Author: Bob Weeks
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Wichita petition effort successful
A petition drive to force action on a Wichita charter ordinance has gathered enough signatures, according to the election office.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday December 12, 2011
Today: Kansas budget; Trade protectionism makes us poorer; A new day in politics?; Harm of expanding government explained; Youthful senator to speak; Markets: exploitation or empowerment?
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Wichita open records issue buried
The City of Wichita is burying an issue related to its refusal to act in a genuinely open and transparent manner.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 9, 2011
Today: Ethanol subsidy; Cronyist Warren Buffet; Natural gas subsidies for Pickens; Planning grant to be topic of meeting; Tilting at wind turbines;
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Wichita’s political class
Discussion at a Wichita City Council meeting provided an opportunity for citizens to discover the difference in the thinking of the political class and those who value limited government and capitalism.
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Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3010: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011. This law would, if passed by the Senate and signed by the president, would require regulatory agencies to “base all preliminary and final determinations on evidence,” among other reforms.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday December 7, 2011
Today: Wichita petitions; Petitions being contested; Smart Taxpayers Exposing Waste; Planning grant to be topic of meeting; Kansas history writer to speak; Wichita City Council.
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Wichita should reject tax increment financing
Wichita should reject tax increment financing for the good of the entire city.
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Wichita turns taxation over to private interests
In a free society with a limited government, taxation should be restricted to being a way for government to raise funds to pay for services that all people benefit from. But in the city of Wichita, taxation for private gain is overtaking our city.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 2, 2011
Today: Wichita trip to Ghana; Register of Deeds returns funds; Transaction fee, or interest?; This is a cut?; Tax incentives questioned; Golden geese on the move; Rep. Hedke, author of new book, to speak; Economic freedom in America: The decline, and what it means.