Jackson Co. Hopes to KO TIF in KCMO
All right, so the title of this post is a bit misleading — I just wanted to get as many...
More About the Earnings Tax
The 1-percent earnings tax on Kansas City and St. Louis residents and workers has received a lot of press as...
Follow-Up on Work Opportunities for Felons
In a recent post, I commented on how I supported preventing felons from working as bail bondsman, but stated that...
A Land Tax Is Preferable to the Earnings Tax
Thomas McClanahan of the Kansas City Star explains in an editorial that Kansas City would benefit if it repealed the...
Explaining Teach for America Graduates’ Lack of Activism
A study has found Teach for America graduates to be less politically active than people who were accepted into the...
Is There Such a Thing as a “Utility Player” in Government Service?
I don’t know the answer, but there certainly could be. For those of you — including our intrepid editor —...
Missouri Would Be a Good Home for a Charter School Incubator
Nashville’s mayor has announced the creation of a charter school incubator to train principals. The center will start out as...
Obstructing the Will of the People
Here at Show-Me Daily, we have long documented the efforts of the Missouri Municipal League to prevent this state’s citizens...
Horrible Stuff Up and Down New Federal Spending Bill
This is just a depressing AP article on federal budget expenditures, from beginning to end. This has everything you need...
This Is Spending On Rail That I Can Support
The Kansas City Star is reporting on the opening of a new sidetrack along Missouri’s Amtrak route connecting St. Louis...
A Very Forthright Admission About Government Employees in Kansas City
When I first saw this headline about school district employees in the Kansas City Star, I thought the article would...
Live by Political Appointment, Die by Political Appointment
Kansas City’s city manager, Wayne Cauthen, is out of a job after a majority of the KC City Council surprisingly...
A Tree Grows in Kansas City
I agree with this quote about urban farming from an article in the Pitch: “I’m hoping for more availability and...
Large Counties Should Reduce Their Commercial Property Tax Surcharges
In 1985, Missouri changed the way that local governments tax commercial and industrial property. Voters approved eliminating the personal property...
SMI Articles on Property Taxes
Today, the Missouri Record carried my article on commercial property tax surcharges in Jackson County / Kansas City. Last week,...
Next Week’s Election Issues
Voters in Saint Louis County and Jackson County have some tax and smoking proposals on the ballot Tuesday. Most of...
The High Cost of High-Speed Rail
During the drive home from work yesterday, I listened to a discussion of high-speed rail on NPR’s “Marketplace.” Mitchell Hartman...
Domestic Migration and Tax Policy
New York’s higher-income residents are fleeing the state, and they are taking their tax dollars with them. The New York...
Chicago Thinks About Privatizing Its Water System
According to a little-known website, the Drudge Report, Chicago is considering privatizing its water utility. This would follow on the...
Commuter Rail Plan for Jackson County
I guess because we are always going somewhere, transit issues never seem to go away. Just today, we have the...
