Category: Wichita city government
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Raises for Wichita mayor, council proposed
The Wichita City Council will consider pay raises for the mayor and council members.
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Wichita water statistics update
The Wichita ASR water project produced no water in October. There were two days when river flow was adequate.
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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?