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...
Last Week For TIF Reform
In my personal opinion, the single most important thing the Missouri General Assembly needs to do this year is pass...
TIF Gives Cities An Unfair Advantage Over Other Governments
Would you like to be able to unilaterally take some of your neighbor’s money and spend it in ways that...
What Do You Get When More Than 70 Percent Of Voters Support Anti-TIF Candidates?
Apparently, you get a TIF (Tax Increment Financing) anyway. The Ellisville City Council appears to be going forward with a...
What Now, Ellisville?
The current Ellisville City Council is scheduled to vote on the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) proposal tonight. Last night’s election...
Hope Yet On TIF, Part Two
Last night, Julia Dolan (who is an Ellisville resident) and I attended the Ellisville City Council meeting where they were...
Hope Yet On TIF
A developer is proposing a new project in Florissant for a Walmart that will not involve a TIF or a...
Why On God’s Green Earth Can Cities Override The County TIF Commission?
I have been able to determine that the best and worst laws are in Missouri. This is the best law....
The City of Ellisville Versus the Saint Louis County TIF Commission
Last night, Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes testified against the use of tax increment financing (TIF) before the Saint...
Ceux Subventionnes (The Subsidized Ones)
It is not our intention to be the Inspector Javert to the Jean Valjean of Winghaven, constantly chasing Paul McKee’s proposals...
A Tale Of Two County Executives (More Similar Than Different)
Last month, I attended a tax increment financing (TIF) commission meeting in Saint Charles. Last Wednesday night, I planned to testify before the Saint Louis...
Missouri’s TIF Infestation
If I got to pick it, the slogan for my beloved home state of Missouri would be: “Missouri: We’re In The...
My Next Career Move: Professional Rent-Seeker
It may be time for a career change for me. Although I enjoy working at the Show-Me Institute very much,...
Nothing Worse Than Changing a Right Answer
I play in a fair amount of trivia night competitions — not as many as I used to before having...
Uneven Playing Fields
As we have written previously, one of the great evils of tax increment financing (TIF) is that it offers special...
Policy Pulse Coverage Highlights Crucial Issues
I’d like to take a moment to point out the excellent work being done by Audrey Spalding over at the...
Great Post-Dispatch Editorial About Tax Incentives and Clayton
There is a terrific editorial in the Post-Dispatch today about how local communities use tax incentives to lure businesses. I...
Quality Jobs, Questionable TIFS, and Cameras, Cameras, Cameras
Over at the Columbia Daily Tribune they have a depressing article about the corruption of a bill to expand the...
