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Planning downtown Wichita revitalization: an impossible task?
Read more: Planning downtown Wichita revitalization: an impossible task?At tomorrow’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, consideration of a plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita is on the agenda. Before the city goes down this path, we ought to become aware of some of the difficulties with this type of planning. Randal O’Toole, in his book The Best-Laid Plans: How Government Planning…
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Kansas news digest
Read more: Kansas news digestNews from around Kansas for October 12, 2009.
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Kansas protects its gambling interests
Read more: Kansas protects its gambling interestsAt one time states like Kansas prohibited its citizens from gambling because it was thought to be immoral. That attitude started to change when Kansas allowed a lottery. Now that the state actually owns casinos — that’s right, in Kansas the state owns the casinos that aren’t Indian casinos — thoughts of morality have been…
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Reaction to Star Parker shows intolerance of left
Read more: Reaction to Star Parker shows intolerance of leftBefore author and columnist Star Parker spoke at Wichita State University earlier this week, attacks were already launched, providing illustration of the rampant political correctness and speech codes in effect on the modern college campus.
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Welshimer files for re-election to Sedgwick County Commission
Read more: Welshimer files for re-election to Sedgwick County CommissionToday, Sedgwick County Commissioner Gwen Welshimer filed for re-election to her position as a member of the commission. Her statement is below. Welshimer, a Democrat, is so far the only candidate in that party. There are three Republicans who have either filed or are considering filing.
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Wichita sales tax likely to be proposed
Read more: Wichita sales tax likely to be proposedTwo recent events have led me to suspect that as part of the plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita, we’re going to see a sales tax proposed.
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KPERS report sparks backlash from Wichita SEIU
Read more: KPERS report sparks backlash from Wichita SEIURecently Kansas University professor Art Hall, along with a co-author, published a study explaining the funding crisis in KPERS, the Kansas Public Employee Retirement system. In summary, the report states: “The key finding of the study is that the KPERS system will not be in actuarial balance over the thirty year amortization period set in…
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AFP Defending the American Dream summit draws thousands to Washington
Read more: AFP Defending the American Dream summit draws thousands to WashingtonLast Friday and Saturday over two thousand defenders of free markets and capitalism traveled to the Washington area to meet at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream summit. It was an action-packed two days, so I’ll report on just a few personal highlights.
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Sedgwick County Commission asked to make more meeting information available
Read more: Sedgwick County Commission asked to make more meeting information availableToday citizen Susan Morse of Bentley addressed the Sedgwick County Commission, asking that additional information about commission meetings be made available on the county’s website.
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John A. Allison: The current problem, and what to do
Read more: John A. Allison: The current problem, and what to doLast Thursday, John A. Allison visited Wichita to address the annual economic outlook conference produced by the Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR) at Wichita State University. Allison is chairman and former CEO of BB&T Corporation, the nation’s 10th largest financial-holding company. Its headquarters are in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His talk first diagnosed…
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Physician to speak on health care reform in Wichita
Read more: Physician to speak on health care reform in WichitaThe Wichita Pachyderm Club at the Petroleum Club of Wichita presents Dr. George Watson, D.O. The topic will be “We Need Change in Health Care, and the Correct Diagnosis!”