Subject: Sales Tax

• Daily Briefs: The High Cost of Sewage; Nobody Doesn't Hate Sprint

  February 28, 2008

• Kansas City Strip

  August 30, 2001

• Tax receipts make fool of former TIF boss

  In the waning days of her reign, former Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Kay Barnes tried to defend the city's extensive use of tax-increment financing (TIF). A stinging city audit said the TIF program had produced $233 million less than original projections. The normally cool Barnes called the report "biased" and "outrageous" at a press conference.A criticism of TIF is that in many cases it simply slides development from one part of town to another. The tax-incentivized Wal-Mart on the site of the

  January 23, 2009

• Highway Robbery

  December 18, 2003

• Barbecue baron Ollie Gates has a plan to save a slice of Kansas City

  June 19, 2008

• Nickeled- and-Dimed

  That latté you're drinking includes a shot of taxation without representation.

  August 16, 2007

• Tax Relief

  August 2, 2007

• Bistate Curious

  The millionaires need more of your money, so think big, baby!

  October 21, 2004

• War Games

  The Liberty Memorial Association wants Kansas Citians to finish a job they never approved.

  February 5, 2004

• Straight to Video

  Who will be the city's next tax break survivor?

  January 29, 2004

• Dance Revolution

  The latest battle of Westport: taxation without representation.

  January 22, 2004

• Busted

  Rich developers helped bankrupt the city's bus system, and now you're being asked to bail it out.

  October 23, 2003

• Life in the Fast Lane

  The rapid transit dream rides again.

  June 5, 2003

• STAR, TIF... WTF?

  Courtesy of Populous​Owners of the Kansas City Wizards now want to build a stadium at Village West in Kansas City, Kansas. In this week's feature, I describe how the decision jolted public officials in Kansas City, Missouri, who thought the Wizards were going to kick soccer balls at the site of the old Bannister Mall.KCK's capture of the Wizards is being credited to Sales Tax and Revenue (STAR) bonds. A state program, STAR bonds essentially created Kansas Speedway and the Village West shopping

  September 16, 2009