Show-Me Now! Corporate Welfare In KC
Burns & McDonnell is a Kansas City success story, so why is it asking taxpayers to fund the development of...
Few Students Transfer From Kansas City Public Schools – Thanks To Charter Schools
It is always risky when you make predictions; but aside from the time I bet against the Harlem Globetrotters, I’m...
Saint Louis Taxi Commission Takes Consumers For A Ride
The only nice thing I can say about the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission (MTC) is that at least there...
Streetcars (Still) Do Not Reduce Miles Driven In Cars
NextRailKC.com is the website promoting the streetcar/lightrail extension in Kansas City. The site is supposed to present information, but more...
Tell Taxpayers Where Their Money Is Going
On Thursday, the mayor of Kansas City, Mo., disclosed that the city is ponying up another $65,000 to woo the...
Kansas City Streetcar Robs Poor to Pay … Rich?
The Robin Hood of legend was renowned for robbing from the rich to give to the poor. Liberals have heralded...
Show-Me Institute Research Discussed On Ruckus
On Thurs., April 3, the Show-Me Institute’s research about the Kansas City streetcar and the proposed $1.2 billion new terminal...
Airport Advisory Group Not Really Interested In Input
A previous post detailed the Kansas City Airport Terminal Advisory Group’s effort to avoid open records laws in their meetings with Kansas...
Two Cheers For The Isla Del Sol Causeway
As first appearing in Lake News Online: The condo development on Hawaiian Island, a.k.a. Atlantis Island Condos, a.k.a. Isla Del...
Airport Advisory Group Seeks To Avoid Public Scrutiny
Avoiding public scrutiny is no way to conduct the people’s business. We have been critical of the Kansas City mayor’s...
KC Streetcar TDD Will Not Raise Enough Money for Expansion
According to the newest plan for the Kansas City Streetcar expansion, there is a $30 to $50 million gap between...
The Overly Optimistic Estimates For The Kansas City Streetcar
The latest plan for the streetcar extension in Kansas City has 7.6 miles of routes at a cost of $472...
Kansas City Streetcar Expansion Could Buy More Than 100 Buses
For the same cost as the proposed streetcar expansion, Kansas City could buy and operate 105 additional buses, even with...
Public Employee Pensions Are Great . . . Except When They Aren’t
When people hear the word “pension,” they often think “retirement security.” That is the idea of a public employee pension...
Kansas City’s Streetcar Continues To Undercut Busses
Last year we learned that the Kansas City Area Transit Authority (KCATA) was spending money on the streetcar that was...
A Victory For Government Accountability In Kansas City
When the Missouri Legislature considered creating a land bank for Kansas City, the Show-Me Institute was opposed. We argued in...
Mayor James’ Corporate Welfare Handouts
The Kansas City Star reported that Burns & McDonnell, the successful architectural and engineering firm headquartered in Kansas City, is...
‘Right To Try’ Bill Heard In Missouri House
Last week, I testified on Missouri House Bill 1685, known as “Right to Try” (or as Garrett Haake of KSHB 41...
Kansas City Republicans’ Absurd Claims
Last Wednesday, FOX 4 News asked us our thoughts about Kansas City refusing to release details on the use of...
Current Teacher Pension Systems Impose A “Tariff” On Labor
As first appearing in TeacherPensions.org on 25 Feb, 2014, and Education Next on 26 Feb, 2014: In Missouri, students in...
