Why St. Louis Should Eliminate & Replace Its Current Tax Incentive System

Why St. Louis Should Eliminate & Replace Its Current Tax Incentive System

Top Five Most Important Developments in the Summer of 2018: The St. Louis Region

Rive City Ramblings ranks the most important happenings duing the Summer of 2018

Maryland Heights Ice Center Project: Worst Public Financing in Decades?

Failed TIF projects in the St. Louis region have been abundant over the past few decades and include projects such as the St. Louis Mills Mall, Renaissance Hotel, dozens of luxury loft projects and the St. Louis Centre. This summer the City of Maryland Heights (the "City") issued over $55 million in bonds and contributed...

A Google Maps Tour of the Northside Regeneration District: A Desperately Needed Perspective

Paul McKee's Role in the Rellcoation of NGA Headquarters The impact the National Geospatial Agency's ("NGA"'s) new headquarters has had on St. Louis's "Northside" is hard to overstate.  The construction of an approximately $2 billion corporate campus and thousands of high paying employees that come with it will generate an immediate demand for shops, restaurants...

Why Paul McKee has Unfairly Become a Scapegoat for the City of St. Louis

The State of the Northside of St. Louis   Racism, lack of investment in the regions infrastructure, changes in demographic make up, unethical business practices, the suburbanization of America and high crime rates are among the many reasons for the steady decline of the "Northside" of St. Louis over the past 40+ years. Decades of...

Why The University City University Place Development Does Not Deserve TIF Funding In Its Current Form

Tax Increment Financing: Retail vs. Mixed Use Destination Developments Tax increment financing ("TIF") allows local governments to deem the area making up a new development a "Tax Increment District". This TIF District is able to collect 50% of the new sales tax and 100% of the new property taxes generated within the District for approximately...

Why St. Louis County Council Campaign Contribution Reform Will Increase Dark Money in Local Politics

In the Merry Old Land of Oz The lyrics to the Merry Old Land of Oz as performed in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz portrays a perfect world full of neverending cheer, limited work requirements and unwavering teamwork and unity from its citizens and rulers. If  St. Louis County was anything like the...

Gov. Greitens Prosecution Funded by Low Income Tax Credit Developers?

Did Low-Income Housing developers fund @EricGreitens prosecution? #govgreitens

Why Steve Stenger’s Campaign Ads Miss The Mark

St. Louis County Executive race and dirty political ads

St. Louis Airport Privitization Should Be Debated on the Merits

Airport Privitization Gets Bogged Down Before Any Discussion of Cost Benefit Analysis Under Mayor Lyda Krewon the effort to privatize the City of St. Louis’s Lambert International Airport (the "Airport") has seen resurgence with the City going as far as negotiating contracts with firms to serve as financial advisor for the evaluation and potential sale...