Tag: Jeff Longwell
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 18, 2011
Today: Education reformer to speak in Kansas; Wichita council candidate websites spotted; schools’ funding claims questioned; Kansas schools rated; Insurance costs on the rise in Kansas.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 11, 2011
Today: Legislature website still down; treasurer to ask for more information; Wichita CID proposals delayed; Longwell on citizen knowledge; State of the State tomorrow; this week at Sedgwick County Commission; changes to Kansas campaign law recommended.
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In Wichita, two large community improvement districts proposed
More Community Improvement Districts in Wichita indicate a sales tax increase spreading across the city, and a city government captured by special interests.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday December 30, 2010
Today: Kansas Meadowlark blog recast; Longwell site noted; Kansas legislative issues to watch; Local governments are a model; Truce in culture wars; Wind power: the transmission subsidy.
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North Dakota TIF video reminiscent of Wichita
Tax increment financing (TIF) is the subject of a video presentation that is eerily cognizant of the situation in Wichita.
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Wichita Old Town TIF district illustrates cost and harm of subsidy
The closing of the Old Town tax increment financing, or TIF, district in Wichita is good news. But the expressed attitude of city council members towards TIF districts indicates that citizens must be concerned that the council will attempt to use this harmful form of developer and corporate welfare in the future.
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Economic freedom at decline, across the U.S. and in Wichita
As government, both national and local, increases its intervention in markets and more decisions are made by politicians and bureaucrats rather than markets, wealth is lost.
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Wichita Community Improvement District policy to be decided
Wichita will decide whether notifying consumers of special high-tax districts is good public policy.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday November 22, 2010
Today: Economic development, Wichita city council, Wichita city government, Recycling, Education, Wichita and Kansas schools.