Hey Platte County, Sell Your Golf Course!
According to an article in the Kansas City Star, Platte County is engaged in a difficult debate regarding budget cuts. Officials...
Public Parks Problem, Part 2
I want to keep our loyal readers informed on the latest developments regarding the Saint Louis County park budget issue. David Stokes,...
Where Will Nannies And Chimney Sweeps Sing Songs And Fly Kites If St. Louis County Closes Parks?
Saint Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley has proposed cuts to the county park system in response to budget shortfalls. Park...
Private vs. Public Airport Screeners: Who Gets to Touch Your Junk?
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently decided that it will not allow any more airports to adopt the private security...
Creativity: Not Just for Artists
Most people think of creativity as a quality associated with art, allowing certain talented individuals to make beautiful things, unfettered...
Kansas City to Take a Hard Look at How It Provides Services
According to the Reason Foundation, New York Governor Mario Cuomo said about privatization, “It is not a government’s obligation to...
SMI Author Quoted in New York Times Regarding Latest Stimulus Proposals
In doing some research for a post about the latest stimulus proposals, I came across this quote in the New...
Opportunities to Privatize Government Fleet Management
Sunday’s Post-Dispatch had an excellent story about the use of taxpayer-funded cars for public officials. In past decades, when government employees...
Private Airport in Branson Seems to Be Flying Along Smoothly
As you may or may not know, America’s only privately owned and operated commercial airport is located in Branson. It...
L.A. Times Charter School Debate
For the past few days, the L.A. Times has run a three–part debate about charter schools. It’s written in a...
Show-Me Institute Study Makes Reason Foundation Report
The latest issue of Surface Transportation Innovations, from the folks at the Reason Foundation, has a lot of great information...
Metro Transit Funding Raises Difficult Questions
Saint Louis area officials have long struggled over how to fund the mass transit system. In the November elections, county...
Does Metro Deserve a Second Chance?
I’m an impatient guy. I hate waiting around for small problems to get solved so I can move on with...
Safe & Sound Bridge Program Still Stalled
MoDOT has been planning for some time to use an innovative public-private partnership program to repair 802 of the worst...
Reason Ranks Our Roads
MoDOT is trumpeting — and deservedly so — the new state highway rankings released by the Reason Foundation in their...
Privatization Possibilitites Abound as Festus Sells Its Airport
The City of Festus has decided to sell the only airport in Jefferson County. The Suburban Journals story serves as...
New Study Shows Role for Private Investment in Missouri Transportation
A new study, jointly produced by the Show-Me Institute and the Reason Foundation, examines the relatively new funding paradigm of...
Texas Thinks Outside the Lane on Transportation Planning
Texas is attempting to address its long-term transportation planning needs in a fairly radical way. "Radical" often has a negative...
License Me, Please, Please, Please …
According to legend, when Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, the British military band played "And The World Turned Upside...
Reason in Jefferson City
I was lucky enough to be able to attend yesterday’s Joint Transportation Committee meeting in Jefferson City. The Chairman of...
