Holiday Best Wishes for the Blogworld!
As the Christmas saying goes: Every time a mouse clicks, a blogger gets more page view hits. With that holiday...
A Better Solution for the Quality of Long-Term Care
Yesterday, representatives of the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NCSLC) hosted news conferences in Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis...
You Say Potato, and I Say TOMATO
Yesterday, oral arguments were heard in a lawsuit in Jefferson City about a language change in a 2008 Missouri ballot...
Worth a Thousand Words
Here’s another Internet harassment case. This time, a woman complains that she’s been harassed by a kid. A high-school boy...
Math Lexicon
I have to respectfully disagree with my colleague’s tacit approval of "integrated math," which is not an "intuitive or interesting"...
Property Taxes in the News
The Kansas City Star has an interesting article on why property taxes keep going up despite the downturn in the...
Math Wars
What are "contextual and situational situations"? It has something to do with integrated math, the latest topic of discussion at...
An Awesome Idea
It’s because of stories like this (thanks, Edspresso!) that I’m happy and optimistic. It’s about a public school in Houston...
Board of Education Makes the Right Call
Janese Heavin at the Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the Columbia Board of Education has wisely decided not to channel...
New Study Questions Missouri’s Individual Income Tax
I’ve been remiss. I already post less frequently on this blog than I should, but last week I neglected to...
Cell Phone Tax Windfall Is Another Reason to Roll Back Tax Rates
The Post-Dispatch reports that AT&T has agreed to settle the lawsuit brought by cities for back taxes from cell phone...
What’s It Worth?
Thanks go to Combest for linking to this silly news report about "price-gouging." The Missouri Attorney General’s office is warning...
City Manager on Hot Seat in Kansas City
Did you know that Kansas City is one of the largest cities in the United States that has a city...
Just Like I Said Last Week About Casinos …
It may not be Missouri, but it’s close enough, and it relates perfectly to what I posted just last week...
Personal Property Taxes, Those Lexus Christmas Ads, and Free Tax Advice
It is that time of year again when Lexus starts trumpeting its Christmas sales event. To those of you out...
Pub Def Post I Had to Link To
While I am not going to comment on it myself, here is a must-read post from Pub Def. You can...
Kansas City Counts on Gambling for Parking, Art, Self-Esteem
Gambling revenue is to government what masturbation is to single 20-somethings — just a reliable thing to fall back on...
Are There Really Townships in Missouri?
Yes, there are, and one of them just lost a lawsuit for, among other reasons, not properly following the open...
Rewarding Kids
Here’s a public-private partnership not everyone is happy about. A Florida school district is teaming up with McDonald’s to reward...
Changes to Property Assessment System Would Improve Fairness
Like a more frequent, less welcome, and much more expensive Halley’s Comet, property reassessment returned to Missouri this year. As...
