Let’s Grow Missouri, Literally
We often talk about growing Missouri in abstract ways. We want to grow the economy, grow the tax base, grow...
St. Joseph Should Privatize Its Sewer System
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press. The usual problems with water in St. Joseph, Missouri...
Plugging the Port Hole
A recent column by Dave Helling in The Kansas City Star called for Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to challenge...
Missouri’s Waterways Receive Bad Marks for Transportation
An organization named “America’s Watershed” recently released a report card on the country’s inland waterway systems, three of which are...
On Kit Bond Bridge, Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
In this week’s episode of Ruckus, which covers local policy issues in Kansas City, one of the panelists defended using...
Lake Of The Ozarks To Waste Sales Tax Monies On Passenger Rail
As Missourians consider whether or not to vote for a transportation sales tax, localities and regions are writing up their...
Shock: Transit Supporters Discover Sales Tax Will Go To Roads
This week, in expectation of new revenue from a proposed statewide sales tax, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) voted to...
Kansas City Streetcar Northern Extension: The Bus With Rails Also Wants Its Own Bridge
Kansas City is proposing to build a wasteful addition onto its as yet unopened streetcar line. As the Kansas City...
Ballot Initiative Lets Motorists Off Hook
As first appearing in the Columbia Daily Tribune on 24 November, 2013: Imagine ordering the usual for dinner at your...
The 100-Year Flood Of TIFs
Is there anything the Missouri Legislature could do to both reduce the abuse of tax subsidies in Missouri AND improve...
Missouri Assessments Need Greater Consistency
As Missouri enters its bi-annual reassessment process, I think people would be surprised to know just how substantial the difference...
Missouri Privatization Roundup
There has been a great deal happening on the issue of privatization throughout our state. Tony’s Kansas City has been...
Off the Track
The governor has announced that Missouri will seek additional funding for high-speed rail. This is, in my opinion, a very...
Private-Sector Investment Could Build Innovative Urban Corridor
The Show-Me Institute recently published a case study by Jerome J. Day that takes an expansive look at transportation infrastructure...
High-Speed Rail Proponents Underestimate Environmental Impact
On Monday, eight Midwestern governors met in Chicago to sign a memorandum of understanding by which they committed to a...
Who Doesn’t Want to Tour a Water Treatment Plant on the Coldest Day in Decades?
I want to quickly thank Bradley Brown and Robert Fuerman of Missouri-American Water for taking me on a tour of...
County Seat Mania ? Live From The Gasconade Octagon
If you like studying government, covering politics, and writing about it all on a blog, then yesterday’s Post-Dispatch had a...
