TheVicPorcelliShow-HOUR01-06-19-26

9:05 – 9:22 (17mins)  David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy at theShow-Me Institute, @DavidCStokes @ShowMeShowMeInstitute.orgTo Discuss:The Board of Police Commissioners public meeting on Wednesday night: "The state-appointed Board of Police Commissioners invited the public to attend its Wednesday meeting to share their thoughts. The people who showed up were all of one mind. They didn’t particularly like the board." Louis-area school districts look at tax increases: From the piece: "Area school districts are weighing tax increases as a funding crisis looms over public education. At least four local districts are considering ballot measures, with two, Webster Groves and Parkway, surveying residents about whether they would support tax hikes. Two other districts have already asked constituents for more at a time when rising expenses, from insurance to salaries, are tightening school budgets amid declining federal and state funding. Voters in the Ferguson-Florissant approved a 48-cent property tax increase in April to stem multi-million-dollar shortfalls, following a turbulent year of cuts. The district now projects it will end this year with a $3 million surplus. The same month, Rockwood sought its first operating rate increase in 30 years to help sustain teacher raises. Voters rejected the measure. Other school districts — including Mehlville, Riverview Gardens, Hazelwood, and Francis Howell — have considered or already received the green light from residents to direct more of their tax levies to operations from debt service."      9:25 – 9:37 (12mins) Larry Conners  Weekly: "Mr. Conner's Neighborhood  @LarryConnersUSASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.