McKee, NorthSide Win Unanimous $390M TIF Ruling April 9, 2013 12 comments The SouthSide Regeneration plan may have been an April Fool’s Day prank, but today Paul McKee is again thinking big.…
Arch/Parks Tax Victory, St. Louis Regionalism and What’s Next April 3, 2013 33 comments {the Old Courthouse renovation will be one of the big beneficiaries of the Prop P victory} Proposition P was approved…
Post-Dispatch Falsely Claims Support for Prop P March 26, 2013 23 comments In the recent Post-Dispatch editorial Yes on Prop P. Arch-parks-trails tax fixes old problems, creates new opportunities, the following appeared,…
Guest Commentary: Suddenly Urgent Arch Tax Is Misguided December 12, 2012 2 comments The 3/16 cent "Arch tax" bill that would authorize a public vote on Proposition P raises questions of priorities and…
Arch Grounds and Parks Sales Tax Hearing This Thursday December 6, 2012 18 comments The City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen Parks Committee meets at 10am this Thursday to hear Board Bill No.…
Proposition P: Sales Tax Increase in St. Louis City to Fund CityArchRi... December 6, 2012 21 comments Tomorrow, Alderwoman Phyllis Young will introduce Board Bill No. 258 to the City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen. The…
Parks and Recreation St. Louis Style March 23, 2012 15 comments If Civic Progress, CityArchRiver2015 Foundation, City of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley get…
MoDOT Proposed Gas Tax Increase Falls Well Short of Funding New I-70, ... December 18, 2011 no comments MoDOT recently came forward with some ideas on how it might pay for the $1.5-4 billion project to rebuild and…
Declining Value of State Gas Tax Highlights MoDOT’s Spending Bin... October 27, 2011 no comments It’s been a few months since MoDOT announced that it has been forced to layoff and curtail a large portion…
It’s Time to Pass the “Aerotropolis” Tax Credit Bill... September 20, 2011 no comments Aerotropolis Position Paper 9-20…
Local Media Fail St. Louis with Aerotropolis Reporting July 19, 2011 13 comments Much has been written recently in the St. Louis press about aerotropoli, or airport cities. I recently had an opportunity…
Who’s Afraid of the Aerotropolis? June 22, 2011 no comments Last week KMOX’s Charlie Brennan chimed in again on the Aerotropolis tax credits. This time he was assisted by Michael…