Tag: Wichita city council
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Wichita economic statistics
These charts of Wichita economic data may be useful to voters as they evaluate claims made by candidates for the upcoming election.
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Clinton Coen, Wichita City Council Candidate
Clinton Coen, candidate for Wichita City Council, appeared on the Joseph Ashby Show.
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Is graft a problem in Wichita?
Is it possible that “Graft takes the collective wealth of working taxpayers and transfers that wealth to the benefit of corrupt government officials and their private sector accomplices” in Wichita?
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Wichita downtown tax base: Rising?
Wichita city leaders have promoted public investment in downtown Wichita as wise because it will increase the tax base. So what has happened to downtown’s tax base?
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Downtown Wichita economic development numbers questioned
Wichita needs to be concerned why the city’s political and bureaucratic leadership is not “forthcoming and honest” with citizens regarding economic development results.
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Lavonta Williams: ‘You don’t have to go there’
Wichita city council member Lavonta Williams advised taxpayers on what to do if they disagree with action taken by the council: Just don’t go there.
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Downtown Wichita issues not appreciated
Once again, the Wichita Eagle editorial board misses the point regarding downtown Wichita development.
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In Wichita, Jeff Longwell has the solution to cronyism
If cronyism is a problem, the solution preferred by Wichita’s political class is to follow Jeff Longwell’s advice: Just don’t talk about it.
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Hawker job numbers a lesson in economic development
Disappointing job numbers from a large Wichita-area employer provide an opportunity for city leaders to learn.
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Carl Brewer: The state of Wichita, 2013
Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, in his State of the City address for 2013, calls for increased support of the city’s economic development efforts.
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Economic development in Wichita: Two tales
Wichitans will want to carefully scrutinize Mayor Carl Brewer’s State of the City Address.
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Economic development in Wichita, the next step
Critics of the economic development policies in use by the City of Wichita are often portrayed as not being able to see and appreciate the good things these policies are producing, even though they are unfolding right before our very eyes. The difference is that some look beyond the immediate — what is seen –…