Privatization Brings Efficiency, Savings, and Quality
At the risk of making it seem like this blog is now all David Stokes, all the time (as though...
Property Tax Rollbacks And You: A Love Story …
There is a citizens’ group that is attempting to make changes to the state’s property assessment and tax system. The...
Finally, Missouri Is #1 in Something We Can Be Proud Of …
The Reason Foundaton just released a major report on employment licensure in the United States. The good news, from an...
Tax Rollback Right Thing to Do
Protesters, including several elected officials, gathered outside the county council last night to demand a rollback of St. Louis County’s...
University City Makes Wall Street Journal – Kinda Spooky, Huh?
Before I go any further with this post, if you can tell me which famous St. Louisan said the last...
The Missouri Plan, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Lawyers
Missourians amended our state constitution in 1940 to change the ways judges were selected for the Supreme Court, the Court...
Finally, Some Push-Back on Red Light Cameras!
It appears that some brave aldermen in the St. Louis County municipality of Northwoods are resisting efforts to install red...
Trash Talkin’ 2: Think Tank-Style
I must admit, this is one issue I am really torn on — the St. Louis County plan to divide...
The Riverfront Times Adds to the 911 Discussion …
The Riverfront Times chimes into the 911 discussion with an interesting article on technical glitches and financial disputes that have...
You Can Tax My Cell Phone When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead Landline …
Actually, I really don’t mind the idea of a tax to improve 911 service throughout Missouri, but I do mind...
The Inherent Fallacy of Central Planning, Local-Style
The Post-Dispatch has published two major stories in the past few days regarding planned developments by local communities and developers....
Jackson County Makes the Right Call …
Via Mr. Combest, the Kansas City Star reports that Jackson County, Missouri (that’s Kansas City and suburbs, for you St....
Metro Pushes for Sales Tax Increase
Good article today in the Post-Dispatch, via Combest, of course, about a proposal by Metro and St. Louis County to...
County Proceeds With Takeover of Conway Road
St. Louis County is proceeding (agenda item # 28) with the takeover of Conway Road in response to Westwood’s insane...
We Are All In This Together, Except For Westwood
In today’s punch-right-between-the-eyes example of why Saint Louis County has too many municipalities, the Village of Westwood wants to contribute...
I’ll Say It: Pensions Should be Taxed
I disagree with our uber-blogging intern Maurice Harris’s statement that the State of Missouri should go further to reducing the...
I Rise in Defense of the Congressman …
Channel Five did an investigative report last night on the assessed valuation of Congressman Todd Akin’s property in West St....
Occupancy Permits Coming to a Home Near You
St. Louis County has instituted the second part of the legislation passed back in 2005 that requires occupancy permits in...
Reforming Property Taxes … A Great Idea.
In Sunday’s Jefferson County Journal, an op-ed piece discusses a way to stop spiraling property taxes in Missouri. The plan...
There Are Way Too Many School Districts In Missouri!
The Post-Dispatch has an article today on Fort Zumwalt School District in St. Charles County opening its fourth high school...
