Author: Bob Weeks
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 11, 2011
Today: Legislature website still down; treasurer to ask for more information; Wichita CID proposals delayed; Longwell on citizen knowledge; State of the State tomorrow; this week at Sedgwick County Commission; changes to Kansas campaign law recommended.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Saturday January 8, 2011
Today: “This Week in Kansas” special edition; tax cuts are not a cost to government; Sedgwick County officeholders to be sworn in.
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In Wichita, two large community improvement districts proposed
More Community Improvement Districts in Wichita indicate a sales tax increase spreading across the city, and a city government captured by special interests.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday January 7, 2011
Today: Education’s money; Kansas websites to be presented; Constitution thought to be more than 100 years old.
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Unintended consequences of credit card regulation
Regulation of credits cards has unintended consequences that harm both the customer with marginal credit as well as those with good credit.
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Kansas legislative forums should be for citizens
Kansas legislative forums are designed for citizen participation, but taxpayer-funded agencies appeared, too.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday January 6, 2011
Today: State GOP chief to speak in Wichita; Kansas budget under more stress; Education and Medicaid spending protected; Kansas websites to be presented; Kansas school spending, constitutional issues discussed; low interest rates and saving.
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Wichita’s vision, by the urbanist elites
Randal O’Toole explains some of the reasons why urbanist elites seek to impose their vision on others through government.
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Kansas: business-friendly or capitalism-friendly?
While Kansas Republicans want to create a business-friendly environment, we have to be watchful for harmful crony, or false, capitalism.