Kansas City’s Dubious COVID Orders Prompt Lawsuit
The decisions reached by policymakers should be based on the facts and grounded in a rational approach to achieving their...
Should Taxpayers Pay $10 Million To Reduce Streetcar Waiting Times?
Is reducing the time someone spends waiting on a streetcar worth a $10 million-dollar price tag? The Kansas City Streetcar...
How Will the Convention Hotel Help Taxpayers?
Let’s assume for the sake of argument that the planned convention hotel in Kansas City does increase convention business. How...
Urban Neglect: Kansas City and TIF
My colleague Michael Rathbone and I authored an essay titled “Urban Neglect, Kansas City’s Misuse of Tax Increment Financing.” In the essay we examined...
Another Push for Rail Transit in Kansas City
Recently, Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders announced that the county had received a $10 million federal grant to buy just...
Kansas City Streetcar Northern Extension: The Bus With Rails Also Wants Its Own Bridge
Kansas City is proposing to build a wasteful addition onto its as yet unopened streetcar line. As the Kansas City...
As Expected, Kansas City’s Mail-In Streetcar Vote Wins
We knew this was going to happen, but let’s put this in perspective. About 550 people voted by mail on...
Double Trouble: Kansas City Considers Extending Trolley Line To Plaza
It seems like only yesterday that I was calling Kansas City’s trolley plans a slow motion train wreck, yet the...
A Streetcar Too Far: Vanity Rail Lines Are a Waste of Kansas City Tax Dollars
The first line of The Associated Press article said it all: “The trolley is making a comeback.” Sure, the article...
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