When It Comes to The Land Bank, St. Joseph Should Get Out While It Still Can
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press. You are probably familiar with various versions of the...
St. Joseph Should Privatize Its Sewer System
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press. The usual problems with water in St. Joseph, Missouri...
Should Missouri End Some of Its Vehicle Inspections? Maybe
Vehicle maintenance isn’t typically the sexiest legislative topic, but one proposal offered in the Missouri House may make it hot...
Shock and Audit: St. Joseph School District Out Tens of Millions Because of Staff “Stipends”
Missouri has seen its share of boondoggles. To name a few in recent years, Moberly was taken in on a $39 million...
Common Core Repeal – Think Of The Children
Alonzo West wrote a piece last weekend in the St. Joseph News-Press about how repealing Common Core would affect students...
Shortage? Yes. Government Solution Required? No.
Today’s St. Joseph News-Press has an editorial about a recent Missouri Dept. of Agriculture program to encourage veterinarians to focus...
Dreadful Assessment Lawsuit in Platte County
A simply atrocious lawsuit has been filed in Platte County (which includes part of Kansas City), according to the St....
“Consider the Competing Needs”
In an op-ed published today, the editorial board at the St. Joseph News-Press encourages Missouri’s legislators and leaders in economic...
The Mismeasure of Stimulus
An article in the St. Joe News highlights the accomplishments of federal stimulus dollars in Northwest Missouri: Missouri’s 6th Congressional...
Caps on Stacked Taxes
The St. Joseph News-Press reports that Missouri lawmakers recently proposed a solution to the problem of “tax stacking” — the...
Shopping for Favorable Treatment
While I have written recently about one aspect of corporate welfare, the St. Joseph News-Press has a story today that...
I Say Missouri Should Refuse the Stimulus Unemployment Funds
We haven’t written much about the stimulus plan on the blog. It is more of a national issue, and it...
The Harm of Occupational Licensing
I grant you that this AP story in the Post-Dispatch is a rather extreme example. I further grant that of...
Zoning Disputes Here, There, and Everywhere
This is a "Read it all and make up your own mind"-type post. The Show-Me Institute’s Dave Roland just wrote...
Textbook Legislation Update
Special thanks to the St. Joseph News-Press for reporting on an op-ed I wrote a few weeks ago. I hope...
Mother Government Is Our Provider and Our Caregiver
An op-ed by Amy Blouin of the Missouri Budget Project has been making the rounds. Combest linked to it in...
Bombardier Deal Supported by Economic Development Officials; Sun Sets in West
State and local economic development officials, whom one might think would ostensibly be strong supporters of capitalism and markets, are...
Please, Legislature, Save Us From the Horrors of Labeled Milk
Mr. Combest has the link to a St. Joseph News-Press story on an absolutely ludicrous idea that combines the worst...
Certificates of Need Not Needed
Today, the St. Joseph News-Press reported about the efforts of an area doctor (also, incidentally, a Missouri representative) who is...
Regional Cooperation Continues in Northwest Missouri
As regular readers know (my old joke would have been to insert "both of you" there, but I am pretty...
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