Category: Wichita city government
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Wichita taxicab regulations likely to impede progress
The Wichita City Council will consider new taxicab regulations that, city hall hopes, will improve tax service in Wichita. But the regulations create high barriers to entry that stifle entrepreneurship and market competition, likely dooming the program to fail.
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Wichita to hold public hearing, again
The City of Wichita must conduct a public hearing for a second time, another example of a long line of mistakes made by the city in the administration of its policies.
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Wichita’s bailout culture
The Wichita City Council will consider a bailout of a real estate development. If the council takes this action, it is just one more step in a series of bailouts granted by the city, and it sets up expectations that the city will continue bailouts, creating a severe climate of moral hazard.
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Wichita decides to join sustainable communities planning
The City of Wichita has decided to embrace centralized government planning.
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In Wichita, private sector employment lags behind government
In Wichita, government employment growth outstrips private sector employment.
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Wichita may choose more centralized planning
This Tuesday the Wichita City Council will consider its participation in the REAP sustainable communities planning process. Wichita ought to reject this expansion of centralized planning, as the outcome will likely serve special interests at the expense of economic growth and jobs for everyone else.
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Wichita pension plan report
First, the good news: The condition of Wichita Employees’ Retirement System is nowhere near as dire as Kansas Public Employee Retirement System, or KPERS.. But the city is having to make much higher contributions to keep the plan funded. These contribution rates are likely to increase, as the plan relies on unrealistic assumptions.
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Southfork TIF should, again, be rejected
The Wichita City Council should reject the formation of a new tax increment financing district in Wichita.
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Wichita new home tax rebate program: The analysis
A document released by the City of Wichita casts strong doubt on the wisdom of a new home property tax rebate program. The document also lets us know that city staff are not being entirely honest with the citizens of Wichita.
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Cabela’s opening a reminder of failure in Wichita
Yesterday’s opening of a Cabela’s store in Wichita was celebrated as a great success, but the circumstances of the store’s birth should remind us of the failure of Wichita’s economic development strategies and efforts.
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For Wichita, no election news is good politics
Wichita city staff have time to produce news stories on everything but actual news, it seems.
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In Wichita, Epic Sports highlights need for reform
A tax abatement issued by the City of Wichita exacerbates, and illustrates, the need for reform in Wichita and Kansas.