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Wichita city hall: more evidence of lax procedures
Read more: Wichita city hall: more evidence of lax proceduresWichita Eagle reporting from yesterday (Past client: Developer admitted embezzling) provides more evidence of the need for improved procedures and greater accountability at Wichita city hall. In this story, investigative journalist Dion Lefler reports that Grant Gaudreau admitted stealing money from a business partner. This comes to light just after the City of Wichita nearly…
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Wichita’s naysayers shortchanged again
Read more: Wichita’s naysayers shortchanged againAt the December 2, 2008 meeting of the Wichita city council, three citizens spoke to the council on the same issue. The treatment these people received in the official minutes of the proceedings varied quite a bit.
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AFP Defending the American Dream Summit to be Held in Wichita
Read more: AFP Defending the American Dream Summit to be Held in WichitaAmericans For Prosperity — Kansas announces Kansas? second statewide Defending the American Dream Summit. This event will be on Saturday, January 10 from 9 a.m. To 2 p.m. at the Beech Activity Center in Wichita. The featured speaker is Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online. He’s also author of the recent best-seller Liberal Fascism: The…
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Tax increment financing (TIF Districts) in Wichita, explained
Read more: Tax increment financing (TIF Districts) in Wichita, explainedLast week I spoke to the Wichita Pachyderm Club about tax increment financing, or TIF districts, in Wichita. John Todd spoke about the same topic, too. Surprisingly, my remarks contained some different material from the talk given to the same group by Allen Bell, Wichita’s director of urban development.
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Kansas law requires Wichita to hold another public hearing
Read more: Kansas law requires Wichita to hold another public hearingRecently, the Wichita city council passed a resolution announcing a public hearing on a TIF district and its project plan. The city then, on the day before the hearing, substantially changed the plan. This change means that the city must hold another public hearing.
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Newspaper journalism in Wichita: we need it
Read more: Newspaper journalism in Wichita: we need itIt’s almost impossible to overstate the dire economic condition in which newspapers find themselves. Falling circulation, reduced advertising, and a generational shift add up to bad news for this unique and important industry.
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In a time of crisis, don’t forget what they had to say
Read more: In a time of crisis, don’t forget what they had to sayIn his recent Forbes Magazine, Peter Robinson delivers three quotes from some great Americans: Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, and William F. Buckley Jr. Two of the quotes made it to the “Featured thoughts” section of this blog. Robinson delivers some good analysis of the current economic situation, too. Click on In a time of crisis,…
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KU Study an Embarrassment to Sebelius
Read more: KU Study an Embarrassment to SebeliusIn the first study to measure the result of pouring all that money on the noggins of schoolkids, the University of Kansas’s Center for Applied Economics has released a study poetically entitled, “The Relationship between School Funding and Student Achievement in Kansas Public Schools.” The verdict? So far, the funding has produced “little evidence of…
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Is Taxation Voluntary?
Read more: Is Taxation Voluntary?In this video, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid shows just how ignorant he is. The November elections have given this man even more power, as his party’s majority in the senate will soon be larger
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Wichita public school district’s path: not fruitful
Read more: Wichita public school district’s path: not fruitfulOne of the issues discussed during the campaign for the bond issue for USD 259, the Wichita public school district, was class size. A major reason given by the district for the need for the bond issue is the desire to provide smaller class sizes. Some opponents such as myself argued that the evidence that…
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Kansas Taxpayers Network, The End
Read more: Kansas Taxpayers Network, The EndThe Kansas Taxpayers Network under the leadership of Karl Peterjohn has represented Kansas taxpayers for 15 years. Due to Karl’s election to the Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners, change is coming.
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These Are the Barrels
Read more: These Are the BarrelsIt’s thought that Mark Twain said “Never pick a fight with a person who buys ink by the barrel.” These are the barrels (actually palettes) of ink at the Wichita Eagle.