The Absolute Worst Time to Ask for a Stadium Incentive Package
In a sea of coverage about health care and social-distancing measures, there is a big outlier in St. Louis news...
The MLS Deal Keeps Getting Better for Taxpayers
Recent news that the owners of a new Major League Soccer franchise in St. Louis will not be getting $40...
The Entirely Predictable Failure of Sports Teams Subsidies
The River City Rascals are taking their ball and going home. This was not entirely surprising as the team was...
Better Is a Relative Term
Rumor has it that later this month Major League Soccer (MLS) will announce the next cities to be blessed with...
Patrick Tuohey Responds to WXOS’s Bernie Miklasz on MLS Stadium Deal
When ESPN Radio host Bernie Miklasz took to the air to attack David Hunn’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on the...
Subsidized Downtown Stadiums, Forever and Always, a Bad Idea
The Kansas City Star editorial board rightfully condemned even idle talk of building a sports stadium downtown. And while most...
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...
Mike Ferguson Breaks Down Public Funding For MLS on Allman Report
Show-Me Opportunity’s Mike Ferguson appeared on ABC 30’s The Allman Report on Wednesday, March 29, to discuss the public funding...
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...
No, the City Does Not “Drive a Hard Bargain”
Do you smell that smoke? It’s from the hole your money is burning in the pockets of Saint Louis City...
When Bad Policy Won’t Stay Dead
We’re far from Halloween, but some really scary things are already rising from the dead—in particular, the effort to subsidize...
The ‘Price’ of Doing Business
As first appearing in the American Spectator: As someone who ran his own business for many years, I am aware...
Prospects Bleak for MLS Proposal-and That’s a Good Thing
Public funding for a Major League Soccer (MLS) stadium has been a hot topic in Saint Louis over the past...
A Critical Review of the SC STL Proposal
“Game-changing” projects that require taxpayer assistance have become the norm in Saint Louis, as public subsidies are granted to wealthy...
Fuzzy Thinking on the “Price” of Doing Business
As someone who ran his own business for many years, I am aware of the difference between cost and price,...
Listen Up, Missouri Lawmakers: Here Are Seven Resolutions for 2017
Oh, Missouri lawmakers, it is me, the Ghost of a Christmas Yet-to-Come, who whispers in your ear this wintry night....
The Wrong Kind of Bet with the Wrong Kind of Money
A group of local businesspeople (SC STL) is trying to lure a Major League Soccer (MLS) team to the Gateway...
Rationalizing a Downtown Soccer Stadium
Sometimes we want something so badly we’ll tell ourselves just about anything in order to get it. Psychologists and philosophers...
Watch Michael Highsmith On The Allman Report
Michael Highsmith appeared on ABC 30’s The Allman Report on Monday, November 21 to discuss public funding for a new...
Out with Football, in with Fútbol?
With the Rams on the West Coast, many Saint Louisans have shifted their attention to other sports. The Blues had...
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