Category: Wichita city government
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Wichita water statistics update
The Wichita ASR water project produced little water during the first four months of 2016. There were many days when river flow was adequate.
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Towards government transparency in Wichita: Legal notices
Kansas law requires publication of certain notices in newspapers, but cities like Wichita could also make them available in other ways that are easier to use.
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In Wichita, more sales tax hypocrisy
Another Wichita company that paid to persuade you to vote for higher taxes now seeks to avoid paying those taxes.
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Best cities for job growth 2016
A computation of job growth in cities produces familiar results for Wichita.
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Wichita city council campaign finance reform
Some citizen activists and Wichita city council members believe that a single $500 campaign contribution from a corporation has a corrupting influence. But stacking dozens of the same $500 contributions from executives and spouses of the same corporation? Not a problem.
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Wichita mayor’s counterfactual op-ed
Wichita’s mayor pens an op-ed that is counter to facts that he knows, or should know.
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Spirit Aerosystems tax relief
Wichita’s largest employer asks to avoid paying millions in taxes, which increases the cost of government for everyone else, including young companies struggling to break through.
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Wichita property tax rate: Up again
The City of Wichita says it hasn’t raised its property mill levy in many years. But data shows the mill levy has risen, and its use has shifted from debt service to current consumption.
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Wichita doesn’t have this
A small Kansas city provides an example of what Wichita should do.
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What else can Wichita do for downtown companies?
With all Wichita has done, it may not be enough.
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Wichita City Council speaks on blight
Wichita City Council members speak in opposition to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s veto of Senate Bill 338, which would have given cities additional power to take property.
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Wichita economic development and capacity
An expansion fueled by incentives is welcome, but illustrates a larger problem with Wichita-area economic development.