Cape Girardeau Should Think Twice Before Establishing CID
As first appearing in the Southeast Missourian: Over the past two decades, Missouri has seen an explosion of new, alphabet...
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Bloodletting In Clayton
For centuries until approximately 200 years ago, bloodletting was a common treatment for illness. If you were sick, you would...
Mayor James’ Corporate Welfare Handouts
The Kansas City Star reported that Burns & McDonnell, the successful architectural and engineering firm headquartered in Kansas City, is...
Columbia Says No To A TIF
There was very big news out of Columbia, Mo., Monday night. The Columbia City Council shot down a large Tax...
House Bill 1501: The DALATC Does Not Deserve To Be Renewed
When the previous DALATC program expired last year, Missouri taxpayers benefitted. According to the Missouri Accountability Portal, the primary beneficiary...
Kirkwood Says ‘Yes!’ To Actual Capitalism
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) usage in Missouri is so out of control that we have actually witnessed cities reject proposals...
Show-Me with McGraw Monday Mornings 550 KTRS
In the February 24, 2014, segment with McGraw Milhaven, David Stokes talks about the tax-exempt status of hospitals. David Stokes’s...
The 100-Year Flood Of TIFs
Is there anything the Missouri Legislature could do to both reduce the abuse of tax subsidies in Missouri AND improve...
Take This TIF And Pool It!
Some communities in Saint Louis County are attempting to alter the sales tax distribution system within the county and greatly...
About Those Aviation Department Funds…
We’re told time and again that aviation funds cannot be used for a city’s own financial needs. Federal law is...
The Citadel Project Is Why Missouri Needs TIF Reform
The Wall Street Journal recently published a story about the very controversial Citadel Project in Kansas City. If anything, the...
David Stokes on Crestwood and TIFs on KMOX
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes talks with John Hancock and Michael Kelley on KMOX, 1120AM. They talk about the...
What Should Crestwood Do?
The Crestwood Tax Increment Financing (TIF) proposal is dead, at least temporarily. Joining it in death is Crestwood Mall, also...
New Show-Me Institute Video About Olivette TIF
In 2000, Olivette officials debated a major tax subsidy for a new retail center. The subsidy was in the form...
Not All Airport Bonds Fly
The Branson Airport, derided by Kansas City’s City Council Transportation Committee Chairman Russ Johnson as a stealer of market share from...
Democracy Alive And Well In Lee’s Summit
On May 23, the Lee’s Summit Enhanced Enterprise Zone (EEZ) Advisory Committee held a public meeting to collect feedback on a...
Lee’s Summit EEZ: A Solution In Search Of A Problem
As published in Lee’s Summit Journal: In 2006 and again in 2010, Money Magazine cited Lee’s Summit as one of...
New Strategy On TIF Reform In Missouri
Last week, I testified in favor of Missouri House Bill 914 in Jefferson City. This latest attempt at Tax Increment...
NorthSide Receives State’s Largest TIF
The Missouri Supreme Court enabled Saint Louis City to award a staggering $390 million TIF (Tax Increment Financing) package to...
Lee’s Summit Should Not Institute an Enterprise Zone
The dirty little secret that nobody seems to want to recognize, or even attempt to uncover, is that EEZ, Tax...
