Author: Bob Weeks
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday September 23, 2011
Today: Downtown Wichita site launched; Keystone pipeline hearing, bus trip; Health care reform; Pompeo defends against Obama’s attack on aviation; Wichita corporate welfare opposed; The trap of job creation.
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Kansas needs pro-growth policies
A theme of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback when he spoke in Wichita this week was jobs and opportunities, and how Kansas needs pro-growth policies to break out of a slump.
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Wichita City Council campaign contributions and Douglas Place/Ambassador Hotel
Making contributions to candidates for political office is part of the American political process. But for the Wichita City Council, we see a troubling trend of contributions made by people who also ask the council for money.
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At Wichita City Council, facts are in dispute
Some Wichita City Council members, including Mayor Carl Brewer, criticize citizens for their use of inaccurate and misleading information. So how do the statements made by council members fare when subjected to scrutiny?
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The resolve of the Wichita City Council
Despite her assessment of the will of the people of Wichita, The Wichita Eagle’s Rhonda Holman encourages the Wichita City Council to stick to its guns and do the opposite.
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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on wind energy
Not everyone agrees with the Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s rosy assessment of wind power.
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Citizen activists launch protest petition in response to Wichita City Council vote on hotel development
Despite hearing from numerous local residents speaking in opposition to the project yesterday, the Wichita City Council approved a number of public incentives for a hotel development in downtown Wichita. In response, the Wichita chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity plans to work to overturn part of the incentive package.
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In Wichita, private tax policy on the rise
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, private tax policy is overtaking our city.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday September 12, 2011
Today: TIF not good for everyone, it seems; Wichita City Council; Williams lecture not noticed; Energy and politics to be topic; Pompeo on ideological internships; Spending to create jobs; Kansas education summit; Why liberals should like libertarian ideas.
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Walter Williams on doing good
Economist Walter Williams told a Wichita audience that when government is used in an attempt to do good, it requires either elimination or attenuation of private property and market forces. But it is private property and the desire for more that motivates people to do difficult and laborious things that benefit their fellow man. It…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday September 9, 2011
Today: A citizen call to action; Troubles with Kansas City tax increment financing; Effects of stimulus on hiring; Kansas education summit; Why should conservatives like libertarian ideas?