That’s Because Their State Line Is Just a Line November 3, 2007
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Missouri lawmakers didn’t endear themselves to many Kansans — and particularly one outraged legislator — when they voted to end tax breaks for Kansans who work in the Show-Me State.
We are about to be shown just how upset Rep. Kenny Wilk, chairman of the House Taxation Committee, really is.
It all began when the Missouri Legislature decided to stop allowing Kansans working in this state to deduct the property taxes they pay on their out-of-state residences when they itemize their Missouri income taxes. In the past, Kansas has reciprocated by allowing Missourians working in that state to deduct their property taxes there. Although only a few million dollars in tax breaks may be at stake on both sides, tempers flared in Topeka.
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Several St. Louis area legislators apparently aren’t moved. After all, Illinois doesn’t offer property-tax deductions for Missourians in that state.
The reason it’s a bigger issue in the Kansas City area than here is that in KC, the state line south of the Missouri River is largely superfluous in Metropolitan affairs, simply because it’s nothing more than a line (and the middle of a boulevard for the most part). Between Missouri and Illinois, the boundary is harder to cross, therefore you don’t have as much cross-state traffic for employment and other purposes. As a former Kansas Citian once told me when comparing the two metro areas’ bi-state cultures: “Missouri, Kansas. So what? Missouri, Illinois? Earth and Mars.”
Now That’s Really Swift: To Stop Crime, Ask the Cops to Give Up Their Competitive Advantage November 3, 2007
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Police, Tower Grove South Residents Taking Action After Murders
Police are stepping up patrols and neighbors are taking action in St. Louis’ Tower Grove South neighborhood after the second unsolved murder in a week.
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“We have stepped up patrols even more and for the past year. One of our goals was to get officers out the cars and in the neighborhoods walking the beats — we’ve done that,” St. Louis Police Capt. Stephen Hobbs said.
Except that the average thug in this city can probably run faster than even the most athletic cops. Internal combustion engines shift the paradigm nicely.
