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...
Pre-Filed Bill Excitement Spreads Among Nerds, Hacks …
Count me in as the latter, but I assure you I am at least a reputable hack. Political Fix has...
Pre-Filed Bills to Dominate Blogging, Commentary, Life …
Like an early Christmas for bloggers here at the Show-Me Institute, the swallows have returned to Jefferson City in the...
Columbia School District Should Abandon Frivolous Lawsuit
To date, Columbia Public Schools has spent roughly $82,000 on the “adequacy” lawsuit, despite the fact it is a no-win...
Why Don’t They Just Designate the Building as Blighted? It’d Save Some Time
This has been a hot topic around the office, but as I was skimming through our recent posts, I realized...
Clarification on Quote in Columbia Daily Tribune
This past Friday, MoDOT held a forum on future transportation funding in Missouri. It was a very worthwhile event, and...
Take Two
Tax incentives for film producers might not be such a good idea after all. The Post-Dispatch reports that two directors...
Mizzou 38, OU 35
No, this is not a post about football. The University of Missouri?Columbia has won approval to drop the hyphen from...
Carbon Copy Laws
David Weigel at Reason’s Hit and Run blog comments on Gov. Blunt’s plan to keep illegal immigrants from getting driver’s...
A Win for Consumers
Fans of free markets are doing the wave. Starting today, it’s legal in Missouri to sell tickets at prices above...
School Choice Is Working, After All
During the past few weeks, commentators across the country have reported that a conservative policy group issued a study finding...
An Education Blog Is Born
There’s another new Missouri education blog out there, this one courtesy of the Columbia Missourian. In its first few posts,...
“Statistics Are Elusive Things”
Most journalists aren’t number people. If they were, they’d be much less likely to wind up in a profession dominated...
