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The Things Wichita Eagle Columnist Mark McCormick Omits
Read more: The Things Wichita Eagle Columnist Mark McCormick OmitsIn his Wichita Eagle titled Taxpayer watchdog seems to target city, columnist Mark McCormick asks “What does Karl Peterjohn have against Wichita kids?” His basis for asking, as developed in the column, is that since Karl Peterjohn, head of the Kansas Taxpayers Network (and now Republican nominee for the Sedgwick County Commission) opposes a bond…
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Bobby Rozzell’s Great Idea for Wichita Leaders
Read more: Bobby Rozzell’s Great Idea for Wichita LeadersAt the imaginatively-named Bobby Rozzell?s Blog the author has a suggestion for Wichita government. Here’s the idea: Some smart local leader is going to figure out that social media (blogging and such) has the potential for building relationships with a large number of citizens. A number that would be impossible if it was attempted physically.…
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Kansas Blog Roundup for August 15, 2008
Read more: Kansas Blog Roundup for August 15, 2008No overarching theme emerged this week in Kansas blogs. Follow-up from the August 5 Kansas primary and Wichita school board action proved popular with readers. A new (to me, anyway) and interesting Kansas blog is Jewish Simplicity, which blogs about “… simplicity, frugality and sustainability from a Jewish perspective …” Douglas and Main is a…
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Ultimate Libertarian Quote List
Read more: Ultimate Libertarian Quote ListMy friend Eric Odom publishes the Ultimate Libertarian Quote List. Well, maybe. My quotations book is pretty good, I think.
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Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer saves us from covered wagons
Read more: Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer saves us from covered wagonsWichita Mayor Carl Brewer believes that without government oversight and planning of our economy, Wichita would revert back to the way it was at its founding.
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Pickens’s Slim Economics
Read more: Pickens’s Slim EconomicsAn article from the Foundation for Economic Education warns us to be cautious when considering the plans of oilman T. Boone Pickens: Pickens?s commercial no doubt causes FEE readers? classical-liberal antennae to stand at attention. The word “plan” alone rightly provokes worries of coercive schemes. The notion of being independent of energy or any other…
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Increasing the Wichita School Bond Issue: Why Was Courage Required?
Read more: Increasing the Wichita School Bond Issue: Why Was Courage Required?Talking to news media during a break in the meeting of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, on Monday August 11, 2008, Connie Dietz referred to her surprise motion to increase the amount being asked for by $20 million, remarking “I knew what I wanted to do, and I guess I was trying to…
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Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, August 12, 2008
Read more: Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, August 12, 2008Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer believes that without government oversight and planning of our economy, Wichita would revert back to the way it was at its founding.
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Testimony Opposing Tax Increment Financing for the Ken Mar Redevelopment Project
Read more: Testimony Opposing Tax Increment Financing for the Ken Mar Redevelopment ProjectTestimony of John Todd, opposing the formation of a tax increment financing (TIF) district, delivered to the Wichita City Council on August 12, 2008. Mr. Mayor and members of the Wichita City Council, thank you for allowing me this opportunity to speak before you today. My name is John Todd. I stand before you today…
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Random thoughts from a Wichita school board meeting
Read more: Random thoughts from a Wichita school board meetingI attended the meeting of the USD 259, the Wichita public school district, board on August 11, 2008. The proposed bond issue for 2008 was a big part of this meeting. There were many speakers from the audience at this meeting. Almost all were employees of USD 259 or parents of students. Most said so,…
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Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group: Hiding Budget Numbers
Read more: Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group: Hiding Budget NumbersPaul Chesser of Climate Strategies Watch writes about the budget transparency of the Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group, or KEEP. Kansas government often has troubles with transparency. One of the main problems with KEEP is that policy is being formulated under the guidance of an outside radical environmentalist group, instead of in the…
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Reverend Kevass Harding’s Wichita TIF District: A Bad Deal in Several Ways
Read more: Reverend Kevass Harding’s Wichita TIF District: A Bad Deal in Several WaysRemarks to be delivered to the Wichita City Council on August 12, 2008. There’s several reasons why this council should not approve this request for TIF financing. Material in today’s agenda packet doesn’t specify an amount, but past materials indicated that the project was $2.5 million short of the total needed for the project. Now…