Tag: Robert Layton
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Open records again an issue in Kansas
Responses to records requests made by Kansas Policy Institute are bringing attention to shortcomings in the Kansas Open Records Act.
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Wichita WaterWalk apartment deal not good for citizens
Wichita is ready to consider another giveaway to politically-connected interests at the expense of citizens and taxpayers.
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Wichita City Council can’t judge airport contract
Wichita’s mayor and nearly all city council members face conflicts of interest affecting a decision on a construction contract for a new airport terminal.
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Wichita taxicab regulations likely to impede progress
The Wichita City Council will consider new taxicab regulations that, city hall hopes, will improve tax service in Wichita. But the regulations create high barriers to entry that stifle entrepreneurship and market competition, likely dooming the program to fail.
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Wichita’s bailout culture
The Wichita City Council will consider a bailout of a real estate development. If the council takes this action, it is just one more step in a series of bailouts granted by the city, and it sets up expectations that the city will continue bailouts, creating a severe climate of moral hazard.
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Wichita ethics kerfuffle quashed; lessons learned
What lessons have Wichitans learned from a recent city hall episode involving ethics?
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 16, 2012
Today: Tax cuts = extra income?; Revenue-neutral tax reform; Peterjohn to speak; Southwest to fly to Wichita; Kansas economic development incentives; Story is broken.
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For Wichita city hall, ethics again an issue
Reports that the Wichita city manager’s fiancee is involved with a group seeking approval from the city for a project indicate that the city’s perspective on ethics could use reform.
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Wichita’s political class
Discussion at a Wichita City Council meeting provided an opportunity for citizens to discover the difference in the thinking of the political class and those who value limited government and capitalism.