TIFs Fail to Meet Expectations
Steve Vockrodt over at The Pitch has an excellent column about how taxpayer subsidized development projects often underperform their goals. He writes...
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Hail to the Chiefs? City Includes Arrowhead on List of Urban Core Successes
After a recent KCPT documentary on urban neglect made waves across the region, supporters of the earnings tax are eager to counter...
Missouri Dodges A Bullet: Bombardier Seeks Billion Dollar Rescue in Canada
Back in 2008, the Show-Me Institute was staunchly opposed to a plan that could have given aircraft manufacturer Bombardier nearly...
The Star Responds to Show-Me Daily Post
We were gratified to learn that members of the Kansas City Star editorial board read our humble blog. In a...
The Myth of the Urban Millennial
The debate over what millennials want continues to rage in Kansas City and elsewhere. City leaders are spending gobs of...
Thoughts on Medicaid, Right to Try, and Paycheck Protection As Legislative Session Wraps Up
Expect things to get a little wild before the legislature finishes its work at 6 p.m. Friday. Here are some...
Show-Me Now! Corporate Welfare In KC
Burns & McDonnell is a Kansas City success story, so why is it asking taxpayers to fund the development of...
Army Of Lobbyists Fails To Deliver
If 17 lobbyists cannot get you what you want, then I do not know what can. At the conclusion of...
Warren County Should Not Institute An Enhanced Enterprise Zone
The dirty little secret that nobody seems to want to recognize, or even attempt to uncover, is that Enhanced Enterprise...
