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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday February 14, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday February 14, 2011Today: KRA guide to elected officials; Wichita Eagle voter guide; campaign signs; Rasmussen polls; organ recital; funny campaign stuff; Wichita teachers union contract; what public sector union leaders think; city council candidates to meet; politicians’ Top 10 Promises Gone Wrong.
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Kansas governor releases economic development plan
Read more: Kansas governor releases economic development planKansas governor Sam Brownback has released an economic development plan that draws on free market principles and relies less on government intervention. The plan calls for a departure from present practices, especially the heavy-handed methods cities like Wichita use.
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Brinkmanship with jobs
Read more: Brinkmanship with jobsWelcome to the new world of economic development — playing brinkmanship with job, writes Wichita state University’s H. Edward Flentje.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday February 10, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday February 10, 2011Today: Politicians’ Top 10 Promises Gone Wrong; Cabela’s to seek community improvement district tax, Kansas legislature website.
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Kansas auto dealers have anti-competitive law on their side
Read more: Kansas auto dealers have anti-competitive law on their sideKansas automobile dealers benefit from a law that limits the ability of competitors to form new dealerships.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday February 9, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday February 9, 2011Today: ACLU leader to speak in Wichita; information added to KansasOpenGov.org; “The Citizen” launches; economic development in Wichita explained; limits on state agency advertising proposed; Wichita lame ducks to take junket.
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Wichita again to bet on corporate welfare as economic development
Read more: Wichita again to bet on corporate welfare as economic developmentThe Wichita City Council may take action that promotes corporate welfare and the city’s economic development policy.
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More left-liberal environmental hypocrisy
Read more: More left-liberal environmental hypocrisyLeft-wing environmental hypocrisy exposed as actor Robert Redford is caught in a few “do as I say, not as I do” moments.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday February 3, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday February 3, 2011Today: Wichita-area legislators to meet with public; fairness; regulations to eliminate; Kansas considers major change in state pension plans; funny campaign websites.
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Regulation helps big business, not free enterprise
Read more: Regulation helps big business, not free enterpriseBoth Democrats and Republicans love creating regulations, and big business loves these regulations.
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Kansas arts funding supporters are misinformed, or worse
Read more: Kansas arts funding supporters are misinformed, or worseSupporters of Kansas government arts funding are either misinformed or lying about the facts they use to make their case for continuation of taxpayer support of the arts.
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Tax increment financing: TIF has a cost
Read more: Tax increment financing: TIF has a costSupporters of tax increment financing, or TIF, claim that it has no costs. This is true only if one ignores their secondary effects and economic reality.