TheVicPorcelliShow-HOUR01-07-17-26

9:05 – 9:22 (17mins)   Vic and Ken Discuss President Trump's Address on TV.           9:25 – 9:37 (12mins) Larry Conners  Weekly: "Mr. Conner's Neighborhood  @LarryConnersUSA             9:41 – 9:56 (15mins) David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy at the Show-Me Institute, @DavidCStokes @ShowMeShowMeInstitute.orgto discuss:  A proposal for a $39 million tax-increment financing(TIF) district in the Midtown area of the City of St. Louis. The forces behind the TIF proposal include the area’s commercial and artistic associations. The backers are claiming that because the redirected taxes will go toward “public” items such as infrastructure improvements for sidewalks, crosswalks, and streets, that this is a responsible use of TIF. David says they could not be more wrong. A St. Louis preservation board member facing state enforcement for practicing architecture without a license, raising questions about whether the board's past rulings could now be challenged.David tweeted about the story: "Bad decisions of city preservation board imperiled by member not following occupational licensing rules. This is like when chocolate met peanut butter 4 me."  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.