Taxes Matter
Faced with a record budget surplus this year (on the order of $14.8 billion U.S.), the territory of Hong Kong...
Cut the Budget or Raise Taxes? Kansas City, Make Your Choice …
Today’s Kansas City Star has a very good and detailed look at Kansas City’s projected budget problems. I believe it...
New Charters Threatened
Here’s a video clip about a plan to prevent new charter schools from opening in St. Louis. The proposal would...
A Freer Free Ride
Maybe it’s because a wintry mix has shut down every major St. Louis roadway, or maybe it’s because I’m still...
Competitive Begging
Every major city that has any problem with homelessness (which, I think, is all of them) realizes that steps must...
Coors-Miller HQ: Kansas City?
Maybe I’m a little late in getting this out, but last week the Miller-Coors merger talks focused on a neutral...
Should St. Charles Councilmembers Get a Pay Raise?
The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Saint Charles County Council is considering giving itself a pay raise. Now, those...
Slow Down There, Turbo
In one of the more bizarre (and ridiculous) examples of local government unnecessarily exerting its will over citizens, a St....
If It Moves, Tax It
Here’s a proposed ordinance that could compete with Dave’s nomination for Stupidest Idea of 2008. The city of St. Louis...
Sol Stern and SLPS
An article in the New York Times about Sol Stern reveals some similarities between his disappointment with parental choice and...
Ready, Fire, Aim!
Hits and misses from around Missouri newspapers, blogs, and elsewhere today: Education Week has a story on how the increased...
A Car for Me? No, a Car for We
In an effort to help lower emissions and reduce the congestion associated with the Highway 40 shutdown, both downtown St....
“Other People’s Money” – StL-Style
On Wednesday, Macy’s Department Stores announced that it will cut 850 jobs and close its Midwest regional headquarters in St....
Here We Go Again
Some people scoffed when I complained last year that encouraging schoolchildren to lobby will lead to a lot of frivolous...
Election Week: Will Your Vote Count?
It’s Super Tuesday, so I hope that sometime before, after, or while you’re actually reading this (hooray for iPhones) you’ve...
Responding to Criticisms of KIPP
There’s a discussion of KIPP’s drawbacks and merits in the comments section of the Talk of the Day blog. One...
Overturning Light Rail a Good Decision for Kansas City
When citizens pass an initiative referendum, judges or elected officials should use the greatest of caution in exercising their...
KIPP Schools Are on the Way
It’s official: Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools are coming to St. Louis: The announcement today from the San...
Great Ideas Abound for Kansas City’s School District
The Kansas City School District is (once again) stumbling down the path (recently blazed by the Saint Louis School District)...
Eminent Domain at the All-Star Game
A front-page story in this morning’s Post-Dispatch details the delays that have plagued the Ballpark Village development in downtown St....
