John Stamm

The River knows more than the Arch.

[Chuck Hatfield @chuckhatfield]

BOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

@causeiexist @CitySceneSTL How are you defining failure rates and how are you comparing it to peer cities? Not being argumentative, just genuinely curious.

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

When ‘no cost to taxpayers’ isn’t the whole story

https://t.co/eNm7LFjQVH

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

Saying the quiet part out loud: “Supporters of revenue-backed development bonds argue that markets already price the risk and that governments remain free to decline payment. Legally, that is correct. But markets do not operate on legal theory alone.”

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

@briscoe_les @Beganovic2026 Can you say more on this?

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

"The net to the state was $521,200, or less than one-one-hundredth of 1% of the total wagered."

Article: Missouri sports betting tops $543M in first month but deductions leave state with only $521K

https://t.co/QrhNKjGhuZ

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

Why giving free IDs to homeless Missourians makes fiscal sense

https://t.co/0QTKsSrTow

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

Making IDs free could yield 11x ROI for the state after just one year, and likely even more.

And that’s *just* the income tax from a min wage job.

People need IDs for jobs, housing, benefits, school, banking, and most recently, to vote. Making IDs free is a no brainer.

@stlmag has more:

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

@milosmakesmaps Harold Fisk would approve

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

@DavidCStokes @bd_highsmith @ShowMe I see what you’re saying re: “taxable” vs. their choice to use assessed value. Authors seem to share your concerns:

“An extended discussion of these different value concepts, and the biases and distortions that may arise in each, is provided in Supplementary Appendix 2.”

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

@DavidCStokes @bd_highsmith @ShowMe “Other identified corporate enclaves include… a village in St Louis county (Champ) that is home to a $20 million, privately owned solid waste disposal facility, occupying the vast majority of its 512 acres, but only 10 residents.”
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[John Stamm @johnstamm]

@DavidCStokes @bd_highsmith @ShowMe They don’t look at revenues, just the distribution of property wealth per capita relative to the metro. So you end up with 2 types of “havens” - wealthy residential and corporate enclave. A tax haven is just FCR > 300, so Kinloch would be on the list even without the abatements.

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

@JoeMomma666969 @Beganovic2025 I still see this on Gravois, but I believe it is a MODOT route, so changes need collaboration from the state. I think the city is working on this.

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

When coal smoke choked St. Louis, residents fought back − but it took time and money https://t.co/S24W0gRKnY via @ConversationUS and @stlmag newsletter

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

Likely related to this op-Ed by the Missouri Chamber today:

https://t.co/1Wnds7a6iP

[St. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday]

Opinion: Data centers — A rising tide that lifts all economic boats https://t.co/YtzitgjlAq

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

We’re getting push polls for data centers now.

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

@joedotfaith @Miles_Brundage The 1st use as well, but even that is very limited.

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

@KLF St. Louis Lambert International, consistently.
STL is #41 vs DCA at #28 in annual passengers.

[John Stamm @johnstamm]

St. Louis sunrise, Art Hill

[Zach 🌱🗺🚲🟩🏴 @ZZZZach89]

Midwest Biodiversity Intactness, map made by me for fun, based on data from the British Natural History Museum