Keeping the Rams – Lessons from a Nursery Song
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?Yes, sir, yes sir, three bags full. In reading reports of Tuesday’s NFL...
Stadium Planners Sweeten the Deal . . . for Billionaires
Recently, the governor’s stadium task force announced a provisional agreement for the naming rights of a proposed riverfront stadium. The...
Property Taxes Will Not Save the Saint Louis Stadium Plan
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported on a study done by Harvard Business School graduates (one of whom is from Chesterfield) on...
Missouri Needs to Learn to Prioritize Spending
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: In a couple of weeks’ time, incoming college freshmen will get their first...
Why NOT let the public vote?
There is breaking News out of the St. Louis Circuit Court. Judge Thomas Frawley has ruled (http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/no-vote-on-city-money-for-new-nfl-stadium-in/article_51c33b67-9b72-5055-ba56-94cc9e1b46e2.html) that a city...
More Shell Games from Riverfront Stadium Planners
Last week, the Post-Dispatch published an article detailing yet another change to how a riverfront stadium, designed to keep the...
Use This Money: To Build a New Stadium
There has been a lot of back and forth about building a new riverfront stadium in Saint Louis. Putting aside for a moment...
Top Misconceptions About the Riverfront Stadium Plan
As the fight over funding a new riverfront stadium, designed to keep the Rams in Saint Louis, plays out in the...
Missouri Stadium Funding Plan Is Bad Policy, Possibly Illegal
In a quest to build a new riverfront stadium to keep the Rams in Saint Louis, some state and local...
If the Riverfront Stadium Plan Had Two Wheels, It’d Be a Bicycle
Recently, Dave Peacock, the head of Missouri’s stadium task force, spoke at a Commercial Real Estate Women of St. Louis breakfast....
The Fallacy of Tailgate Economics
News flash: Saint Louis is in danger of losing its football team. City and state officials are working feverishly on...
Rams to Make Missouri Millions?
At a meeting of the House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee, the Missouri economic development director argued that the state could make...
Why Cities Are Bad at Bargaining With Sports Teams
Don’t look now, but there’s a land rush for the Los Angeles pro football market. Saint Louisans will already be...
Super Bowls and the Super Rich: A Tale of Two Cities
As first appearing in The American Spectator: In ancient Athens, the birthplace of democracy and human freedom, the richest citizens...
Two Thumbs Down on Taxpayer Help for New Downtown Stadium
As first appearing in the Columbia Daily Tribune: Talk about pouring taxpayer money down a rat hole. How about having...
It’s Groundhog Day for Saint Louis and NFL Stadiums
The story is everywhere: Saint Louis is in danger of losing its NFL team because the city’s current stadium is...
Thoughts on the Latest Rams Press Conference
With the recent news that Rams owner Stan Kroenke is planning to build a new football stadium, the chances of the...
Thoughts on Gov. Nixon’s Rams Press Conference
With the Rams poised to do a power run out of town, are public officials planning to blitz unwary taxpayers and their pocketbooks?...
Is the Super Bowl a Super Boost for Local Economies?
The Kansas City Star published an article reporting on the creation of a task force whose goal is to bring the Super Bowl...
The Sorry State Of The Professional Left In Missouri
Yesterday, the Springfield News-Leader published a supposed scoop about the Show-Me Institute and the blase art of grant applications, a story...
