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Tea Party Express in Wichita a success
Read more: Tea Party Express in Wichita a successToday a large crowd — some people estimated the crowd at 1,500 to 1,700 — gathered on a beautiful fall day in Wichita for a stop of the Tea Party Express. The crowd enjoyed speeches and music. About 30 motorcyclists escorted the bus to Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
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Uncertainty over Broadview’s future doesn’t bother Wichita
Read more: Uncertainty over Broadview’s future doesn’t bother WichitaYesterday the Wichita City Council approved plans for riverbank improvements that would benefit the Broadview Hotel in downtown Wichita. The cost is $2,200,000. One of the problems with this action is that the renovation of the hotel is on hold, according to recent reporting. The reason given by the hotel’s owners, Drury Southwest Inc., is…
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Chemical plant security should be based on technology, not politics
Read more: Chemical plant security should be based on technology, not politicsAs Congress considers legislation that would force our nation’s chemical plants to make expensive changes in their processes and technologies, we need to make sure that we don’t cripple our economy just to appease a small group of environmental activists — all in the name of purportedly greater safety. That’s the danger we face from…
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City of Wichita and the Kansas Open Records Act
Read more: City of Wichita and the Kansas Open Records ActAt a meeting of the Wichita City Council, it becomes clear that either the city doesn’t understand the meaning of the Kansas Open Records Act, or it has no intention of following it.
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Former mayor to address Pachyderms
Read more: Former mayor to address PachydermsThis Friday, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents former Wichita mayor Carlos Mayans as the speaker. His topic will be “National, State, and Local Issues.”
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Wichita’s open records policy is contrary to the interests of citizens
Read more: Wichita’s open records policy is contrary to the interests of citizensThe Kansas Open Records Act states: “It is declared to be the public policy of the state that public records shall be open for inspection by any person unless otherwise provided by this act, and this act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote such policy.” But in my recent experience, our city’s legal…
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Tea Party Express in Wichita
Read more: Tea Party Express in WichitaWednesday, November 4, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, in the parking lot of Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, Sycamore and Maple Streets in Wichita. This is a stop on the nationwide tour of the bus and speakers. “At each stop the tour will highlight some of the worst offenders in Congress who have voted for higher spending,…
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Hazlitt’s ‘Economics in One Lesson’ explains today’s economics
Read more: Hazlitt’s ‘Economics in One Lesson’ explains today’s economicsEconomics In One Lesson, first published in 1946 and recently reissued by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, explains common fallacies (false or mistaken ideas) that are particularly common in the field of economics and public policy.
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Kansas News Digest
Read more: Kansas News DigestNews from alternative media around Kansas for November 2, 2009.
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Thoughts on Constitution Day
Read more: Thoughts on Constitution DayToday, September 17, is a little-remembered date in Kansas and arguably a day that eclipses even Independence Day in significance. On this day in 1787, occurred the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Not since the Magna Carta, (June 15, 1215) had there been such a progression by the purpose, mind and hand of mankind to…
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Rep. Steve Brunk on Kansas taxes and spending
Read more: Rep. Steve Brunk on Kansas taxes and spendingSpeaking to the Wichita Pachyderm Club on Friday, Kansas Representative Steve Brunk addressed taxation and spending in Kansas government. Brunk said “We need more taxpayers, not more and higher taxes.” In evaluating legislation, he said he asks these questions: Does this help the state of Kansas bring companies to the state, and does it offer…
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Wichita arena lands a whopper
Read more: Wichita arena lands a whopperThe Intrust Bank Arena in downtown Wichita has landed NCAA women’s basketball first- and second-round tournament games in 2011.