Hey Elon, Here Are Some Cost Savings for You in St. Louis . . .
I am a big fan of DOGE, MOGE, and whatever else they want to call any office that attempts to...
Absurd Light Rail Project Marches Onward
Metro is hosting a series of public meetings on its proposed new light rail line in St. Louis. Now called...
One Neighborhood Group Stands Up to Metro
Residents and community leaders in the Jeff-Vander-Lou (JVL) neighborhood in St. Louis have been pushing back against Metro’s ridiculous proposed...
The Light Rail Line Less Traveled
If anyone has taken Robert Frost’s words to heart and taken the road less traveled, it is Metro, the St....
Missouri Needs a Taxpayer Bill of Rights, SB 727 and Metrolink Expansion
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss: – The need to update Missouri’s tax and...
MidAmerica Airport and MetroLink Deserve Each Other
They used to be two empty ships passing in the night, but now MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Illinois and...
The Folly of MetroLink Expansion
The Show-Me Institute is excited to release a new report by Randal O’Toole, one of the nation’s premier transportation economists....
Costly AND Outdated. Where Do We Sign Up?
The Bi-State Development Agency, commonly known now as Metro, is once again proposing to expand the MetroLink light rail system...
Even with an Updated Route, MetroLink Expansion is a Waste
Plenty of federal funds are available after President Biden signed a 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill into law last November, and...
MetroLink Light Rail is MetroWaste
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. Between 2014 and 2019, ridership on St. Louis...
If You Build It, Will They Come?
Imagine that today you are put in charge of running MetroLink. In your first day on the job, this is...
St. Louis’s Ridiculously High Sales Taxes
It is often claimed that Missouri is a low-tax state (which it is not), but it is painfully clear that...
What Will the City’s New MetroLink Tax Get Us?
Last year, voters in the City of St. Louis approved a rather ambiguous half-percent sales tax hike, Proposition 1. Sixty...
Saint Louis, the Sales Tax Monster
As Cookie Monster is to cookies, Saint Louis is to sales taxes. Back in April, voters in the City of...
Double Taxation: Saint Louis Zoo Edition
Policymakers in Jefferson City passed Senate Bill 49 (SB 49), which allows for a sales tax of one eighth of...
How Much Can Saint Louis Taxpayers Take?
Saint Louis is beating out cities like New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco in one very important respect. No,...
Cheerleading Won’t Make the MLS Stadium a Good Deal for Taxpayers
This past week I’ve been discussing plans to write a $60 million taxpayer check to potential owners of a Major...
How Should Saint Louis Fund Its Zoo?
The Saint Louis Zoo is one of the finest institutions of its kind, and is a source of civic and...
Show-Me Now! Why Expand MetroLink?
Proponents of the multi-billion dollar MetroLink expansion proposal claim the system is underdeveloped, but is the opposite actually true? Learn...
Yes, the Soccer Stadium Proposal Will Cost City Residents
We have covered the rollercoaster ride of bringing a Major League Soccer team to Saint Louis for a few months...
