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...
Reform City Manager Rules In Missouri
As published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch: Mike Royko’s classic book Boss, about Chicago Mayor Richard Daley (the first...
Stokes on KWMU – TIF Hurts Communities
Shrewsbury is the latest city within Saint Louis County to consider Tax Increment Financing (known as TIFs) to subsidize a...
We Need A Moratorium On Municipal Development Moratoriums
The city of Frontenac, in Saint Louis County, has enacted a moratorium on new developments within a commercial area of...
Shenanigans In Ellisville!!!
At tonight’s Ellisville City Council meeting, a charter amendment is being introduced to amend the rules for recalling elected officials...
Depressing News From Ellisville
The vote of the five members of the Ellisville City Council in favor of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is just...
An Ellisville Business Owner’s View of the Walmart TIF
Gary Voss has run the West County Lanes in Ellisville for almost three decades. He’s never been given a tax...
What Does the Ellisville Mayor Say About the Potential Walmart TIF?
Newly elected Mayor Adam Paul is against giving a TIF for a new Walmart near the intersection of Clarkson and...
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...
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...
Good Deal, Bad Deal
In Saint Louis County, the TIF council recently rejected a TIF proposal from an Ellisville Walmart, but now the City...
David Stokes to Appear on McGraw Show
Tune-in to KTRS 550 AM at 9 a.m. on Thurs., March 15 to hear about the negative impacts of the...
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...
