Tag: Wichita city council
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 23, 2011
Today: Wichita City council; Sedgwick County Commission; Kobach on voter reform in Wall Street Journal; Tiahrt, former Congressman, to address Pachyderms; Wichita speaker lineup set; Blue Ribbon Commission coming to Wichita; School choice cast as civil rights issue; Medicare reform necessary; Science, public agencies, and politics.
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Wichita on corporate welfare, again
An award of $2.5 million by the City of Wichita to aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft to ward off a threatened move to Louisiana stands out as an example of corporate welfare given for its own sake, and not in response to any real threat.
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Downtown Wichita regulations on subsidy to be considered
Policies about to be adopted by the City of Wichita means that downtown development is certain to miss out on the benefits of free markets, capitalism, and the dispersed knowledge that only markets can generate and channel.
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Hawker Beechcraft to receive subsidy from Wichita City Council
The decision by Kansas and Wichita to grant subsidy to Hawker Beechcraft in order to retain existing jobs is not a cause for celebration, as the state moves away from creating a dynamic economy.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday May 11, 2011
Today: Kansas Arts Commission layoffs; sculpture spending in Wichita; how much more can we soak the rich; school reform in Kansas, this year’s edition; Wichita teacher cuts; real estate to be topic at Pachyderm, followed by tours; immigration.
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Wichita forgivable loan action raises and illustrates issues
The granting of a forgivable loan by the City of Wichita to The Golf Warehouse raises issues of both economics and politics.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 9, 2011
Today: Airfares down in Wichita; Wichita City Council this week; Joyland topic of British tabloid; educational freedom to be discussed in Wichita; do you want to live in the world of Atlas Shrugged?; who are the real robber barons?
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Forgivable loan a test for new Wichita City Council members
This week three new members of the Wichita City Council have a chance to live up to — or not — their campaign rhetoric.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 2, 2011
Today: Shale gas to be topic in Wichita; Wichita City Council this week; Williams on the role of race in economics; spending cuts preferred to taxes; except some prefer taxes; teacher evaluation systems; misguided efforts to improve capitalism.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 25, 2011
Today: American exceptionalism; Wichita City Council this week; The Great American Bailout; “Not yours to give rally” in Topeka; Kansas Bioscience Authority benefits from exemptions; The presidency in liberal society.
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Wichitans mislead on Warren IMAX incentives
With the possibility of another IMAX theater being built not too far from Wichita, we now know that Wichitans were mislead in awarding economic development incentives.