Very Important Study From East-West Gateway Council of Governments

Economy | January 26, 2009

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 minute

I urge everyone to read this study from the East-West Gateway Council of Governments about the ludicrous economic development policies that the St. Louis area has been pursuing during the past decades. The Post-Dispatch had a major article about it over the weekend. People at the Show-Me Institute, including me, have been raising issues like this for some time, but it is great to see EWG’s proof in the pudding. I will return to this issue after I have had time to read the entire study.

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David Stokes

David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from 2007 to 2016. From 2016 through 2020 he was Executive Director of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, where he led efforts to oppose harmful floodplain developments done with abusive tax subsidies. Stokes rejoined the Institute in early 2021 as the Director of Municipal Policy. He is a past president of the University City Library Board. He served on the St. Louis County 2010 Council Redistricting Commission and was the 2012 representative to the Electoral College from Missouri’s First Congressional District. He lives in University City with his wife and their three children.

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