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Our Downtown Wichita launched
Read more: Our Downtown Wichita launchedAs part of an effort to provide information about the Douglas Place project, a proposed renovation of a downtown Wichita office building into a hotel, Americans for Prosperity, Kansas has created a website. The site’s motto is “Limited government and free markets in Downtown Wichita benefit everyone. Centralized planning and crony capitalism benefit only a…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday August 29, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday August 29, 2011Today: Wichita City Council; Government and business; Developer welfare shop opened; ‘Kansans United’ formed; Kansas education summit; No Wichita Pachyderm this week; Myths of capitalism.
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Greenpeace and allies again attack Koch Industries
Read more: Greenpeace and allies again attack Koch IndustriesLast week saw the release of two reports criticizing Koch Industries for its opposition to heavy-handed regulation of the chemical industry.
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Guitar makers and players targeted by onerous laws
Read more: Guitar makers and players targeted by onerous lawsToday the Wall Street Journal reports again on startling examples of overcriminalization, with federal authorities conducting raids on businesses based on aggressive enforcement of broad and vague laws.
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For Wichita’s Project Downtown, goal keeps slipping
Read more: For Wichita’s Project Downtown, goal keeps slippingIn selling a plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita, promoters started with a promise of much private investment for just a little public investment. But as the plan proceeded, the goal kept slipping, and the first project to be approved under the final plan will probably not come close to meeting even the modest…
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KNEA: Let’s just raise taxes
Read more: KNEA: Let’s just raise taxesFor KNEA, the Kansas National Education Association and our state’s teachers union, the solution to all problems is as simple as raising taxes and hoping the union’s critics will stop talking.
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In Wichita, historic preservation tax credits an inefficient form of developer welfare
Read more: In Wichita, historic preservation tax credits an inefficient form of developer welfareAs part of the subsidy plan for Douglas Place, a downtown Wichita hotel being proposed, developers plan to make extensive use of historic preservation tax credits to fund their project. This form of developer welfare, besides being inefficient, is largely hidden from public view.
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At Wichita city council, another junket authorized
Read more: At Wichita city council, another junket authorizedThe Wichita City Council approves expenses for a trip of dubious value.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday August 22, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday August 22, 2011Today: How not to grow an economy; Son of TARP; Wichita City Council; Critique of Keynesian policies; Junior Kansas legislators to speak.
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Contrary to Buffet, government spending is not good
Read more: Contrary to Buffet, government spending is not goodRecently wealthy investor Warren Buffet has been in the news for his advocacy of higher taxes. But is government — politics, in other words — the best way to allocate resources?
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Intrust Bank Arena depreciation expense ignored
Read more: Intrust Bank Arena depreciation expense ignoredReports that income earned by the Intrust Bank Arena is down sharply has brought the arena’s finances back into the news. The arena, located in downtown Wichita and owned by Sedgwick County, is deemed to be a success by the county and arena boosters based on “profit” figures generated during its first year of operations.…