Author: Bob Weeks
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday December 12, 2010
Today: Wichita City Council, Sedgwick County Commission, Wichita Eagle: Adopt downtown plan, City planning by “Those Who Know Best,” Anderson appointment criticized.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 10, 2010
Today: “This Week in Kansas,” Cato scholar to speak on economic freedom, tea party regional blogs, tax rates still a secret, federal spending oversight, high speed rail, New York Times, taxation.
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Kansas ranks low in policies on teacher quality
States are the primary drivers of teacher policy, and the states, particularly Kansas, are not doing a good job promoting teacher quality.
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Wichita downtown planning, not trash, is real threat
While city takeover of the management of trash service is bad, the real threat to economic freedom in Wichita is downtown planning.
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Brownback appointments a mixed bag
Incoming Kansas governor Sam Brownback has made some appointments to his economic team. Two of the appointments illustrate why Kansans need to maintain a cautious watch on Brownback as he takes over the governor’s office. A third gives us hope that the Kansas budget can be fully understood and managed.
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For Wichita city government, open records are not valued
The City of Wichita decides again to be open and transparent on its own terms, and to not follow the Kansas Open Records Act.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday December 7, 2010
Today: Political pretense vs. market performance, “Begging for Billionaires,” O’Toole on urban planning, Kansas House of Representatives leaders elected, school lessons learned.
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Kansas school spending: the charts
Kansas school spending was down for the most recent school year.
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Wichita Community Improvement District policy to be decided
Wichita will decide whether notifying consumers of special high-tax districts is good public policy.
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Perhaps an end to legislative time-wasting
Legislative bodies should stop wasting time and money on proclamations and other “feel-good” measures.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday December 6, 2010
Today: Economic freedom lecture, liberal success factor, Joshua Blick, economy, Rasmussen polls, Kansas Democrats, young Republicans.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday December 5, 2010
Today: Wichita city council, Wichita and Kansas schools, Community Improvement Districts