Author: Bob Weeks
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Latest public pension fund data show taxpayers still on hook for trillions
Despite pension fund investment gains in 2010, taxpayers still owe state and municipal workers trillions of dollars for promised benefits no matter how much funds earn during the next 30 years.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 4, 2011
Today: Google announces Gmail motion; local elections tomorrow; Wichita City Council this week; public defender to present; what it means to be a libertarian; profits and prices.
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For New York Times, facts about Kochs don’t matter
For the New York Times, getting the facts about Koch Industries correct isn’t a concern.
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Education gap on Wichita City Council
Before January, none of the four men serving on the Wichita City Council had completed a college degree. The three women serving on the council set a better example, with all three holding college degrees.
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Kansas OpenGov: Here’s the Kansas data
KansasOpenGov.org provides a repository of data about Kansas state and local governments, giving citizens the data they need to hold officials accountable.
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Sedgwick County Commission to consider corporate welfare as economic development
The Sedgwick County Commission will consider embracing corporate welfare as its economic development strategy.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday March 30, 2011
AFP chief to deliver legislative update. This Friday’s meeting (April 1) of the Wichita Pachyderm club features Derrick Sontag of Americans for Prosperity, Kansas chapter. Sontag will speak about the current session of the Kansas Legislature. This is the last week of the session before a nearly month-long break. For more information click on Wichita…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday March 29, 2011
Today: Follow-up to Koch profile; the decline of Detroit: a lesson for Wichita?; Moran to vote “no” on debt ceiling; golden geese on the move; legislators will have more access to SRS case files; Wichita unemployment rate improving, government planners vs. individuals.
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Wichita airport flights have declined
Contrary to the claims of supporters of the Kansas Affordable Airfares program, the number of flights in Wichita is declining.
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Classical liberalism explained
In a short video, Nigel Ashford of Institute for Humane Studies explains the tenets of classical liberalism.
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Weekly Standard: The left’s obsession with the Koch brothers
Matthew Continetti of the Weekly Standard has written a profile of Charles and David Koch and Koch Industries, focusing on politics and the attacks by the political Left. A key passage in the story explains what those who believe in economic freedom have known all along: If Charles and David Koch really wanted to make…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday March 28, 2011
Today: Wichita Eagle endorsements; Wichita City Council this week; Sedgwick County commission this week; Kansas judicial selection; Kansas Department of Labor computer system; General Electric: no taxes for me; Freeloaders come in all types; New York City may seek waiver from ObamaCare; Economic freedom and a better life; government investment specialty.