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Wichita city council: substance and process
Read more: Wichita city council: substance and processThe Wichita City Council and city hall bureaucrats have shown that they are willing to follow the letter of the law, but following the spirit and substance of the law, especially regarding public hearings and citizen involvement, remains a challenge for the city.
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Pompeo at Pachyderm on economy, budget
Read more: Pompeo at Pachyderm on economy, budgetU. S. Representative Mike Pompeo of Wichita addressed members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club, with members interested in the economy and budget issues.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 3, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 3, 2011Today: Wichita City Council; What if the NFL Played by Teachers’ Rules?; Do-nothing Hoover?; Kansas school cash; John Locke to appear in Wichita.
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Kansas schools’ unspent funds on the rise — again
Read more: Kansas schools’ unspent funds on the rise — againNew data from the Kansas Department of Education show that Kansas public schools increased their operating carryover cash reserves by $93.7 million in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.
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Ken-Mar TIF district, the bailouts
Read more: Ken-Mar TIF district, the bailoutsCircumstances surrounding the Ken-Mar shopping center in northeast Wichita illustrate how inappropriate it is for the city to serve as either entrepreneur or partner with entrepreneurs, and is another lesson in how Wichita needs pay-to-play laws.
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NAT GAS Act: Markets are better able to decide
Read more: NAT GAS Act: Markets are better able to decideThe real lesson to be learned from Solyndra is that government is not equipped to act as entrepreneur. We need to apply that lesson to natural gas powered vehicles before it is too late.
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Sedgwick County considers a planning grant
Read more: Sedgwick County considers a planning grantSedgwick County’s consideration of a federal planning grant raised a host of issues, including buying in to the Obama Administration agenda and the roles and relationships of federal and local governments.
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Warren Buffet’s secretary: marginal vs. average, Hauser’s Law
Read more: Warren Buffet’s secretary: marginal vs. average, Hauser’s LawSome of the confusion surrounding Warren Buffet’s secretary and her taxes comes from the failure to distinguish between average and marginal tax rates. Then, there’s Buffet’s tax-avoiding behavior, which illustrates Hauser’s Law.
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Kansas school spending: the deception
Read more: Kansas school spending: the deceptionKansas school spending advocates like Mark Desetti of the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) use only a small portion of school spending when making presentations, letting them be accurate and deceptive at the same time.
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Research on state taxes: Kansas should cut
Read more: Research on state taxes: Kansas should cutAs Kansans prepare to debate whether to reduce our state’s income taxes, there will be those, such as Rhonda Holman of the Wichita Eagle, who will urge caution before proceeding with reducing taxes. Others will claim that government taxation and spending is what makes the state’s economy grow. Two research papers illustrate the need to…