Tag: TIF
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In Kansas, the war on blight continues
Kansas governments are trying — again — to expand their powers to take property to the detriment of one of the fundamental rights of citizens: private property rights.
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Won’t anyone develop in downtown Wichita without incentives?
Action the Wichita City Council will consider next week makes one wonder: If downtown Wichita is so great, why does the city have to give away so much?
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Year in Review: 2016
Here are highlights from Voice for Liberty for 2016. Was it a good year for the principles of individual liberty, limited government, economic freedom, and free markets in Wichita and Kansas?
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In Wichita, developer welfare under a cloud
A downtown Wichita project receives a small benefit from the city, with no mention of the really big money.
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CID and other incentives approved in downtown Wichita
The Wichita City Council approves economic development incentives, but citizens should not be proud of the discussion and deliberation.
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Kansas economic development programs
Explaining common economic development programs in Kansas.
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Wichita TIF district disbands; taxpayers on the hook
A real estate development in College Hill was not successful. What does this mean for city taxpayers?
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Tax increment financing in Kansas
In this excerpt from WichitaLiberty.TV: How does Tax Increment Financing (TIF) work in Kansas? Is is a good thing, or not?
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How TIF routes taxpayer-funded benefits to Wichita’s political players
In Wichita, tax increment financing (TIF) leads to taxpayer-funded waste that benefits those with political connections at city hall.
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Community improvement districts in Kansas
In Kansas Community Improvement Districts, merchants charge additional sales tax for the benefit of the property owners, instead of the general public.
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Wichita city hall falls short in taxpayer protection
An incentives agreement the Wichita city council passed on first reading is missing several items that city policy requires. How the council and city staff handle the second reading of this ordinance will let us know for whose interests city hall works: citizens, or cronies.
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Wichita drops taxpayer protection clause
To protect itself against self-defeating appeals of property valuation in tax increment financing districts, the City of Wichita once included a protective clause in developer agreements. But this consideration is not present in two proposed agreements.