St. Louis County Needs a Land Bank Like I Need a Hole in My Head
In truly unwelcome news for people who care about good government, a coalition has been put together to create a...
Springfield Does Not Need a Land Bank
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. In government, nothing succeeds like failure. How else to explain...
When It Comes to The Land Bank, St. Joseph Should Get Out While It Still Can
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press. You are probably familiar with various versions of the...
St. Joseph Should Privatize Its Sewer System
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press. The usual problems with water in St. Joseph, Missouri...
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...
Entrepreneurship in Missouri, Part 2: Where Is the Job Growth?
A week ago I wrote of the decline of entrepreneurial activity in the nation, Missouri, Kansas City, MO, and Saint...
Personal Income in Missouri Continues to Lag
Recent economic data reinforces an old story: Missouri’s economy is not expanding fast enough to substantially raise its citizens’ income. ...
Economic Impact Fallacies
David Martin over at The Pitch has a great piece about how the positive economic impacts of a Chiefs training...
St. Joseph’s Development “Plan” Not Exactly Focused On Actual Development
Let me pose a hypothetical to you. Let’s say you were in charge of revitalizing a languishing downtown area but...
Legitimizing Tax Stacking a Bad Move
Municipalities that employ tax stacking — levying multiple sales taxes above the state cap of 1.5 percent — may soon...
The Mismeasure of Stimulus
An article in the St. Joe News highlights the accomplishments of federal stimulus dollars in Northwest Missouri: Missouri’s 6th Congressional...
The Necessity of Art
Even in the midst of a huge budgetary crisis, it’s nice to see that Missouri taxpayers will continue to support...
Regional Cooperation Continues in Northwest Missouri
As regular readers know (my old joke would have been to insert "both of you" there, but I am pretty...
Merger mania
Just as Richmond Heights and Clayton near the end of their joint study on merging the cities, legislation has been...
