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Is the teflon off the Sebelius administration?
Read more: Is the teflon off the Sebelius administration?Second terms are often difficult and contentious for Kansas governors. Bill Graves’ second term was filled with higher taxes, a record long legislative session and imbroglio oversoaring state spending, and a weakened Kansas economy in his last year, 2002.
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The Kansas legislative buffet
Read more: The Kansas legislative buffetWhen Sen. Phil Journey, a legislator who is known as a conservative, uses the term “legislative buffet,” it reveals the wisdom and foresight of Bastiat, who long ago described the legislative process as this: “A share of the plunder for me, for me!”
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Testimony on the Wichita New Communities initiative
Read more: Testimony on the Wichita New Communities initiativeI am a Wichita area real estate broker and developer, and I am here to speak as a private citizen. I speak in opposition to the city’s $250,000 Funding proposal for the current New Communities Initiative Area, because I believe this program in reality, represents the resurrection of the failed government Urban Renewal housing programs…
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In Central-Northeast Wichita, government is cause of problem, not solution
Read more: In Central-Northeast Wichita, government is cause of problem, not solutionAn article in The Wichita Eagle “Plan offers hope for city’s troubled heart” (November 14, 2007) reports on the development of a plan named New Communities Initiative, its goal being the revitalizing of a depressed neighborhood in Wichita. The saddest thing in this article is the realization that there is consideration of a plan for…
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Let property rights rule Wichita smoking decisions
Read more: Let property rights rule Wichita smoking decisionsA system of absolute respect for private property rights is the best way to handle smoking, as it is with all issues. 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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City of Wichita acknowledges taxes are not good for business
Read more: City of Wichita acknowledges taxes are not good for businessWow! Someone in city hall realizes that a reduction in taxes is good for business, and is reducing taxes in response to that revelation.
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The collectivism of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius
Read more: The collectivism of Kansas Governor Kathleen SebeliusA few excerpts from Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius’s inaugural address from January 2007: Yet our opportunities will be limited only if we fail to come together around a shared vision for our state. Only a failure to act as “One Kansas” can compromise our future and dash our hopes.
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Featured thoughts
Read more: Featured thoughtsGovernment is essentially the negation of liberty. — Ludwig von Mises
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Spending other people’s money is not the best way to reflect one’s values
Read more: Spending other people’s money is not the best way to reflect one’s valuesA recent Arizona Republic letter to the editor lamented the fact that our government funds war, but not universal health care. The writer asks what that says about our values. That letter got me thinking, what does government spending say about our values?
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Consider the alternative to a public library in Wichita
Read more: Consider the alternative to a public library in WichitaAs Wichita considers the need for a new public library, a more central and fundamental question goes unconsidered: what is the role of the public library today, and do we really want one?
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Global warming: the real threat
Read more: Global warming: the real threatThe following article by George Resiman explains what caps on carbon dioxide emissions mean in terms of our economy. I wish that Roderick L. Bremby, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, had read this article before making his recent decision denying the applications to build two coal-fired plants in Kansas. His reasoning…
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Additional libertarian reading recommendations
Read more: Additional libertarian reading recommendationsCraig Bolton writes with these additional recommendations: