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At Wichita City Council, facts are in dispute
Read more: At Wichita City Council, facts are in disputeSome Wichita City Council members, including Mayor Carl Brewer, criticize citizens for their use of inaccurate and misleading information. So how do the statements made by council members fare when subjected to scrutiny?
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The resolve of the Wichita City Council
Read more: The resolve of the Wichita City CouncilDespite her assessment of the will of the people of Wichita, The Wichita Eagle’s Rhonda Holman encourages the Wichita City Council to stick to its guns and do the opposite.
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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on wind energy
Read more: Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on wind energyNot everyone agrees with the Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s rosy assessment of wind power.
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Free market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national security
Read more: Free market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national securityFree market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national security, writes U.S. Representatives Mike Pompeo and Jeff Flake.
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Citizen activists launch protest petition in response to Wichita City Council vote on hotel development
Read more: Citizen activists launch protest petition in response to Wichita City Council vote on hotel developmentDespite hearing from numerous local residents speaking in opposition to the project yesterday, the Wichita City Council approved a number of public incentives for a hotel development in downtown Wichita. In response, the Wichita chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity plans to work to overturn part of the incentive package.
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In Wichita, private tax policy on the rise
Read more: In Wichita, private tax policy on the riseIn a free society with a limited government, taxation should be restricted to being a way for government to raise funds to pay for services that all people benefit from. But in the city of Wichita, private tax policy is overtaking our city.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday September 12, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday September 12, 2011Today: TIF not good for everyone, it seems; Wichita City Council; Williams lecture not noticed; Energy and politics to be topic; Pompeo on ideological internships; Spending to create jobs; Kansas education summit; Why liberals should like libertarian ideas.
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Walter Williams on doing good
Read more: Walter Williams on doing goodEconomist Walter Williams told a Wichita audience that when government is used in an attempt to do good, it requires either elimination or attenuation of private property and market forces. But it is private property and the desire for more that motivates people to do difficult and laborious things that benefit their fellow man. It…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday September 9, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday September 9, 2011Today: A citizen call to action; Troubles with Kansas City tax increment financing; Effects of stimulus on hiring; Kansas education summit; Why should conservatives like libertarian ideas?
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Walter Williams: Government must stick to its limited and legitimate role
Read more: Walter Williams: Government must stick to its limited and legitimate roleEconomist Walter E. Williams spoke on the legitimate role of government in a free society, touching on the role of government as defined in the Constitution, the benefits of capitalism and private property, and the recent attacks on individual freedom and limited government.
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In Wichita, how tax increment financing can channel tax money
Read more: In Wichita, how tax increment financing can channel tax moneyThe flow of tax dollars Wichita city leaders have planned for Douglas Place, a proposed hotel in Wichita, creates a mechanism where taxpayer funds are routed to a politically-connected construction firm. And unlike the real world, where developers have an incentive to build economically, the city has created incentives for Douglas Place developers to spend…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday September 6, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday September 6, 2011Today: Live music example of overcriminilization, regulation in Wichita; Tax reform in Kansas; Downtown Wichita site launched; Juvenile justice system to be topic; Campaign contributions flow to Wichita’s subsidy supporters; Organ events; Urban planning in Wichita: an outside perspective.