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Cap-and-trade admitted to be tax
Read more: Cap-and-trade admitted to be taxThinking people have known this all along, and now we know that the Treasury Department believes that proposed cap-and-trade legislation — the Waxman-Markey bill — is really a tax in disguise.
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Wichita’s redevelopment role model needs scrutiny
Read more: Wichita’s redevelopment role model needs scrutinyOn the City of Wichita’s cable channel 7, Kansas City’s Power & Light District is presented as a model for the revitalization of downtown Wichita. Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer sees this district as Wichita’s competition. So yesterday I went to take a look for myself. And I agree with the mayor. It’s a neat place.…
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Wichita City Council, September 15, 2009
Read more: Wichita City Council, September 15, 2009On today’s public agenda of the Wichita City Council, I have two things to discuss with the council. One is the city’ refusal to make public proposals submitted by planning firms wishing to be awarded a contract by the city. Background is here: Downtown Wichita proposals not available to citizens. Then, there’s Janet Miller’s junket…
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Milton Friedman on ‘How to Stay Free’ presented in Wichita
Read more: Milton Friedman on ‘How to Stay Free’ presented in WichitaThe local chapter of Americans for Prosperity has been screening the PBS television series “Free to Choose.” This series from 1980 features Milton Friedman teaching about the close relationship between human freedom and economic freedom. This week, the series finishes with program ten: “How to Stay Free?”
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Not all birds are equal, it seems
Read more: Not all birds are equal, it seemsRecently ExxonMobil plead guilty to killing 85 birds. It paid $600,000 in fines and fees. An Oregon electric utility paid $1.4 million in fines for killing 232s eagle that had come into contact with poorly-designed power lines. Wind energy producers, however, can kill with impunity.
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More Wichita travel on tap
Read more: More Wichita travel on tapAt tomorrow’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, approval of more council member travel is on the agenda.
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Janet Miller’s junket should be canceled
Read more: Janet Miller’s junket should be canceledAt a time the City of Wichita is under severe budget pressure, shouldn’t unnecessary travel be the first place the city looks to save money?
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Health Czar, interrupted
Read more: Health Czar, interruptedThe Sam Adams Alliance presents another humorous look at health care reform in American. The first, Health rations and you, was very popular on YouTube. Now: “After months of Americans happily sacrificing for the Health Administration Bureau, Health Czar O’Brien holds his first press conference, ready to answer the tough questions.”
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Cable television, but no paint?
Read more: Cable television, but no paint?Here’s my question: If someone can afford cable television — that’s where the city’s channel 7 appears — can’t they buy their own paint?