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Downtown development chief to address Pachyderms
Read more: Downtown development chief to address PachydermsThis Friday, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents Wichita Downtown Development Corporation president Jeff Fluhr. The topic is an update on “What’s up in downtown?”
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Wichita’s tea party critics examined
Read more: Wichita’s tea party critics examinedOn Wednesday, the Tea Party Express stopped in Wichita for a rally. Quite a few people attended — more on that in a moment — and the reaction to the event by Wichita’s Left perhaps says more about them than the protesters.
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Money, Banking and the Federal Reserve
Read more: Money, Banking and the Federal ReserveEvents over the last year have placed our nation’s monetary system in focus. Or, at least it should be in sharp focus, as U.S. monetary policy and the Federal Reserve System bear much responsibility for the financial crisis and the accompanying recession. Few politicians, Ron Paul being one, are looking in the right places for…
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Kansas news digest
Read more: Kansas news digestNews from alternative media around Kansas for November 9, 2009.
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Alan Keyes to speak at events in Wichita
Read more: Alan Keyes to speak at events in WichitaAlan Keyes, former Reagan administration diplomat, National Security Council member, and presidential candidate, will speak at two events in Wichita supporting the Anderson for Congress campaign.
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Citizen lawsuits won’t enhance chemical safety
Read more: Citizen lawsuits won’t enhance chemical safetyLegislation currently under consideration in Congress will allow citizens to sue the Department of Homeland Security if they believe that chemical plants are not in compliance with new regulations. The new regulations — IST, or Inherently Safer Technology — are troubling enough, in that they may actually work against their stated goal of safety. Allowing…
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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.