Kansas City’s War on Voters
The Show-Me Institute has written extensively about efforts by government officials in St. Louis to keep the public from voting...
St. Louis Mills Auctioned Off for 6 Percent of Its Original Cost
The St. Louis Outlet Mall, formerly St. Louis Mills Mall, sold on November 18 on Auction.com for $9 million. The...
Convention Hotel Field of Dreams
Proponents of a new downtown convention hotel are asking taxpayers to throw all of modern economic theory out the window—as...
“This Time It’ll Be Different”
I’ll bet that’s what Phelps County officials are thinking as they set out to create a new tax increment financing...
Kansas City’s Debt
KCUR does a nice job of rounding up a few projects such as the Sprint Center and Kemper Arena that...
Urban Neglect: Kansas City and TIF
My colleague Michael Rathbone and I authored an essay titled “Urban Neglect, Kansas City’s Misuse of Tax Increment Financing.” In the essay we examined...
That Burns & McDonnell TIF And Vandalism
Earlier this year, the Kansas City Council voted to use tax dollars to subsidize a project for Burns & McDonnell,...
‘Tis Time For TIF Reform
That title would make a pretty good protest chant, if you ask me. Although the use of “‘Tis” to help...
The Citadel Project Is Why Missouri Needs TIF Reform
The Wall Street Journal recently published a story about the very controversial Citadel Project in Kansas City. If anything, the...
New Show-Me Institute Video About Olivette TIF
In 2000, Olivette officials debated a major tax subsidy for a new retail center. The subsidy was in the form...
New Strategy On TIF Reform In Missouri
Last week, I testified in favor of Missouri House Bill 914 in Jefferson City. This latest attempt at Tax Increment...
Property Tax Exemptions Are Too Easy To Get In Missouri
Would you be surprised if I told you that there is no clear rule about what qualifies for property tax...
Stokes on KWMU – TIF Hurts Communities
Shrewsbury is the latest city within Saint Louis County to consider Tax Increment Financing (known as TIFs) to subsidize a...
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...
One Lucky Duck
Developer Paul McKee is winning, but is Saint Louis? McKee’s NorthSide Regeneration received $10.5 million in state tax credits at...
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...
Hot TIF In The City This Week
Yesterday, I testified in front of the Saint Louis City Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Commission regarding the proposed $10 million...
Shenanigans In Ellisville!!!
At tonight’s Ellisville City Council meeting, a charter amendment is being introduced to amend the rules for recalling elected officials...
Richmond Heights Continues To Ignore A History Of TIF Failures
The Show-Me Institute has written extensively about the negative effects of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), yet cities in Missouri continue...
