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...
The North Side’s Unlearned Lesson
Many Saint Louis residents are familiar with the empty promise of the NorthSide redevelopment project and how it hasn’t achieved...
More Corporate Welfare for St. Louis Land Developer?
On Wednesday, land developer Paul McKee announced a plan to build a food market in St. Louis as part of...
Regionalism for Thee, But Not for Me
In their recent push to keep the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in Saint Louis City, city leadership has argued the...
Saint Louis Property Taxes, Part 3: The Tax Breaks
In my previous two posts on Saint Louis City’s real property tax base, I discussed how various government bodies and...
Proposition 1 Raises Property Tax for Questionable Purposes
On August 4th, Saint Louis City residents will be asked to vote for a property tax increase (17 cents per...
McKee Wants to Flip Northside Properties at Taxpayers’ Expense
As we discussed recently, the city of Saint Louis is looking to buy back land it sold to Paul McKee’s...
McKee’s Northside Plans Fail, City to Buy Land for NGA
Back in 2009, city government had grand plans for a massive redevelopment of North Saint Louis City. To that end,...
Stadium Planners Move to Block City Vote
Last week, the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority (RSA) brought suit against Saint Louis City over an ordinance that...
Delays and Blockades: Certificate of Need in Saint Louis
Imagine you are eight years old, and you want to go into the business of selling lemonade. When walking around...
Army Of Lobbyists Fails To Deliver
If 17 lobbyists cannot get you what you want, then I do not know what can. At the conclusion of...
NorthSide Receives State’s Largest TIF
The Missouri Supreme Court enabled Saint Louis City to award a staggering $390 million TIF (Tax Increment Financing) package to...
More Handouts For McKee?
What we need is the death of state tax credits; but tonight, developer Paul McKee will fight to keep the...
Gotta Spend Money To Make Money?
My mom and I went to Las Vegas not long after I turned 21. I cannot remember why we chose...
One Lucky Duck
Developer Paul McKee is winning, but is Saint Louis? McKee’s NorthSide Regeneration received $10.5 million in state tax credits at...
Ceux Subventionnes (The Subsidized Ones)
It is not our intention to be the Inspector Javert to the Jean Valjean of Winghaven, constantly chasing Paul McKee’s proposals...
Unknown Party Slips New-and-Improved Tax Credit Handout into Aerotropolis/Eco-Devo Legislation
In a blog post published today at the Southeast Missourian, state Sen. Jason Crowell raises a battery of concerns about...
An Ignoble Attack
A few days ago, a rather innocuous blog post of mine came under withering attack from a blogger at the...
Planners Save Missouri!
“There are few things as important as effective government planning,” I said to myself the other day while enjoying a...
Just How Much State Money Will It Take?
In an unexpected turn of events, Paul McKee, the developer behind a projected $8.1 billion development project in the city...
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