing its privatization efforts. According to...
The Power of Choice
Newsweek ran a good article on “New Orleans’ Charter-School Revolution” yesterday, and it shows the possibilities of a very open...
Would Kansas City Residents Lose Any Sleep Over Privatizing the Water Division?
Not to just jump in and pile on, but it appears some people might lose some sleep if the city...
Government: Ruining Everything Functional One Program at a Time
Santiago, Chile, is a city of more than 5 million people, with one of the highest standards of living in...
U.S. PIRG Publication Misrepresents Substance of Show-Me Institute Article
While looking for some academic papers on Google Scholar, I took a moment, as an afterthought, to see whether the...
Some Observations on Prop C
Yesterday’s primary election featured a statewide vote on Proposition C, otherwise known as the Health Care Freedom Act. The bill...
