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Wichita city managers travel
Read more: Wichita city managers travelAt the same time that the City of Wichita is struggling with its budget, including making layoffs, senior managers still travel.
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Wichita Eagle building says something
Read more: Wichita Eagle building says somethingIn a series of four tiles facing Douglas Avenue, it appears that the history of mass communications is described. But I’m not sure of the precise meaning of each diagram. Can someone help?
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Wichita teachers union sends conflicting message
Read more: Wichita teachers union sends conflicting messageWichita public school teachers want to be treated as professionals. Their union, however, sends a different message. The background to the following excerpt from a recent Wichita Eagle story is how teachers portray themselves as heroic public servants, working many hours of overtime each day in order to teach Wichita’s schoolchildren.
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The bridges of Sedgwick County are well marked
Read more: The bridges of Sedgwick County are well markedEven though they’re large and, in some cases bright bronze, you might not notice them as you drive by. Slow down a little, and you’ll see that bridges in Sedgwick County boast handsome commemorative plaques. These plaques serve a useful purpose. They display essential information such as the name of the bridge, the year of…
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Not all health care administrative costs are wasteful
Read more: Not all health care administrative costs are wastefulOne of the issues discussed in the health care debate today is the allegedly wasteful administrative and overhead costs of private health insurance, compared to — again allegedly — efficient government processes. The article Comparing Public and Private Health Insurance: Would A Single-Payer System Save Enough to Cover the Uninsured? makes some useful points.
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At Wichita city council, special pleading of selfish interests
Read more: At Wichita city council, special pleading of selfish interestsAt yesterday’s meeting of the the Wichita City Council, a matter was presented to the council that provided an illustration of basic economic principles that are foreign to the council.
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I’m not proud of Wichita’s airfare subsidy
Read more: I’m not proud of Wichita’s airfare subsidyIn today’s Wichita Eagle, editorialist Rhonda Holman gives Wichita a big pat on the back for its subsidy given to a low-cost air carrier. She goes so far as to mention a recent New York Times article that tells how Wichita was one of the first cities to do thi
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Wichita school district policy is misguided
Read more: Wichita school district policy is misguidedJohn Merrow’s education blog has an interesting interview with Eric Hanushek, a leading education researcher. This interview shows just how misguided are the current current path and goals of USD 259, the Wichita public school district.
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Free speech shouldn’t be victim of health care reform
Read more: Free speech shouldn’t be victim of health care reformAt a public forum on health care in Wichita held last Sunday, Dr. Douglas Bradham, DrPH, professor and chair of the Department of Preventive medicine and Public Health at the KU Medical School-Wichita, said this: “Direct-to-patient advertising for procedures and for pharmaceuticals, in my mind, should be eliminated.”
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Clarifications to Kansas unencumbered fund balances report
Read more: Clarifications to Kansas unencumbered fund balances reportLast week the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy released a groundbreaking research report detailing the several billion dollars hidden away in Kansas state government funds. My reporting on this, along with links to the study document, is at Kansas funds have large, unneeded balances. There’s been a bit of pushback. Some officials have said…
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Remembering Rose Friedman
Read more: Remembering Rose FriedmanToday we learn that Rose Friedman has died. The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice has a notice at Remembering Rose Friedman. Also Reason has Rose Friedman, R.I.P.
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In Wichita, waiving guidelines makes for bad policy
Read more: In Wichita, waiving guidelines makes for bad policyI am here to ask you to deny the request for special assessment financing for the Lofts at St. Francis homeowners association to make repairs to their building. I’ve spoken to this council about how the facade improvement program, in general, is bad public policy. In this case, it’s bad public policy compounded by the…