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No Recycling Mandates in Sedgwick County, Please
Read more: No Recycling Mandates in Sedgwick County, PleaseIn some cases the price system tells us that recycling is a beneficial use of resources. About 75% of automobiles are recycled, and used cardboard is often recycled in commercial settings. That’s because the price paid for these recycled items is high enough that, in these contexts, recycling can be profitable. That’s the price system…
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Wichita school expulsion myths
Read more: Wichita school expulsion mythsRecently Lynn Rogers, a USD 259 (Wichita, Kansas public school district) board member, made this statement: “I know there are kids from many Catholic schools that have come to public schools when the Catholic schools have kicked them out.” This attitude reflects a common perception or myth: that private and religious schools kick out the…
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Martin Libhart is qualified in what way?
Read more: Martin Libhart is qualified in what way?But what about Martin Libhart, the man who succeeds Winston Brooks, if only as the interim superintendent? According to a news release on the USD 259 website: “Because Libhart does not currently possess a district level leadership certificate, the district is working with the Kansas State Department of Education for a restricted certificate as permitted…
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Hugging Casinos and Banning Power Plants in Kansas
Read more: Hugging Casinos and Banning Power Plants in KansasFrom Denis Boyles’s column at Kansas Liberty, calling the consistency and judgment of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius into question (admittedly, a small task): If there are at least some scientific studies that show gambling’s bad for you, and none that show that carbon dioxide’s bad for you, why is the governor of Kansas hugging casinos…
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Kansas must change its judicial selection method
Read more: Kansas must change its judicial selection methodThe Kansas Supreme Court is a private club filled with people you’ve never heard of until they pass some tax you have to pay or invent some law you don’t want. There is a way to fix this, but you won’t like it, says Denis Boyles.
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Holcomb, Kansas Coal Plant Water Usage in Perspective
Read more: Holcomb, Kansas Coal Plant Water Usage in PerspectiveAn argument opponents of the proposed Holcomb Station coal-fired electricity generation plant make is that its water usage is excessive and will lead to, depending on who is speaking, little water left for other uses. Even drinking water, according to some critics, could be threatened.
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Franking Abuse by Kansas Democratic Legislative Leadership
Read more: Franking Abuse by Kansas Democratic Legislative LeadershipThe Kansas Meadowlark reports on Franking Abuse by Kansas Democratic Legislative Leadership: Recently both the Kansas House Minority Leader, Dennis McKinney, and Kansas Senate Minority Leader, Anthony Hensley, abused their nearly unlimited budget to mail items to Kansas voters. These mailings had less to do with helping inform constituents about what is going on in…
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The Entrepreneur As American Hero
Read more: The Entrepreneur As American HeroHere’s Williams’ law: Whenever the profit incentive is missing, the probability that people’s wants can be safely ignored is the greatest. If a poll were taken asking people which services they are most satisfied with and which they are most dissatisfied with, for-profit organizations (supermarkets, computer companies and video stores) would dominate the first list…
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How to pay for special tax treatment in Wichita
Read more: How to pay for special tax treatment in WichitaMr. Mayor, members of the city council, I ask that you not vote to approve this request for a tax abatement, and that you cease this practice altogether. Alternatively, I ask that you adopt a practice that will help realize the costs of these actions. It is no doubt difficult to compete with other states…
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Tax Day is Here. Take No Cheer.
Read more: Tax Day is Here. Take No Cheer.As the annual tax deadline is here, we should take a moment to examine our level of awareness of the taxes we pay.
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Wichita school district values its information highly
Read more: Wichita school district values its information highlyRecently members of Wichitans for Effective Education asked USD 259, the Wichita public school district, this question: How many classrooms (and portables) are there in 2007-08? For 2006-07? This would seem a fairly simple question for the school district to answer. After all, part of the district’s argument for the proposed bond issue in 2008…
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Wichita school board action is very expensive
Read more: Wichita school board action is very expensiveIn a column in the April 6, 2008 Wichita Eagle, columnist Mark McCormick writes about the proposed $350 million bond issue for USD 259, the Wichita public school district, and states: “For the average Wichitan, taxes will rise about $45 a year.” How he arrived at this figure is unknown. He may be referring to…