Considering the businesses it would apply to are ones like Purina and Budweiser, my point was that small businesses wouldn’t be hurt by the use tax. And the use tax was passed anyhow, now it’s just money the BoA can allocate elsewhere. Which if this city’s past says anything, means they’re going to find a way to blow…

They also pay for the zoo and the museums. There’s a special partnership where the county pays into the “Museum District”.

Only the use tax was going to go to the stadium financing. It would’ve taxed the largest businesses in the city (ones who buy products from outside the state above a certain threshold) while adding more foot traffic in the area for small businesses. The sales tax increase money was always going to be for Metrolink…

As a huge history nerd, especially Roman, Medieval & Christian history, you just hit all three buttons at once. Thank you so much for bringing this theory to me.

The guy’s been reporting on the NFL for 40 years. This Costa hack has been the PD at that station for 2 weeks. But that immediately discredits him, yet you would believe it if a different St. Louis reporter had this story?