I Was Honored To Meet Wendell Cox Last Night

Economy | September 18, 2007

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 minute

I had the great honor of meeting Mr. Wendell Cox yesterday evening. Mr. Cox is an international expert on issues of land use, transportation and mobility, property rights, and the housing market. We spoke for about an hour and he was just terrifically interesting, fun and friendly. He is affiliated with dozens of think tanks around the country, and, since he lives in the St. Louis area, we here at the Show-Me Institute look forward to having an opportunity to work with him on issues of mutual interest. I encourage everyone to check out the websites he operates, which have voluminous information on all sorts of issues.

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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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