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Wichita school bond issue not the only proposed tax increase
Read more: Wichita school bond issue not the only proposed tax increaseAs the residents of Wichita consider whether to vote for the $350 million school bond issue proposed by the board of USD 259 (Wichita public school district), be aware that the bond issue and its associated increase in property taxes is not the only tax increase the public schools in Kansas would like to have.…
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New tax targets Kansas senior citizens
Read more: New tax targets Kansas senior citizensA proposal to raise a new “assessment” or tax on nursing home bound Kansas elderly will have its first hearing in front of the Kansas senate’s Ways and Means Committee February 14. The new charge on nursing home residents will total $1,733.75 a year or $4.75 a day if the proposed bill, S.B. 585, becomes…
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Property rights should control Kansas smoking decisions
Read more: Property rights should control Kansas smoking decisionsA system of absolute respect for private property rights is the best way to handle smoking. The owners of bars and restaurants have, and should continue to have, the absolute right to permit or deny smoking on their property.
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Testimony opposing Kansas smoking ban
Read more: Testimony opposing Kansas smoking banMr. Chairman and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, thank you for allowing me this opportunity to speak to you in Opposition to passage of Senate Bill No. 493 concerning crimes and punishments relating to smoking, aka the Kansas smoking prohibition act.
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The harmful effects of Wichita’s special tax favors
Read more: The harmful effects of Wichita’s special tax favorsIn the past few weeks a handful of companies in Wichita have asked to be exempted from paying property taxes on investments they have made. This week Wichita may decide to grant special tax treatment to a large development in downtown Wichita. Is it wise for the City of Wichita to grant these special tax…
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More Kansans for Ron Paul
Read more: More Kansans for Ron PaulThe people know much better how to spend their money than the government. — Ron Paul
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Thanks for picking up the tab, or, taxpayer-funded lobbying hurts
Read more: Thanks for picking up the tab, or, taxpayer-funded lobbying hurtsThis article explains the prevalence of and the problems with taxpayer-funded lobbying. This type of lobbying is especially egregious, as it is using taxpayers’ own funds to harm them further. It’s bad enough that a governmental body — say the Wichita Public Schools — receives funds, increasing rapidly from year to year, from the local…
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Wichita School bond issue: don’t indulge superstition
Read more: Wichita School bond issue: don’t indulge superstitionWhy hold a special election in April or May when Kansas has elections scheduled in August and November? Is the Wichita school district facing an emergency need for capital improvements that can’t wait a few months? No, Wichita is not Greensburg, where the school buildings were destroyed. In fact, many of the things the proposed…
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Why I shall caucus for Ron Paul in Kansas
Read more: Why I shall caucus for Ron Paul in KansasA common theme of the various candidates for the Republican Party nomination for the Presidency of the United States is Ronald Reagan. Candidates compete with each other to be the true heir of Reagan and his legacy. Ron Paul, however, looks back to an even earlier time in American politics when the word “conservative” had…
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Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius scores low again
Read more: Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius scores low againIn the Cato Institute’s Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors for 2006, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius earns the grade of “D.” She earned the same grade on their previous survey.
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Wichita school bond issue economic fallacy
Read more: Wichita school bond issue economic fallacyI have no doubt that the school bond issue in 2000 was a tremendous benefit to Mr. Johnson’s firm. I’m sure Superintendent Brooks, in some way that I don’t understand, benefited from the bond issue, too. As to the rest of the community, however, the benefit claimed by these two men doesn’t exist. It never…
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Downtown Wichita (Intrust) arena groundbreaking
Read more: Downtown Wichita (Intrust) arena groundbreakingOn Tuesday December 4, 2007, Sedgwick County hosted the formal groundbreaking ceremony for the downtown Wichita arena. While local government leaders and news media hailed the event as a transforming event in the history of Wichita, this writer does not share their enthusiasm.