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Wichita’s economic development strategy: rent seeking
Read more: Wichita’s economic development strategy: rent seekingAs Wichita embarks on our planning for the revitalization of downtown Wichita — or as we look back at actions the Wichita city council takes almost every week — we ought to take a look to see if these actions produce an increase in wealth for our community. It is wealth, after all, that defines…
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Kansas state budget crisis largely self-inflicted
Read more: Kansas state budget crisis largely self-inflictedWhat should citizens do when they feel that local news media is not covering issues as they should be covered? You could do as I did, starting Voice For Liberty in Wichita. Others start think tanks like the Kansas Policy Institute and its featured projects Kansas Watchdog and Kansas Reporter. Now the Kansas Policy Institute…
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Kansas Policy Institute site launched
Read more: Kansas Policy Institute site launchedThe Flint Hills Center for Public Policy, a Kansas-based think tank, recently changed its name to the Kansas Policy Institute. Now the organization’s website, formerly at www.flinthills.org, has changed. The new site is Kansas Policy Institute at www.kansaspolicy.org.
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Kansas legislative delegation meetings set
Read more: Kansas legislative delegation meetings setollowing is information from John Todd about two upcoming meetings of the South Central Kansas legislative delegation. The Tuesday evening meeting is for citizens, while the Thursday meeting is designed for government officials to present their case to the legislators, although at least some citizens are given preferential treatment in the case of the Northern…
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Kansas news digest
Read more: Kansas news digestNews from alternative media around Kansas for December 21, 2009.
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Ticket scalping is a market function, not a criminal activity
Read more: Ticket scalping is a market function, not a criminal activityAt the Intrust Bank Arena in downtown Wichita, some concerts are very popular, which leads to people frustrated at two things: the inability to buy tickets when they go on sale, and then the high prices that ticket scalpers ask for tickets on the aftermarket.
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Taxation: it’s more pervasive than you know
Read more: Taxation: it’s more pervasive than you knowHave you ever thought about how many taxes you are paying when you buy a product or a service? An amount is obvious when a sales tax is tacked on, but is that the only tax included in the price you pay? You know the answer — of course it is not, but the remaining…
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Wichita city council discusses economic development incentives, again
Read more: Wichita city council discusses economic development incentives, againAt this week’s meeting of the WichitaCity Council, underperforming companies that have received economic incentives was at issue.
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Kansas fourth district Congressional candidate forum announced
Read more: Kansas fourth district Congressional candidate forum announcedThe Great American Forum Steering Committee is pleased to announce its third public forum to be held Friday, January 15th, 2010, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Bank of America Auditorium, 1st floor, 100 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS. The forum will feature all five of the candidates for the 4th District U.S. House…
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Public sector employees doing well
Read more: Public sector employees doing wellThe economy is struggling, the unemployment rate is high, and many Americans are struggling to pay the bills. But one class of Americans is doing quite well: government workers. Their pay levels are soaring, they enjoy unmatched benefits, and they remain largely immune from layoffs, except for some overly publicized cutbacks around the margins.
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Sedgwick County misses opportunity to compel transparency
Read more: Sedgwick County misses opportunity to compel transparencyDuring today’s meeting of the Sedgwick County Commission, commissioners awarded funds to an organization without requiring accountability and transparency.