Private Airport Right Here in Missouri

Economy | April 21, 2009

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 minute

With all our recent talk about privatization of airports, how the hell did I not know one was being built in Branson? Thanks to the Cato Institute and my colleague Jen Roland for bringing this to my attention. I honestly had no idea this was happening, but it is very exciting. The nation’s first entirely privately funded airport is going to be serving Branson, and opens next month. I can’t believe I had to learn from the New York Times about a new airport in Branson. The next thing you know, I am going to have to listen when they tell me who to vote for. …

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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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