Shrewsbury TIF Is Dead – For Now
Last night, I testified before the St. Louis County TIF (Tax Increment Financing) Commission about the proposed TIF plan for a...
2013: A TIF Odyssey
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is marching onward in Missouri. Today’s Kansas City Star has a great editorial on a proposed...
VIDEO: The New York Times Covers the Kansas City Border War
This weekend, The New York Times kicked off a three-part investigative series titled “The United States of Subsidies.” The series...
TIF Menace Growing in Missouri
Like monsters in a horror film, Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts keep coming back larger and more rapacious. Officials in...
Joplin School District Right To Be Concerned About Super TIF
Officials for the Joplin School District are admirably asking some tough questions about a proposed Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district....
Through the TIF Looking Glass, In High Style
The Saint Louis city Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Commission recently approved $2.3 million in tax subsidies for a new Mercedes-Benz dealership...
McGraw Milhaven – David Stokes on KTRS
David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven’s KTRS radio program. In this appearance, Stokes and the host discuss...
Kansas Rolls Out the Red Carpet to Missouri Companies
For as long as anyone can remember, Kansas and Missouri have been rivals. It may have started in the Civil...
Who is Hurt by Eminent Domain Abuse and TIF in Richmond Heights? – Part 4
The Hadley Township community in Saint Louis County is another example of the devastation that Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and...
We Need A Moratorium On Municipal Development Moratoriums
The city of Frontenac, in Saint Louis County, has enacted a moratorium on new developments within a commercial area of...
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...
Shenanigans In Ellisville!!!
At tonight’s Ellisville City Council meeting, a charter amendment is being introduced to amend the rules for recalling elected officials...
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...
Rising Taxes And Tax Giveaways In Kansas City
In two weeks, Kansas City voters will consider a proposal which would eliminate the city’s land tax and replace it...
Tax Increment Financing and Columbia, Missouri
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is Missouri’s bad idea that keeps coming back and refuses to die. Despite TIF’s documented failures,...
If I Was On The Columbia TIF Panel Tonight . . .
. . . I would ask the other panelists for answers to these questions about Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and...
Please, Columbia, Learn From Saint Louis’ TIF Mistakes
On Tuesday, the Columbia City Council will hold a panel discussion about how Tax Increment Financing (TIF) works. Former Saint...
Kansas City Citizens’ Commission: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
If you were trying to break a gambling problem, would you want your intervention team to consist of a bunch...
What Is The Matter With Columbia?
The demolition of the Regency Hotel site. Photo by Timmy Huynh of the Columbia Missourian. Since 2005, the City of Columbia...
