Who is Hurt by Eminent Domain Abuse and TIF in Richmond Heights? – Part 3
The Hadley Township community in Saint Louis County is another example of the devastation that Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and...
Who is Hurt by Eminent Domain Abuse and TIF in Richmond Heights? – Part 2
The Hadley Township community in Saint Louis County is another example of the devastation that Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and...
Who is Hurt by Eminent Domain Abuse and TIF in Richmond Heights? – Part 1
The Hadley Township community in Saint Louis County is another example of the devastation that Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and...
Double Trouble In Maplewood
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Maplewood City Council voted Tuesday night to ban food trucks from operating within...
Episode V: The CVC Strikes Back
The St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (CVC) has rejected the St. Louis Rams football team’s proposal for upgrading the...
Episode IV: A New Dome (They Might As Well)?
The St. Louis Rams’ counter-offer to the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission (CVC) has just been released. You can...
Why Was the Great Depression So Great?
Last month, Show-Me Institute Policy Researcher Michael Rathbone visited Westminster Christian Academy in Saint Louis County to deliver a guest...
Depressing News From Ellisville
The vote of the five members of the Ellisville City Council in favor of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is just...
TIF Gives Cities An Unfair Advantage Over Other Governments
Would you like to be able to unilaterally take some of your neighbor’s money and spend it in ways that...
Let’s Face It: Federal Money Being Used To Lobby Saint Louis County
I do not smoke. But I am curious about radio ads that are advocating for stronger anti-smoking laws in Saint...
Place Your Bets: Proposed Aerotropolis May Be Funded In Part With Casino Tax Revenues
We noted in February that we saw some legislative activity in the Missouri House intended to revive, at least in part,...
Playing Games with Taxpayer Money: Norwood Hills Country Club
Should a private country club, even one with a rich golf history, be subsidized by taxpayers? Show-Me Institute Policy Researcher...
Playing Games with Taxpayer Money: Norwood Hills Country Club
Should a private country club, even one with a rich golf history, be subsidized by taxpayers? Show-Me Institute Policy Researcher...
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...
Arch Sales Tax Is An Opportunity For A Regional Bad Idea
Too often, the cities and other taxing districts in the greater Saint Louis area act unilaterally in ways that hurt...
Good Deal, Bad Deal
In Saint Louis County, the TIF council recently rejected a TIF proposal from an Ellisville Walmart, but now the City...
Why On God’s Green Earth Can Cities Override The County TIF Commission?
I have been able to determine that the best and worst laws are in Missouri. This is the best law....
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...
