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Why is business welfare necessary in Wichita?
Read more: Why is business welfare necessary in Wichita?A company in Wichita requires business welfare in order to capture a new business opportunity. What’s wrong with this picture?
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Sedgwick is a red county in a pink state
Read more: Sedgwick is a red county in a pink stateSedgwick County is bleeding income.
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Kansas Democrats on school spending
Read more: Kansas Democrats on school spendingKansas Democrats are circulating a graphic that, while probably superficially accurate, fails to present the larger picture of Kansas school spending.
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Could Wichita be the next Detroit?
Read more: Could Wichita be the next Detroit?That Detroit has declared bankruptcy: Does this mean anything for Wichita?
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For Kansas progressives, it’s all about school spending, not performance
Read more: For Kansas progressives, it’s all about school spending, not performanceKansas progressives keep the focus on school spending and away from inconvenient facts that harm schoolchildren.
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Where is the downtown Wichita tax base?
Read more: Where is the downtown Wichita tax base?There’s been much investment in downtown Wichita, we’re told, but the goal of increasing the tax base is farther away rather than closer.
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WichitaLiberty.TV July 21, 2013
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV July 21, 2013In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV, host Bob Weeks recommends the Crony Chronicals website and explains the harm of cronyism. Westar, our electric utility, is asking for a rate increase, and cronyism is part of the application. Finally, Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer feels he can’t shop for his personal car in Wichita, but dishes out no-bid…
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Paying taxes, but not quite
Read more: Paying taxes, but not quiteA complicated economic development mechanism used in Wichita hides the true business welfare transaction.
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In Wichita, there’s no option for dissent
Read more: In Wichita, there’s no option for dissentA citizen outreach system implemented by Wichita doesn’t let participants express disapproval of ideas when voting.
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Regulations, even well-intentioned, may be dangerous
Read more: Regulations, even well-intentioned, may be dangerousA regulation intended to save children resulted in many more deaths. The reason is the lulling effect.
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Wichita Transit finances
Read more: Wichita Transit financesA financial snapshot of the Wichita Transit System.
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Wichita flight count continues decline
Read more: Wichita flight count continues declineA program designed to bring low air fares to Wichita appears to meet that goal, but the unintended and inevitable consequences of the program are not being recognized. In particular, the number of flights available at the Wichita airport continues to decline.