Category: Wichita city government
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Wichita’s economic development is expensive, risky
Sunday’s Wichita Eagle carried an op-ed piece written by Doug Stanley, vice chairman of the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition. As we might expect, he calls for more government involvement and management of economic development.
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Downtown Wichita model underutilized, dilapidated?
Those who advocate greater government planning and spending in downtown Wichita often city Oklahoma City’s Bricktown area as a model of success. Wichita’s cable television channel broadcasts a spot about it. An article in the The Journal Record discusses Bricktown, and mentions an official has heard “concerns about underutilized, sometimes dilapidated retail space along the…
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Wichita arts funding plan passes
On a five to zero vote, the Wichita City Council has passed a revised arts funding plan. The plan may be viewed at the end of this article. Speaking for the plan, former Wichita City Council member and Arts Council Board Member Joan Cole spoke in favor of arts funding. She promoted the financial return…
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When the water wall in Wichita is news in Los Angeles …
When the water wall in Wichita is news in Los Angeles … it must be a slow news day in California. Especially when the subject of the story is a fountain in Wichita. Here’s the story: At Wichita’s Water Wall, frolicking without a net.
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Wichita parks system is not a jobs program
The city has a responsibility to its citizens to operate as efficiently as possible. If it is possible to have work such as park maintenance done less expensively, the city should do so. It should have done so long ago.
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Wichita Local Government 101 announced
Local Government 101: Learn how to get involved in Wichita city government and how to influence public policy as a citizen Activist.
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In Wichita, special assessment financing gone wild
At today’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, a privately-owned condominium association is seeking special assessment financing to make repairs to it building.
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Wichita water economics
This week the Wichita City Council declined to raise the fixed portion of customers water bills by $2.00 per month. Today, Wichita Eagle editorial writer Rhonda Holman praises the council for avoiding an illogical water-rate increase. Is she and the city council right on this matter?
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Cost of Wichita water likely to rise in some way
At yesterday’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, the water department asked for permission to add $1.00 per month to water bills. It’s actually a $2.00 per month proposed increase, as $1.00 would be added to both the water charge and the sewer charge, and most people have both services.