Be Skeptical of Claims St. Louis is Running A Surplus
KMOV ran a piece the other day reporting that the St. Louis comptroller claims the city has a $42.2 million...
Trust but Verify: CITY SC’s Claims Deserve Scrutiny
On May 23, KMOV TV in St. Louis, a CBS affiliate, aired a report about an “independent planning firm” that...
SLU and Mizzou Economists Weigh in on Aerotropolis Jobs Estimates
Saint Louis University professor Dr. Jack Strauss and University of Missouri-Columbia professor Dr. Joe Haslag (also Show-Me’s chief economist) have at...
‘It Wasn’t Their Money to Begin With’: KMOV Special Report Rips RCGA, Aerotropolis
Craig Cheatham’s KMOV exposé, “Selling St. Louis,” includes the single-best primer on the Aerotropolis issue that I’ve seen. Must-watch stuff,...
Has the Public Records Runaround Begun?
On July 27, we requested e-mails from Governor Jay Nixon’s office that pertained to the China Hub/Aerotropolis legislation. Specifically, we...
According to China Hub Reports, Warehouse Space is Sufficient
We’ve been working for a while to get studies, draft studies, or reports from the Midwest China Hub Commission that...
So the NCBE’s “Mystery Meat” Study Won’t Be Published Until… After the Special Session?
We reported yesterday on the National Center for Beef Excellence’s Beef Study That Wasn’t, and last night KMOV reporter Andre Hepkins,...
Hey National Center for Beef Excellence, Where’s the Beef?
Last week KMOV reported that a “non-profit agency” commissioned by the Midwest China Hub Commission had conducted a study about...
Why Not Sell City-Owned Vacant Property?
I appeared on the McGraw Milhaven show on KTRS AM this morning, discussing my research on the city of Saint...
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