Is the Super Bowl a Super Boost for Local Economies?
The Kansas City Star published an article reporting on the creation of a task force whose goal is to bring the Super Bowl...
Of Super Bowls and Economics
Following the passage of a resolution in the state legislature, the Missouri Department of Economic Development has convened a Super...
Kansas City Schools Adopt CEE-Trust, Sort Of
In January 2014, Joe Robertson, of the Kansas City Star, wrote the following about the CEE-Trust proposal for Kansas City public...
Show-Me Now! Give Tax Cuts A Chance
Michael Rathbone notes Stephen Moore’s recent article in the Kansas City Star about Kansas’s recent income tax cuts. Critics have...
The Math Does Not Add Up For Murky Kansas City Streetcar Deal
In a previous post, we commented on how officials from Kansas City and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) are hammering...
Burns and Mac Does Not Ask For Moon: NASA Calls Them ‘Responsible Corporate Citizen’
One theme being bandied about regarding Burns and McDonnell’s request for tax subsidies is that company officials did not ask...
Streetcar Supporters’ Tortured Logic On Display In North Kansas City Extension Option
It seems the downtown streetcar line and the proposed 7.8-mile extension plan have not slacked some Kansas City residents’ thirst...
Kansas City Streetcar’s Economic Development Claims Just Seem Silly
We wrote recently about NextRailKC’s poorly compiled and even more poorly considered claims of economic development resulting from the streetcar. NextRailKC...
Education Establishment’s ‘All Or Nothing’ Approach May Kill Transfer ‘Fix’
The Kansas City Star recently ran a piece with the headline, “Private school provision could doom Missouri student transfer bill…”...
Terminals For T-Shirts
Over the weekend, the Kansas City Star quoted me in an article regarding concessions at Kansas City International Airport (KCI)....
Mayor James’ Corporate Welfare Handouts
The Kansas City Star reported that Burns & McDonnell, the successful architectural and engineering firm headquartered in Kansas City, is...
Kansas City Republicans’ Absurd Claims
Last Wednesday, FOX 4 News asked us our thoughts about Kansas City refusing to release details on the use of...
Education Savings Accounts Are Good For Kids
On Feb. 24, the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger published an editorial supporting the establishment of education savings accounts (ESA) in the Magnolia...
The Kansas City Streetcar Advisory Panel Is Just For Show
The panel appointed to advise Kansas City Mayor Sly James about the best route for the southern extension of the...
Separate Facts From Straw Men In Debate About Kansas City Airport
A recent editorial published in the Kansas City Star asks the people of Kansas City to separate facts from emotion...
On The Airline Industry, Don’t Trust The Airlines, Just Listen To A Consultant
The Kansas City Star recently published an article airing the views of a consultant group, Frasca & Associates. Frasca attacked the...
MCI’s Competitiveness Harmed, Not Helped, With New Terminal Plan
Two weeks ago, Southwest Airlines gave a presentation to the Kansas City Airport Terminal Advisory Group about the proposed $1.2...
Streetcars Are Not Economic Development
Over the weekend, KCPT’s current events program Rukus (starts at 4:33) quoted a Show-Me Institute blog post (Streetcars Will Waste...
Kansas City Star Calls For New MCI Plan, Airport Leadership
On Wednesday, the Kansas City Star called for a complete re-think of the $1.2 billion new terminal plan at Kansas...
CEE-Trust Study: Something For Everyone To Love…And Hate
Any plan that offers a solution to the persistent problem of failing inner-city schools is bound to receive some pushback....
