Author: Bob Weeks
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Another letter to the editor
Last time I wrote a letter to the Wichita Eagle for publication, I said that I learned my lesson, which was that I needed to be brief. I didn’t learn this lesson well.
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The Decline of Kansas Documented By Census
By Karl Peterjohn, Kansas Taxpayers Network Kansas is in a decline. This state is shrinking relative to its peers in the other 49 states. However, some might say, and with some degree of accuracy, that this trend is nothing new. It is clear that the size and impact of this decline is likely to shape…
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Wichita Eagle Says “AirTran Subsidies Foster Competition”
In an editorial in The Wichita Eagle published on April 19, 2005, Randy Scholfield writes: “Wichita should stick to its subsidies. They’re fostering competition, not stifling it, and paying off big-time for the community by lowering airfares and boosting economic development.”
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Kansas Faces Challenges for Growth
By Alan Cobb, Americans For Prosperity Kansas State Director Many would describe that much of rural Kansas is in decline. Nearly 60 percent of the counties in Kansas have lost population just since 1990. Over half of Kansas’ counties have fewer residents today than 1900. Just this week the Associated Press reported that stated Kansas…
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Democrats dominate in top Kansas court
There are three numbers that everyone at the statehouse knows who follows Kansas government: 63, 21, and one. You must have 63 votes to pass a bill out of the Kansas House of Representatives, 21 votes to pass a bill out of the Kansas Senate, and the governor’s signature to turn a bill into law.
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AirTran Subsidy Remarks
Following are remarks I am delivering to several groups, including the Wichita City Council, in April 2005.
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Poetry: Welcome New Council Members
WELCOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS I AM OLD AND SICK AND GETTING GRAYI DON’T KNOW WHERE I WILL GET THE MONEY THAT THE CITY WANTS ME TO PAY
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Tax funds finance Kansas school finance lawsuit
There might not be funds for public school classrooms but for 15 Kansas school districts there is money for financing lawsuits. Since the 1998-99 school year, $2,095,020 has been spent in public funds to pay for the school finance litigation and lawsuit.
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The downside of Being the Air Cap
Mr. Clements’s article makes a striking conclusion as to why airfares in Wichita were so high. I would be curious as to whether any of our government leaders have read the study. We should also ask why our government leaders are not performing research like this when they propose to spend large sums of taxpayer…