Category: Wichita city government
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Wichita employee pension costs
Pension costs for the largest of Wichita’s two funds have been rising rapidly.
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Entrepreneurship in Wichita
As Wichita seeks to reboot its spirit of entrepreneurship, we should make sure we do things that have a chance of working.
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Wichita city council should have skipped this proclamation
The Wichita city council issues a proclamation for a controversial medical issue.
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Wichita water statistics update
The Wichita ASR water project produced no water in September, despite many days when river flow was adequate.
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Despite growth of sharing economy, Wichita relies on centralization
The sharing economy provides for the decentralization and privatization of regulation, but the City of Wichita clings to the old ways.
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Wichita cheers its planned economy
While success in growing a company is welcome in Wichita, there are broader issues that affect the rest of the metropolitan area.
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Wichita perpetuates wasteful system of grants; feels good about it
While praising the U.S. Economic Development Administration for a grant to Wichita State university, Wichita city planners boost the growth of wasteful government spending.
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Wichita ASR water project work accomplished
The $247 million Wichita ASR water project operates at just a fraction of its design capacity.
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Wichita’s demolition policy
Wichita homeowners must pay for demolition of their deteriorating homes, but the owners of a long-festering and highly visible commercial property get to use tax funds for their demolition expense.
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Wichita can implement transparency, even though tax did not pass
Wichitans have to wonder: Was transparency promised only as an inducement to vote for the sales tax? Or is it a governing principle of our city?
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Wichita water statistics update
The Wichita ASR water project produced more water in August than in July, but continues to fail to produce water at the projected rate or design capacity.
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Another week in Wichita, more CID sprawl
Shoppers in west Wichita should prepare to pay higher taxes, if the city approves a Community Improvement District at Kellogg and West Streets.