Platte County Commission Decision Not to Levy Taxes Upheld in Court
My colleague David Stokes has written a good deal about an effort in Platte County to institute a sales tax...
Platte County Children’s Services Fund Tax
A version of the following letter was published in the Kansas City Star. On November 5, voters in Platte County will...
Politicizing Charity Is Dangerous
This November, Platte County voters will decide on whether to implement a quarter-cent sales tax in the county to support...
Think Twice before Supporting a New Tax
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Platte County Landmark. Everyone wants to help kids thrive, right? Who...
Clay County Should Reduce Its Commercial Property Tax Surcharge
A version of this commentary appeared in the Clay County Courier-Tribune. This November, Clay County residents will vote on...
A Peculiar Solution for Ever-Increasing Water Rates
On June 2, residents of Peculiar, Missouri will vote on the sale of the City of Peculiar utility system to...
A Moonshot of Mistakes: Missouri’s Missing Million
When the United States put a man on the moon in 1969, the state of Missouri was the 13th largest...
Will There Be a Cease-fire in Kansas City’s Economic “Border War”?
That’s the billion-dollar question that legislators on both sides of State Line Road are asking themselves. Show-Me Institute researchers have...
The Risk of City-issued Bonds
Kansas City leaders tell us that the bonds issued by the Kansas City Industrial Development Authority to fund the construction...
