Wichita sales tax likely to be proposed
Two recent events have led me to suspect that as part of the plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita, we're going to see a sales tax proposed. The first is Phillip Brownlee's editorial in last Friday's Wichita Eagle, which carried the title Taxes are lower than many think. While this editorial focused on property taxes, it's easy to see this as an argument that Wichitans can bear the burden of more taxation. Softening up the electorate, so to speak. Then, there's this email sent to the Wichita city council and Sedgwick county commission members: I recently received the attached…