Category: Wichita city government
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Wichita’s uneconomic thinking about water
When thinking about water issues, Wichita city council members and city hall bureaucrats seem to throw economic thinking out the window.
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For Wichita’s new water supply, debt is suddenly bad
Wichita city leaders are telling us we need to spend a lot of money for a new water source. For some reason, debt has now become a dirty word.
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If the transit lights are off, the street lights are probably on
When the city of Wichita is not concerned about waste that is easily observed, how careful is it about avoiding waste not easily seen by citizens?
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Economic development incentives in Wichita: A few questions
Wichita justifies its use of targeted economic development incentives by citing benefit-cost ratios that are computed for the city, county, school district, and state.
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CEDBR fiscal model presentation to Wichita City Council
An explanation of how cost benefit ratios are calculated for economic development incentives.
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For Wichita leaders, novel alternatives on water not welcome
A forum on water issues featured a presentation by Wichita city officials and was attended by other city officials, but the city missed a learning opportunity.
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Wichita commercial property taxes are high … really high
In this excerpt from WichitaLiberty.TV. Wichita commercial property taxes are very high, according to an ongoing study.
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Waste in Wichita, the seen and probably unseen
When the city of Wichita is not concerned about waste that is easily observed, what about waste that not easily seen by citizens?
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Wichita regulations bar innovation, but not sexual predators
Wichita’s regulatory regime prohibits innovative transit services like Uber, but the city failed to protect taxi riders from sexual predators.
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Wichita property taxes rise again
The City of Wichita is fond of saying that it hasn’t raised its mill levy in many years. But the mill levy has risen in recent years.
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Examining Wichita’s water future
On Thursday 17 July, come hear from the City of Wichita and others on the scope of the problems, possible solutions, and the perspectives of several experts in the debate over Wichita’s water future.
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In Wichita, gap analysis illustrates our problems
Testimony provided to the Wichita City Council on July 1, 2014 regarding gap analysis and the problems it reveals.