Inspiration From Teach for America
This post is belated, but I feel that people should know about the fantastic message offered last week at an...
Weak Effort to Rah-Rah the Stimulus in the Kansas City Star
This column is a few days old, but it is still poor enough to warrant criticism. The Star‘s Steve Penn writes...
Public Service Academy Proposal Is Still Stupidest Idea I Have Ever Heard
The most appallingly horrible proposal in recent history might be coming to Missouri, which makes it even worse. The Kansas...
Airport Privatization in Kansas City Gets Shot Down
That title might not be the best choice of words, but let’s move on to the topic. Yesterday, the Kansas City...
Two Moves Forward on Privatization and Consolidation
Larry Williams, treasurer of St. Louis city, is moving ahead with outsourcing of parking meter maintenance and collections. Thanks to...
Keep Doing What You’re Doing
This quote from Rep. Mike Talboy captures my sentiments exactly: ”This is akin to us putting up an amendment to...
Kansas City Airport Privatization Takes Small Step Forward
We may have to even call it a “very small” step, but nonetheless the idea is slowly moving forward. Prime...
Amazing Statement by Congressman Cleaver
Over at Prime Buzz, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver — who represents Kansas City, in case you didn’t know — is quoted...
Charter Schools Succeed at Language Instruction
Charter schools, the public schools run by independent organizations that are continual subjects of debate, are often compared to traditional...
Nonpartisan Elections a Bad Idea for Franklin County
When it comes to elections, everyone wants the same thing: high voter turn-out and a well-informed electorate. Unfortunately, those two...
Ambulances Are a Very Big Deal
Kansas City is considering changing the way it operates its ambulances. Currently, they are managed by an independent entity, MAST,...
The Perfect Example of Why MoDOT Should Be Governed As It Is
In Missouri, we like to elect people to office and then not give them all the powers one might assume...
Kansas City Cuts Costs, Keeps Control of KCI
Like an airplane landing in a river immediately after takeoff, a Kansas City council committee has killed even the consideration...
Fly the Private Skies
This news from the KC Star is pretty awesome. Officials in Kansas City are talking about privatizing the airport, just...
Kansas City Regional Jail Is a Terrific Idea
I have written about this before, and I look forward to a regional jail shared by the cities and Jackson...
Education Events in Kansas City and Saint Louis
The Kansas City Public Library, with the assistance of the Show-Me Institute and several other organizations, is currently hosting a...
Urban Schools Need Fundamental Change Before They Will Improve
Nobody doubts the need to improve our schools. Students across the nation are being left less than fully prepared to...
David Stokes on KCUR 89.3 FM
Thursday, Feb. 12, our very own David Stokes will be speaking with political correspondent Steve Kraske on the one-hour program “Up...
Privatization at Work in Kansas City
The Kansas City Star has a nice article about a soon-to-be-decided proposal that would privatize the Kansas City Animal Shelter....
The Reality of Tax Appropriation Via Bailout Sets In
Chrysler’s full-page thank you advertisement to American taxpayers has provoked an unintended reaction. As for the price of the ad,...
