McGraw Milhaven – David Stokes on KTRS
David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven’s KTRS radio program. In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss...
So This Is Happening . . .
What is happening, you ask? Work is about to begin on Ballpark Village, the commercial development around Busch Stadium in...
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...
Banning Beer? In Saint Louis?
This weekend, Saint Louis will host its annual Heritage Festival, a giant celebration of all things Saint Louis beer. Craft...
Why Does Kansas City Need a Land Bank?
The failed Citadel Development in Kansas City. What would such a development spearheaded by a land bank look like? Photo...
The Not-So-Special Session: Lessons Learned From a Public Policy Viewpoint
Talk about laying an egg! Missouri lawmakers are going home at the end of the 50-day special session of the...
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...
A Starry-Eyed Proposal To Rescue an Airport and Revitalize a Region
In 1998, the airport authority in St. Louis approved the construction of a third runway at its 70-year-old airfield (the...
And the Job Guesstimates Resume: RCGA Now Says Aerotropolis Will Bring 32,000 Jobs to Saint Louis
Let me take you back in time for just a moment. On October 27, 2006, the RCGA released a study...
So, Does This Mean Taxpayers Will Own Half of Stifel Nicolaus’ New Building?
For Saint Louisans, it’s a Good News/Bad News/Worse News sort of situation. The Good News? One of the region’s big...
Development Spending by Government Only Multiplies Madness
Growing up in a small town in Southeast Missouri, life often felt painfully slow. Amusement was limited to the bowling...
Worth the Cost? A New View of Ballpark Village
This week, the long-stalled Ballpark Village came back from the dead, one decade after it was first announced. The new...
Other People’s Money (and Property)
Since its inception, the Show-Me Institute’s scholars have made a point of opposing “corporate welfare.” As pointed out in the...
Former Site for Centene Plaza Sells After All
Our former editor, Tim Lee, recently pointed me to this article that ran a couple weeks ago in the St....
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....
Forget Ballpark Village, This Is What St. Louis Really Needs
Today’s Post-Dispatch has a front-page article on Mayor Slay’s newly announced plan to seek a major expansion of the network...
“City of Dreams”
When I opened the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning, I was greeted by the third front page article in less...
Quality Jobs, Questionable TIFS, and Cameras, Cameras, Cameras
Over at the Columbia Daily Tribune they have a depressing article about the corruption of a bill to expand the...
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