Author: Bob Weeks
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Wichita City Council, December 1, 2015
View video below, or click here to view at YouTube. A few relevant articles from the Wichita Eagle: Wichita city manager proposes eliminating no-bid construction projects www.kansas.com/news/local/article1085721.html Layton said last week that he intends to ask the City Council for a policy change against those no-bid contracts. The contracts became an issue after council members…
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Cash grants still in use
Wichita is moving away from the use of cash incentives for economic development, except for this.
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Wichita to consider tax abatements
Wichita considers three tax abatements, in one case forcing an “investment” on others that it itself would not accept.
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Wichita water and sewer rates proposed to rise
At its Tuesday December 1, 2015 meeting the Wichita City Council is scheduled to consider new water and sewer rates.
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Abengoa, Kansas ethanol plant operator, may seek bankruptcy
A company that has a taxpayer-guaranteed loan may be entering bankruptcy. Will taxpayers have to pay?
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Congressman Mike Pompeo
Congressman Mike Pompeo talks about the Middle East, politics in Washington, and domestic issues.
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Kansas at-risk school funding report released
The Kansas at-risk program, which spent $3.6 billion over the past 23 years, failed its mission to improve the performance of the very students it was designed to serve, finds Kansas Policy Institute.
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Congressman Mike Pompeo update
Congressman Mike Pompeo, fourth district of Kansas, offered his perspective on recent happenings in Europe, the Middle East and Washington, D.C.
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Kansas cities force tax breaks on others
When Kansas cities grant economic development incentives, they may also unilaterally take action that affects overlapping jurisdictions such as counties, school districts, and the state itself. The legislature should end this.
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Historic preservation tax credits, or developer welfare?
A Wichita developer seeks to have taxpayers fund a large portion of his development costs, using a wasteful government program of dubious value.
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For Wichita’s mayor, too many public hearings
Is the Wichita city council burdened with too many public hearings? Wichita’s mayor seems to think so.
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Wichita water optimization contract award should be reconsidered
Seeking an objective analysis of water and sewer utilities, Wichita considers a firm that has obstacles to objectivity.