Road Money Drying Up, Whatsoever Shall We Do?
MoDOT is predicting that road projects in Missouri, except for the New I-64/40, will be delayed because (according to the...
Praise Given Where Praise Is Due
I tend to be fairly negative on this blog (that’s what happens when you’re an ugly cynic like me), so...
Lessons From South Korea
Neal McCluskey blogs about South Korean education and the roots of its success. McCluskey argues that the private sector is...
Gonna Have to Side With the Sewer District on This
The Metropolitan Sewer District, which provides stormwater and sewer services to Saint Louis city and County, has changed its billing...
People Respond to Pricing
Incentives and prices matter. As prices change, habits and activities change. Here are two articles relating to how people are...
What Is Your Definition of “Speedy”?
The Post-Dispatch ran a front-page story last Friday revealing the glacial pace of "justice" in the city of Saint Louis....
Counties, Not Cities, Should Determine TIFs
A 2007 change to state law granting more authority to county tax increment financing (TIF) commissions within the Saint Louis-area,...
Athletes And Entertainers Get Special Love, And Special Tax
Combest links to an article by Shawn Clubb in today’s Suburban Journals of St. Louis that discusses the athletes and...
Some Positive (and Not-So-Positive) News for Missouri Homeowners
Forbes Magazine has ranked Kansas City fifth in its “Best Cities for Home Sellers” list. This is good news for...
A Fantastic Example
The Post-Dispatch has a story today that I really hope garners a lot of attention. A private organization, the Today...
Bodyguards and Pay Raises for City Officials
Kansas City has an interesting way of setting salaries for its city officials. The salaries of the mayor and City...
Tort Reform Has Been Great for Missouri
The governor gave a series of speeches yesterday about the results of tort reform legislation that was passed in 2005....
Coming From a Proud Product of Public School Education …
This is a worthwhile read: “They love the city, but not the schools.” People want to move into the city....
Not an Example of “Pro-Business” or “Pro-Market”
Centene Corp. is in the news again. After the collapse of the Saint Louis ballpark village incentive proposal (which, in...
Tax Pledge Elevator Going Up
In response to Jason Rosenbaum’s clarion Clash call for posts on tax pledges, or more specifically, anti-tax-increase pledges, from candidates,...
It’s Raining Occupational Licensing Stories!
Seriously, people, I had no idea that after I testified (or, more accurately, attempted to testify) on Monday about occupational...
Bad Ideas, and a Few Good Ones, in Springfield Budget Dispute
Today’s Springfield News-Leader has a detailed account of the budget troubles facing Missouri’s third-largest city. The primary cause of the...
Sick Day Payouts Are Sickening
Last weekend, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a terrific, in-depth article about the practice of paying employees of the city...
“Viva St. Charles” Doesn’t Have the Same Bite … Yet
I’ve wanted to blog about this for a while, but the opportunity never really presented itself as well as I...
Strikes and Gutters in Kansas City Election Results
It was probably a little premature and St. Louis-centric for me to call the Franklin County Charter victory the highlight...
