Landlord Island
City of St. Louis officials are taking sides in disputes between landlords and tenants, and they are decidedly on the...
St. Louis Should Privatize Its Water System
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. You have probably heard about all of the large...
Let’s Talk About Zoning
Zoning reform is generating a lot of interest around the nation. I think that is great. The debate is primarily...
You Will Accept This Welfare Check Whether You Want It or Not
The Section 8 housing voucher program is a well-known federal program that subsidizes rental payments for low-income households. It is...
Podcast: 2022 Priorities, a Win in Webster, and Fight for $15 in Jeff. City
Susan Pendergrass, David Stokes, and Elias Tsapelas join Zach Lawhorn to discuss legislative priorities for 2022, the rejection of a...
A Policy Scare Story: TIF
Ghosts and chainsaws can be scary, but is there anything scarier than the misuse of tax dollars? Okay, maybe that’s...
Update on Webster Groves Development
On October 5, David Stokes joined The McGraw Show on The Big 550 KTRS to provide an update on the...
Podcast: New Test Scores for Missouri Schools, Development Developments in Webster and Food Truck Potpourri
David Stokes, Corianna Baier and Susan Pendergrass join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the just released preliminary test scores from last...
Webster Groves Has Some Decisions to Make
Webster Groves is considering the region’s latest giant, taxpayer-subsidized, “savior” type development. By that I mean the type of mixed-use...
Webster Groves Addresses Hard Issues in Zoning
A version of this commentary appeared in the Webster-Kirkwood Times. Zoning can be a complicated issue for people who believe...
Pay to Play in Education
While Missourians clutch their pearls and are scandalized to find out that people with the means to simply pay for...
To Keep the Zoo Great, Keep It Out of Taxpayers’ Pockets
A version of this op-ed appeared in the Clayton Times on July 11, 2017. We’re told early in life that...
Should Saint Louis Raise Property Taxes for Public Schools?
What do you call nearly $15,000 per pupil? If you’re the Saint Louis Public School System, you call it “not...
Melville School District Wants to Raise Property Tax Rates
Today voters in the Mehlville School District will decide if their current property tax rate will increase by 49 cents...
Crestwood Says No To Tax Incentives
Remember being a kid and running out to spend all of your allowance at the ice cream truck, just to...
Should Nonprofits Pay Property Taxes?
The Post-Dispatch had an excellent article Monday about the city’s issues with such a sizable proportion of land in St....
Live by Political Appointment, Die by Political Appointment
Kansas City’s city manager, Wayne Cauthen, is out of a job after a majority of the KC City Council surprisingly...
The Answer to the $75 Million Question
Today’s Springfield News-Leader has a rebuttal to a prior op-ed that quoted some information from the Show-Me Institute. The topic...
SMI in the Springfield News-Leader Today
A commentary in the Springfield News-Leader today cited a recent op-ed of ours (OK, of mine) about city utilities in...
Switching to Private Utilities Could Fund Springfield’s Pension Shortfall
The city of Springfield is currently struggling to deal with a significantly underfunded public pension plan. Officials recently attempted to...
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