Will They Push George Brett Around in a Wheelchair?
I sure hope not. For starters, I think he’s only 60 and in perfectly good health. But ever since the Red Sox...
Snapshots Vs. Trends in School Testing
Saint Louis’s Paideia Academy, a charter school, is set to close its doors following a recent defeat in a court...
Dave on Don Marsh This Morning
If you happen to be in the St. Louis area and near a radio (or at a computer pretty much...
Developer Should Bear Risk of Failure
I was pleased to see that the Post-Dispatch ran a letter to the editor today that I wrote in response...
There’s No Success Like Failure
A court ruling on Monday likely means that Paideia Academy — a charter elementary school in Saint Louis plagued with...
“There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch”
The email that I cited in my previous blog entry also contains the following passage: Much has been made of...
Missouri’s Development Tax Credits Cost Too Much, Deliver Too Little
In a recent Post-Dispatch op-ed (“Tax credits work for Missouri,” June 17), Donald Rosemann argues that tax credits create jobs...
Saint Louis Streetcars Making a Comeback?
In the first half of the 20th century, Saint Louis boasted an extensive system of streetcars, which were slowly wiped...
Vacancy, Legitimated
According to the United States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the city of Saint Louis has an estimated 21.5-percent residential...
Trade Codes and Rent Seeking Are Hot in Missouri Tonight
St. Louis County, the city of St. Louis, and Kansas City are all seeing examples of preferred legislation for favored...
Jobs for Sale
Good news for Missouri. In a recent press release, Unisys announced that its forthcoming Application Modernization Center of Excellence is...
Cut the Nonsense
Bertrand Russell was right about one thing, “There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed...
Did We Get What They Paid For? How Jefferson City Bureaucrats Erred on DALATC
[NOTE, 6/28/10: According to officials at the Department of Economic Development (DED), the DED did undertake a review of NorthSide...
An Explanation for NorthSide Tax Credit Application Discrepancies?
[NOTE, 6/28/10: According to officials at the Department of Economic Development (DED), the DED did undertake a review of NorthSide...
If Water Rates Rise, You Should Privatize!
The title of this blog entry should be spoken as if you were Johnny Cochran (R.I.P.). The Post-Dispatch is reporting...
Pathological Community Development, Paid For By You, Me, and Me Again
I do my best thinking at night. At least, that is how I justified my late-night walk this week through...
Report Detailing North Side Redevelopment Tax Credit Application Discrepancies Now Online
Thanks to everybody who listened to Audrey Spalding’s segment on KMOX this morning about discrepancies in the tax credit application...
Tune In to Hear Audrey Spalding on KMOX Friday Morning!
Audrey Spalding, the Show-Me Institute’s public information specialist, will appear on The Charlie Brennan Show tomorrow, Friday morning, at 10:20...
Tax Incentives Are a Game We Can’t Win
Today, Show-Me Institute Research Analyst Christine Harbin appeared on the Sarah Steelman Hour radio show in Springfield, talking about tax...
Are Missourians Ready for Toll Roads?
Yesterday, Combest linked to a story in the Post-Dispatch about a talk that former MoDOT director Pete Rahn gave in...
