We Need A Moratorium On Municipal Development Moratoriums
The city of Frontenac, in Saint Louis County, has enacted a moratorium on new developments within a commercial area of...
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Kansas City Adds Single Measure To November Ballot
It has been a busy week for public officials in Kansas City. Yesterday, the Kansas City Council added one new...
Who is Hurt by Eminent Domain Abuse and TIF in Richmond Heights? – Part 3
The Hadley Township community in Saint Louis County is another example of the devastation that Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and...
Shenanigans In Ellisville!!!
At tonight’s Ellisville City Council meeting, a charter amendment is being introduced to amend the rules for recalling elected officials...
Who is Hurt by Eminent Domain Abuse and TIF in Richmond Heights? – Part 2
The Hadley Township community in Saint Louis County is another example of the devastation that Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and...
Who is Hurt by Eminent Domain Abuse and TIF in Richmond Heights? – Part 1
The Hadley Township community in Saint Louis County is another example of the devastation that Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and...
Richmond Heights Continues To Ignore A History Of TIF Failures
The Show-Me Institute has written extensively about the negative effects of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), yet cities in Missouri continue...
If I Was On The Columbia TIF Panel Tonight . . .
. . . I would ask the other panelists for answers to these questions about Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and...
Please, Columbia, Learn From Saint Louis’ TIF Mistakes
On Tuesday, the Columbia City Council will hold a panel discussion about how Tax Increment Financing (TIF) works. Former Saint...
Measurements of Enterprise Zones: Comparative Economic Growth in Missouri Counties
The dirty little secret that nobody seems to want to recognize, or even attempt to uncover, is that EEZ, Tax...
Double Trouble In Maplewood
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Maplewood City Council voted Tuesday night to ban food trucks from operating within...
Good News: Missouri Behind Only 42 Other States in Economic Growth Last Year
This week, the U.S. Commerce Department reported that Missouri’s economic growth placed the state 43rd in the country last year....
What Is The Matter With Columbia?
The demolition of the Regency Hotel site. Photo by Timmy Huynh of the Columbia Missourian. Since 2005, the City of Columbia...
The Kansas City Citizen’s Commission On Municipal Revenue
A Kansas City citizens’ commission that the mayor appointed recently released a draft report on changes to the city’s municipal...
Last Week For TIF Reform
In my personal opinion, the single most important thing the Missouri General Assembly needs to do this year is pass...
If You Need A Subsidy In Chesterfield, Where Don’t You Need One?
Monday night, the Chesterfield City Council gave preliminary approval to a new outlet mall development that plans to impose a...
Depressing News From Ellisville
The vote of the five members of the Ellisville City Council in favor of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is just...
Big Night For Ellisville
So, what is it going to be, Ellisville? TIF or no TIF? Tonight is the scheduled final vote on the...
EEZs Are An EZ Path To Corporate Welfare
In a very funny 1983 episode of “Family Ties,” the father, Steven Keaton, reads an FBI file describing his mild...
Revisionist TIF History From Columbia’s City Manager
The Columbia Missourian has published an overview of the statewide use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), a development subsidy that...
