Tag: Government planning
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Wichita may choose more centralized planning
This Tuesday the Wichita City Council will consider its participation in the REAP sustainable communities planning process. Wichita ought to reject this expansion of centralized planning, as the outcome will likely serve special interests at the expense of economic growth and jobs for everyone else.
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In Kansas, planning will be captured by special interests
The government planning process started in south-central Kansas will likely be captured by special interest groups that see ways to benefit from the plan. The public choice school of economics and political science has taught us how special interest groups seek favors from government at enormous costs to society, and we will see this at…
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Federal, United Nations planning imported to Wichita
The Sedgwick County Commission has decided to give a consortium of South Central Kansas governments and organizations broad control over community planning funded by a federal grant and based on a United Nations agenda.
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Sedgwick County should reject planning grant
For many reasons, Sedgwick County ought to reject participation in a planning grant.
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Sustainable development presented in Wichita
Information, including an audio presentation, is available regarding sustainable development planning and U.N. Agenda 21 in Kansas.
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Sedgwick County Commissioner to present on sustainable development
Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau will deliver a talk on the topic of sustainable development.
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Sustainable planning: The agenda and details
A paper written by Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau explains the dangers behind the sustainable planning movement.
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Crony capitalism and social engineering: The case against tax-increment financing
Far from being a boost to communities, tax increment financing (TIF) is harmful.
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‘Sustainable planning’ not so sustainable
The vast majority of Americans, surveys say, aspire to live in a single-family home with a yard. The vast majority of American trave — around 85 percent — is by automobile. Yet the Obama administration thinks more Americans should live in apartments and travel on foot, bicycle, or mass transit.