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...
Eric Mink’s Talkin ’bout Bridges
Eric Mink has an excellent article in the Post-Dispatch today about the proposed Mississippi River bridge. It is carefully researched...
This is one bitter commuter…
Cheryl Fleming is one unhappy commuter: Fleming said she won’t ride MetroLink partly because it consumes too much time. "I’m...
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...
Its beginning to feel a lot like reassessment…
Reassessment season is here. This is good news for government entities, real estate appraisers and bloggers who like to write...
We Don’t Need More Clinics in Schools
Do health clinics belong in public schools? The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the idea hasn’t taken hold in Missouri...
Finding a Bridge over Troubled Waters
A few days ago, my colleague David Stokes blogged about the ongoing struggle between Missouri and Illinois lawmakers to reach...
Ask not for whom the bridge tolls, it tolls for thee, not for free
Discussions about a new bridge over the Mississippi are heating up. The Post-Dispatch has an updated story on today’s meeting...
School Takeover Requires Mayoral Commitment
The Saint Louis school board has descended into chaos. The previous superintendent, Creg Williams, was ousted in July after just 15...
Missouri Needs a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
The passage of Referendum C last month in Colorado has editorial boards swooning. Colorado voters had “good reason” to suspend...
Eminent Domain Destroys Affordable Housing
On October 6, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch criticized two attempted eminent domain seizures in the suburban communities ofSt. Charles and Sunset...
