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How to decide arts funding
Read more: How to decide arts fundingIn an editorial in The Wichita Eagle on August 9, 2005, Randy Schofield wrote, explaining why government should support culture: “Because cultural amenities make Wichita a more desirable place to live, work and visit, and thus help realize Wichita’s quality of life and economic development goals.” We might examine some of the ideas and reasoning…
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Untold and Under Reported Stories From the Kansas Special Session: Part II
Read more: Untold and Under Reported Stories From the Kansas Special Session: Part IIThank you, Karl, for this insight into the character of our leading Kansas politicians, and for another example of how Kansas newspapers and other news media aren’t giving us the information we need. Untold and Under Reported Stories From the Kansas Special Session: Part II By Karl Peterjohn, Executive Director, Kansas Taxpayers Network Early in…
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Pricing a Car, Pricing a School?
Read more: Pricing a Car, Pricing a School?Only when value is determined by a voluntary exchange does the price send reliable messages to producers and consumers. Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman observed that “Anything that prevents prices from expressing freely the conditions of demand or supply interferes with the transmission of accurate information.” In utter disregard of this principle, Kansas is now…
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Favorite Internet and computer things
Read more: Favorite Internet and computer thingsGoogle Alerts Google Alerts let you “save” a Google search and have the results emailed to you as new web pages that match your searches are found. This is an invaluable way to keep up-to-date on topics you are interested in.
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Book Review: Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the Economy
Read more: Book Review: Basic Economics: A Citizen’s Guide to the EconomyThis book is a general introduction to economics written in a non-technical way. It provides excellent coverage of many introductory topics in economics, and you don’t have to be a mathematical sophisticate to understand it. It is very readable by anyone who is interested in this topic.
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Governor Claims Growth While Jobs Disappear
Read more: Governor Claims Growth While Jobs DisappearGovernor Claims Growth While Jobs DisappearBy Karl Peterjohn, Executive Director Kansas Taxpayers Network Governor Sebelius’ press office issued a news release headlined, “Kansas economy continues to grow under Governor’s leadership,” August 4. The same day the Wichita Eagle headlined the layoffs in Winfield as 1/3 of the 600 employees at Rubbermaid Inc. were laid off.…
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The misplaced morality of public officials
Read more: The misplaced morality of public officialsIn Wichita some public officials, particularly mayor Carlos Mayans, are seeking to eliminate adult businesses and stores selling pornography. This focus on private morality lies in sharp contrast with government’s large-scale acts of public immorality.
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The ethics case against Justice Lawton R. Nuss
Read more: The ethics case against Justice Lawton R. NussI have filed an ethics complaint with the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications against Kansas Supreme Court Justice Lawton R. Nuss.
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Privatization is good for Century II and Wichita
Read more: Privatization is good for Century II and WichitaOpponents of privatization of Century II, including the website www.savecenturyii.org, seem to think that the operating procedure of a profit-making business is to place so many restrictions on the use of their product, and to raise the price so high, that no one uses it anymore. The reality is quite the opposite. For a business…
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Who lost in the school finance bill?
Read more: Who lost in the school finance bill?Today (July 20, 2005) Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed the school finance bill. This bill gives Kansas public schools a lot more money to spend this school year.
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Untold and Under Reported Stories From the Kansas Special Session
Read more: Untold and Under Reported Stories From the Kansas Special SessionKANSAS TAXPAYERS NETWORKP.O. Box 20050Wichita, KS 67208316-684-0082 FAX 316-684-7527www.kansastaxpayers.com July 19, 2005 Untold and Under Reported Stories From the Kansas Special Session By Karl Peterjohn The Kansas legislature abjectly surrendered their fiscal powers to the demands of the Kansas Supreme Court at the end of their special session in July. This victory for this liberal…
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The wrong canon; the wrong Allegrucci
Read more: The wrong canon; the wrong AllegrucciIn summary, we have a Kansas Supreme Court Justice who has committed an ethical violation. The Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications didn’t agree, and didn’t consider an applicable canon when making its ruling. The press and some Kansas politicians fail to understand the importance of this matter. Instead of our state using this situation as…