Tag: Interventionism
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Courtyard Hotel up again for tax breaks
The request for tax breaks by an Old Town Wichita hotel raises several questions of public policy, and illustrates the need for pay-to-play laws in Wichita.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 5, 2011
Today: Green energy in Kansas; Economic development in Wichita; The first rough draft of the Solyndra story; Democrats Anonymous.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 3, 2011
Today: Wichita City Council; What if the NFL Played by Teachers’ Rules?; Do-nothing Hoover?; Kansas school cash; John Locke to appear in Wichita.
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Free market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national security
Free market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national security, writes U.S. Representatives Mike Pompeo and Jeff Flake.
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Citizen activists launch protest petition in response to Wichita City Council vote on hotel development
Despite hearing from numerous local residents speaking in opposition to the project yesterday, the Wichita City Council approved a number of public incentives for a hotel development in downtown Wichita. In response, the Wichita chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity plans to work to overturn part of the incentive package.
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In Wichita, how tax increment financing can channel tax money
The flow of tax dollars Wichita city leaders have planned for Douglas Place, a proposed hotel in Wichita, creates a mechanism where taxpayer funds are routed to a politically-connected construction firm. And unlike the real world, where developers have an incentive to build economically, the city has created incentives for Douglas Place developers to spend…
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For Wichita’s Project Downtown, goal keeps slipping
In selling a plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita, promoters started with a promise of much private investment for just a little public investment. But as the plan proceeded, the goal kept slipping, and the first project to be approved under the final plan will probably not come close to meeting even the modest…
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In Wichita, historic preservation tax credits an inefficient form of developer welfare
As part of the subsidy plan for Douglas Place, a downtown Wichita hotel being proposed, developers plan to make extensive use of historic preservation tax credits to fund their project. This form of developer welfare, besides being inefficient, is largely hidden from public view.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday August 11, 2011
Today: Kensinger, Brownback chief of staff, profiled; New York charter schools seen as success; Morality of capitalism.
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Wichita city council to decide between rule of law, or rule by situation
Tuesday’s Wichita City Council meeting will provide an opportunity for the mayor, council members, and city hall staff to let Wichitans know if our city is governed by the rule of law and proper respect for it, or if these values will be discarded for the convenience of one person and his business partners.
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Job creation at young firms declines
A new report by the Kauffman Foundation holds unsettling information for the future of job growth in the United States.