I Love the Sales Tax Holiday!
I stand to respectfully yet strongly disagree with my colleague Sarah Brodsky, over her arguments against the sales tax holiday....
Cape Officials Consider Very Bad Idea …
As reported in the Southeast Missourian, city officals in Cape Girardeau are considering instituting some type of earnings or payroll...
How to Cut the Local Budget…
My friend, Geoff Segal with the Reason Foundation, has written an op-ed on the experiences of Sandy Springs, GA, in...
Getting Sauced on Liquor Licenses …
The May edition of Sauce Magazine has a wonderful article on liquor licenses in the St. Louis area. I really...
School Choice Would Provide Incentives
An editorial in today’s Post-Dispatch says: Almost half of the 23 school districts in St. Louis County have slammed their...
All Eminent Domain at the Post Today…
Today’s Post-Dispatch gives extensive coverage to various eminent domain issues in St. Charles, Jefferson and St. Louis Counties. The St....
A Fair Compromise on Transit
Metro needs a lot of things, and one thing it is getting is a tax cut. Legislation has been sent...
Ohh, The Audacity…
To the surprise of nobody who has been alive in St. Louis County for the past two years, Novus Development...
The Credit Hours of Local Comparative Politics, Just for You …
O’Fallon, Mo., is considering expanding its city council in response to rapid population growth. If the 75,000 estimated population is...
Centene Questions Continue
A regular reader e-mailed me with his thoughts on the recent decision against Centene and Clayton in the ongoing battle...
Centene Corp. Hears A Can’t
Huge news in Clayton yesterday as an Appeals Court rejected Clayton’s, and Centene Corporation’s, bid to acquire three properties on...
A Good Idea for KC
Kansas City-area officials are considering building a new jail to serve to prison needs of the area, not just one...
Assessor’s Office Is Very, Very Busy
Word on the street is that St. Louis County Government is currently getting deluged by phone calls regarding the on-average...
How free are we?
At Combest this morning, we see reports of two bills being considered by the state legislature that go directly to...
I Won The (Assessment) Lottery!
Most Saint Louis County taxpayers have by now received their reassessment notices. It is hard not to think of the...
Eminent Domain Abuse in Our Back Yard
The Post has an update on one of the most outrageous abuses of eminent domain in recent years: the blighting...
Trash Talking
One area where pure free-market ideology has long reigned has been trash pick-up in unincorporated St. Louis County. Other than...
MetroLink Ridership High, Numerically Speaking Of Course
Metro, via the Post-Dispatch, is reporting that MetroLink ridership is exceeding expectations since opening six months ago. This is a...
Radio Free North County
I promise this will be the last post of police radio dispatching for some time, but the Post-Dispatch had another...
I first I thought this was a good thing…
When I first read that Brentwood had lowered its emergency dispatching bid for Rock Hill by $100,000, I thought this...
