Release Those Records, Kansas City!
According to documents received from Clay County through an open records request, the Royals suspended negotiations regarding a new stadium...
Documents Give Conflicting Numbers on the Cost of a New Stadium
The other day I asked in a post about the missing Populous report about Kauffman Stadium. I still don’t have...
Details of the Negotiations Between the Royals and Clay County
Given that Jackson County voters rejected the proposed 40-year 3/8 cent sales tax that would have funded a downtown baseball...
Royals Officially Probably Staying in Jackson County
With loyalty like this, who needs wins? After flirting for a new stadium with suitors like Clay County and even...
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Pay for Your Own Stadium
Yesterday I wrote about an interview I did with KMBC 9 on the Royals’ latest announcement that they had new...
“The Kansas City Royals of North Kansas City”?
With the expiration of the leases for the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals creeping ever closer, there’s been...
Clay County Should Reduce Its Commercial Property Tax Surcharge
A version of this commentary appeared in the Clay County Courier-Tribune. This November, Clay County residents will vote on...
WATCH: Clay County Voters to Decide on Tax Reduction
In November, voters in Clay County (and also Laclede County) will have the opportunity be the first counties in Missouri...
Laclede County Proposes Its Own Tax Cut
Patrick Ishmael and I have been writing and talking a lot about the proposal on the ballot in Clay County...
Map of Commercial Property Tax Surcharges in Missouri
I know, I know, if you are like most Missourians, you’ve been talking about the commercial property surtax (or surcharge)...
Good News on Property Taxes in St. Charles and Clay Counties
Used car prices have risen dramatically over the past few years. That will hit Missouri car owners hard in the...
Bill Makes Government Transparency Available to All Missourians
One of the biggest shortcomings of Missouri’s Sunshine Law is that—apart from local governments giving incomplete answers or overcharging for...
The Star PPP-Shames Kansas City Private and Charter Schools
The government filings of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans have provided ideologically motivated journalists and advocates a treasure trove for...
A Rose by Any Other Name …
Let’s call it what it is: a handout, a freebie, a bailout. By rejecting automotive bailout funds in 2008 and...
A Better Idea for the Claycomo Ford Plant
This blog has had favorable things to say about the governor’s hard choices and tough decisions when it comes to the...
Large Counties Should Reduce Their Commercial Property Tax Surcharges
In 1985, Missouri changed the way that local governments tax commercial and industrial property. Voters approved eliminating the personal property...
Liberty Should Consider Privatization, Not Tax Increases for Utilities
Liberty, Mo. (Clay County), is considering raising utility fees, aka taxes, on its citizens as part of its 2008 budget....
Clay County Tax Decision Awaits …
As best I can tell, Clay County will decide tonight as to their tax rate for 2007. At least, it...
Clay County’s Noble Experiment May Come to Judicial End
It seems that Clay County — the only county in Missouri, I think, that forgoes use of the property tax...
