Centene Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
There are numerous flaws in the ongoing subsidy-driven economic development strategy employed in Missouri. In this post, I want to...
Well, At Least It’s Not a Check
In a perfect world, municipalities would not need to offer tax incentives to attract investment. That was the consensus on...
CEO Defends Centene Clayton Expansion
Last week Clayco CEO Bob Clark made a guest appearance on KTRS to discuss the Centene expansion being proposed in...
If You Give a Developer a Subsidy
One of my favorite books as a child was If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. “If you give a...
Tax Dollars for Centene . . . Why?
St. Louis-based Centene is the largest managed care provider in the United States, and they're looking to expand with two...
Feeding Clayton’s Healthcare Giant
On Monday Clayton City Hall found itself filled to the brim with citizens hoping to attend a public hearing regarding...
Regarding Centene’s Outrageous Corporate Welfare Demands
For those unfamiliar with the company, St. Louis-based Centene Corporation is a managed care organization with a specialization in Medicaid....
An Imminent Eminent Domain Case
When most Saint Louisans think about eminent domain abuses, they tend to conjure up thoughts of Maplewood razing neighborhoods in order to build...
“It’s Hotel/Motel Time!”
There was a terrific editorial in Friday’s St. Louis Business Journal about proposals in Clayton and Richmond Heights to institute...
Development Without Eminent Domain
The Post-Dispatch ran an article today discussing the construction of Centene’s new headquarters building here in Clayton. As the article...
Tax Incentive Goose, Meet Subsidy Gander
The insantiy of Missouri’s tax incentive system is slowly becoming more apparent, though I have no confidence that, in this...
Another Round of Incentives for Centene
Clayton, apparently, isn’t following my advice. According to the Post-Dispatch, the municipality is currently looking at an incentive plan for...
Not an Example of “Pro-Business” or “Pro-Market”
Centene Corp. is in the news again. After the collapse of the Saint Louis ballpark village incentive proposal (which, in...
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....
Dentist Chains Self to Building to Resist Sirens of Arnold
Not really, but I like the image. Dr. Homer Tourkakis’ fight to keep his dentistry practice going at the location...
“City of Dreams”
When I opened the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning, I was greeted by the third front page article in less...
What, For Free? Gimme $78 Million Dollars
Can’t you just imagine seeing this scene playing out … Cordish to Centene: "Excuse me, sir? What it is, Mr....
Tax Incentives for Centene
David Nicklaus writes about Centene’s search for a place to expand: Richard Fleming, president of the St. Louis Regional Chamber...
Finally, a Centene Post …
We haven’t posted yet on Centene for a couple of reasons. First of all, it’s all over the local news...
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