Tag: Wichita city council
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 11, 2011
Today: Legislature website still down; treasurer to ask for more information; Wichita CID proposals delayed; Longwell on citizen knowledge; State of the State tomorrow; this week at Sedgwick County Commission; changes to Kansas campaign law recommended.
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In Wichita, two large community improvement districts proposed
More Community Improvement Districts in Wichita indicate a sales tax increase spreading across the city, and a city government captured by special interests.
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Wichita’s vision, by the urbanist elites
Randal O’Toole explains some of the reasons why urbanist elites seek to impose their vision on others through government.
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Government is not business, and can’t be
As Wichita begins its implementation of the plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita, stakeholders like to delude themselves that the plan is “market-driven,” that the city will make prudent use of public “investment,” and that the plan’s supporters really do believe in free markets after all.
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North Dakota TIF video reminiscent of Wichita
Tax increment financing (TIF) is the subject of a video presentation that is eerily cognizant of the situation in Wichita.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday December 27, 2010
Today: This week at Wichita City Council, Kansas schools’ unspent funds, Which Brownback will govern, Rapidly rising costs at Kansas Universities criticized, States and their pension problems, Airport security found lacking.
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Wichita Old Town TIF district illustrates cost and harm of subsidy
The closing of the Old Town tax increment financing, or TIF, district in Wichita is good news. But the expressed attitude of city council members towards TIF districts indicates that citizens must be concerned that the council will attempt to use this harmful form of developer and corporate welfare in the future.
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Economic freedom at decline, across the U.S. and in Wichita
As government, both national and local, increases its intervention in markets and more decisions are made by politicians and bureaucrats rather than markets, wealth is lost.
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Eminent domain reserved for use in Wichita
As part of the plan for the future of downtown Wichita, the city council was asked to formally disavow the use of eminent domain to take private property for the purpose of economic development. The council would not agree to this restriction.
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Wichita should reject Goody Clancy plan for downtown
Wichita should reject the plan for the redevelopment or revitalization of its downtown.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday December 12, 2010
Today: Wichita City Council, Sedgwick County Commission, Wichita Eagle: Adopt downtown plan, City planning by “Those Who Know Best,” Anderson appointment criticized.