Tag: Interventionism
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Prices mean something, even life and death
In the five years since Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, some $15 billion has been spent rebuilding and strengthening that city’s flood defenses. The goal is to protect against the loss of life and property that happened in 2005 when the levies failed.
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More intervention for Wichita proposed
Tomorrow the Wichita City Council will consider accepting petitions for the formation of another Community Improvement District. In this case the applicant is the Broadview Hotel in downtown Wichita.
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Wichita Community Improvement District approvals signal increased interventionism
Yesterday’s action by the Wichita City Council in approving two Community Improvement Districts signals a new era in increased intervention in free markets by Wichita politicians and bureaucrats.
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Community Improvement Districts discussed in Wichita
At yesterday’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, council members approved the start of the process to create two Community Improvement Districts in Wichita. Yesterday’s action sets August 10 as the date for a public hearing.
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Wichita community improvement districts should have warning signs
At today’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, council members may approve the start of the process to create two Community Improvement Districts in Wichita. CIDs are a creation of the Kansas Legislature from last year. They allow merchants in a geographic district to collect additional sales tax of up to two cents per dollar.…
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Letters on Wichita Bowllagio
Letters recently appeared in the Wichita Eagle regarding the proposed Bowllagio project, a west side entertainment destination. Bowllagio is planned to have a bowling and entertainment center, a boutique hotel, and a restaurant owned by a celebrity television chef.
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The left flunks economics 101
Who might you guess is better informed on issues of economics: liberals who promote government intervention in the economy, or conservatives and libertarians who oppose that?
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Downtown Wichita planning events scheduled
Last October the City of Wichita selected the Boston firm Goody Clancy to develop a plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita. Now the draft master plan is ready, and will be presented to Wichitans on Monday June 14.
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Wichita Bowllagio hearing produces only delay
Yesterday’s meeting of the Wichita City Council featured a lengthy public hearing for a proposed west-side entertainment development known as Bowllagio. Bowllagio is planned to have a bowling and entertainment center, a boutique hotel, and a restaurant owned by a celebrity television chef.
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Wichita economic development to be topic of meeting
This Monday (May 17), economic development tools and incentives in Wichita will be discussed at a meeting sponsored by the Kansas chapter of Americans for Prosperity.
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Response to economic crisis to be subject of Wichita lecture
Tomorrow night at Friends University Dr. Brian Domitrovic of Sam Houston State University will speak on some of the key people and principles in his book Econoclasts: The Rebels Who Sparked the Supply-Side Revolution and Restored American Prosperity.
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Cash for clunkers clunked
Did the “Cash for Clunkers” program work as advertised? It all depends on the meaning of the word “work,” I suppose. If the definition of success means moving more cars off of dealer lots than what probably would have happened anyway, that’s good. But when looking at the marginal activity — and I believe this…