Tag: Wichita city council
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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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For Wichita airport contract, politics and money can’t be overlooked
A politically-connected construction firm in Wichita is challenging the award of the contract for building Wichita’s new airport terminal. When the Wichita Wichita City Council makes the decision, it will be impossible or difficult to gauge the impact of campaign contributions and political influence on the process.
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Wichita city council should not accept raise
Wichita city council should not accept raise
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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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Sedgwick County will hold Southfork TIF hearing
Sedgwick County will hear from the public on an issue, despite the desires of commissioners Tim Norton, Jim Skelton, and Dave Unruh to avoid public debate.
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Wichita to hold public hearing, again
The City of Wichita must conduct a public hearing for a second time, another example of a long line of mistakes made by the city in the administration of its policies.
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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 decides to join sustainable communities planning
The City of Wichita has decided to embrace centralized government planning.
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Wichita may choose more centralized planning
This Tuesday the Wichita City Council will consider its participation in the REAP sustainable communities planning process. Wichita ought to reject this expansion of centralized planning, as the outcome will likely serve special interests at the expense of economic growth and jobs for everyone else.
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Thinking beyond stage one in economic development for Wichita
It’s hard to think beyond stage one. It requires considering not only the seen, but also the unseen, as Frederic Bastiat taught us in his famous parable of the broken window. But over and over we see how politicians at all levels of government stop thinking at stage one. This is one of the many…
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Southfork TIF should, again, be rejected
The Wichita City Council should reject the formation of a new tax increment financing district in Wichita.
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Wichita new home tax rebate program: The analysis
A document released by the City of Wichita casts strong doubt on the wisdom of a new home property tax rebate program. The document also lets us know that city staff are not being entirely honest with the citizens of Wichita.