TIF Gives Cities An Unfair Advantage Over Other Governments
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What Do You Get When More Than 70 Percent Of Voters Support Anti-TIF Candidates?
Apparently, you get a TIF (Tax Increment Financing) anyway. The Ellisville City Council appears to be going forward with a...
Missouri TIF Update
Tonight is the big night in Ellisville. The just-announced closure of the Best Buy in town should make the choice...
Richmond Heights: TIF Gone Bad
Richmond Heights is the latest city in Missouri to dangle Tax Increment Financing (TIF) incentives in front of hungry developers...
Good Call, Ellisville
Ellisville officials made the right decision last night. They decided to delay a vote on the much-discussed Tax Increment Financing...
What Now, Ellisville?
The current Ellisville City Council is scheduled to vote on the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) proposal tonight. Last night’s election...
Hope Yet On TIF, Part Two
Last night, Julia Dolan (who is an Ellisville resident) and I attended the Ellisville City Council meeting where they were...
Why On God’s Green Earth Can Cities Override The County TIF Commission?
I have been able to determine that the best and worst laws are in Missouri. This is the best law....
The City of Ellisville Versus the Saint Louis County TIF Commission
Last night, Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes testified against the use of tax increment financing (TIF) before the Saint...
TIF Is A Bad Idea That Refuses To Die
Tax increment financing (TIF) is the Rasputin of Saint Louis County – the bad idea that keeps coming back and...
New Year’s Resolutions for a Better Missouri
The state of Missouri is in the hole — facing a shortfall between $600 million and $1 billion under the...
Ceux Subventionnes (The Subsidized Ones)
It is not our intention to be the Inspector Javert to the Jean Valjean of Winghaven, constantly chasing Paul McKee’s proposals...
A Tale Of Two County Executives (More Similar Than Different)
Last month, I attended a tax increment financing (TIF) commission meeting in Saint Charles. Last Wednesday night, I planned to testify before the Saint Louis...
Making a Good System Better: Suggestions for Kansas City Government
All politics, as they say, is local. But the politics in some places (think St. Louis and St. Louis County)...
TIF is Everyone’s Education Problem
Remember the school district in Kansas City that is asking for a tax increase because of lost tax revenue? Show-Me Institute’s...
St. Charles Collecting Business License Fees It Is Not Authorized To Collect
While researching Tax Increment Financing, I visited the St. Charles city website. While there (it is a very good municipal website),...
In Praise of Jennings
An overriding emphasis on Big Ideas and Big Changes can obscure the fact that most improvements in life happen in...
A Public Request of Urban Planning Firms in Missouri
I have a request of the urban planning firms in Missouri. I would like to see examples where cities, counties,...
Witches, Economic Development Promises, and Baseball
I had no idea that there were so many witches in Romania. Or that European politicians (including French President Nicolas...
Nixa Will Have A CID To Kick Around Some More
A Community Improvement District (CID) proposal in Nixa, Mo., which had been lying dormant for a few months, resurfaced at a...
