Show-Me Institute intern Bruce Stahl and I went to Del Taco to see just how bad the property was. After all, city officials have blighted, and re-blighted, the property.
The flying saucer–shaped property seems fine to us. It has an operating business, with many customers. Are city officials just blighting Del Taco in order to award tax subsidy?
About the Author
Audrey Spalding Audrey Spalding graduated in 2009 from the University of MissouriColumbia with dual degrees in journalism and economics. She became fascinated with local government issues while working as an education reporter at the Columbia Missourian, and realized the importance of holding elected officials accountable. Her coverage of the Columbia Public School District's tax levy increase election won a Hearst Journalism Award. Before joining the Show-Me Institute, Audrey worked for the institute as a research intern for a year, and during that time filed more than 500 requests for public information. She is originally from Michigan.
