Four Ideas for A Stronger Metro St. Louis Without a Merger, Reunification or Re-entry

While the city/county merger/reunification debate opens up again, and even as a strong supporter of some type of consolidation, I would like to put forward four ideas to make our region stronger without any type of merger.

Opponents say a potential merger is both politically and economically unfeasible and would not solve all of our problems. Proponents argue that remaining divided prevents us from moving forward. Another way to look at this topic is to pull out some of the issues that would be involved. So here are four ideas about this issue and the problems facing our region.