Why Exactly Do Food Truck Workers Need a Passport Photo?
One of the staunchest opponents of limited government is often the government itself, in the form of the bureaucracy. Complicated...
Is This Really the Least Bad Deal to Build a Soccer Stadium?
My colleague Graham Renz wrote often about how the 2017 proposal for St. Louis taxpayers to subsidize a soccer stadium...
Correction to Saint Louis TIF essay
The Show Me Institute’s recently-released paper, “Tax Increment Financing in Saint Louis,” contains an error. That error was quoted in...
Mizzou Researchers Blind and Kill Puppies, University Demands Tens of Thousands for Related Records
And no, the headline isn't an exaggeration. As reported in the Riverfront Times, four University of Missouri researchers blinded a...
Uber Under Threat in Saint Louis
The Metropolitan Taxicab Commission (MTC), which regulates for-hire vehicles (mainly taxis) in Saint Louis City and County, has attempted to...
The Tax Subsidy That Wasn’t
In the 1990s, private developers partnered with members of the Olivette City Council to endorse the implementation of a $38...
Could a Longer Yellow Mean Less Green in City Coffers?
More importantly, could it mean more green in your wallet? As the Riverfront Times notes (emphasis added): Motorists driving along roadways...
Airport Expansion Failed in the Past; Why Will This Time Be Any Different?
Lawmakers in Missouri are doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Government officials tried to...
Cranky Yellow Quaffs Bitter Bureaucracy
Ever seen the movie Brazil? When the main character wants his A/C fixed, the opaque and monolithic government forces him...
Which Is Government Protecting: Consumers From Food Poisoning, or Existing Businesses From Competition?
Apparently, Saint Louis isn’t alone in its issues with food trucks. The Institute for Justice launched a lawsuit challenging a...
Policing By Camera: A Discussion of Red Light and Surveillance Cameras as a Tool of Law Enforcement
On Wednesday next week, the Show-Me Institute and the Saint Louis chapter of Liberty on the Rocks will co-host a...
Getting It Right
Yesterday, I complained that the city should not be waiving parking fees downtown on one of its busiest days of...
Your Government, Your Editor
The Riverfront Times blog points out that a judge in the local U.S. District Court has determined that St. Louis...
The Attack of the Rent-Seeking HVAC Contractors Has Begun!
Here is St. Louis Board of Aldermen Bill No. 337, which would apply current licensing requirements for commercial HVAC work...
SMI Research Assistant John Payne on FOX 2 tonight at 10:00
Charles Jaco just finished taping an interview with Show-Me Institute research assistant John Payne, about the Metro mass transit system...
Metro Board Member Responds to Show-Me Institute Op-Ed
The Show-Me Institute recently released an op-ed by research assistant John Payne, titled “Adding New MetroLink Lines Too Costly, Inefficient.”...
MetroLink Expansion a Bad Idea
Show-Me Institute research assistant John Payne recently had an op-ed published in the Riverfront Times about the proposed tax hike...
Ridiculous Licensing Proposal in St. Louis
You knew this was going to happen sooner or later. Ten years ago, when HVAC contractors in St. Louis County...
Pseudoephedrine and Meth: No Easy Solution
This week, Union, a town of about 8,000 people in Franklin County, became the second city in the nation to...
Bail Bonds, Repo Men, Process Serving, and Blog Posts
Longtime readers might know that I love to write about the bail bonding industry and, starting today, its close cousin: the...
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