Tag: Wichita city council
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Wichita city hall parking garage closes
The City of Wichita, by closing its parking garage to citizens, reveals the true attitude of government towards those it governs.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday November 7, 2010
Today: Elections, Wichita city council, Kansas legislature, Americans For Prosperity, Tim Huelskamp, Wichita Pachyderm Club, Music, Sam Brownback, Wichita city government, Wichita Eagle opinion watch, Property rights, Taxation.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday November 3, 2010
Today: Elections, Dave Unruh, Jim Skelton, Gwen Welshimer, Republican Party, Wichita Pachyderm Club, Paul Gray, Jeff Longwell, Rhonda Holman, Sue Schlapp, Carl Brewer.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday October 31, 2010
Today: Carl Brewer, Corporate welfare, Economic development, Elections, Free markets, Politics, Tea Party, Wichita city council, Wichita city government, Wichita and Kansas schools.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 20, 2010
Today: Bailouts, Corporate welfare, Economic development, Elections, Environment, Politics, Sam Adams Alliance, Tea Party, Downtown Wichita revitalization, Sedgwick county government, Global warming alarmism
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday October 12, 2010
Today: Economic development, Elections, Eminent domain, Government spending, Kansas Reporter, Koch Industries, Mark Parkinson, Politics, Regulation, Wichita city council, Economics
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In Wichita Planeview neighborhood: Yes, we have!
Developers of a proposed Save-A-Lot grocery store in Wichita’s Planeview neighborhood have made the case that without two forms of subsidy, the store won’t be profitable and won’t be built. There is a counterexample, however.
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Drury request for more Broadview Hotel subsidy should be rejected
Tomorrow’s meeting of the Wichita City Council features a public hearing on the creation of a Community Improvement District to benefit Drury Southwest, developer of the Broadview Hotel in downtown Wichita.
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Subsidy for Planeview Save-A-Lot grocery store bad for Wichita
I am troubled by what I see the Wichita city government doing to the owners of the Checkers Grocery store located near the Wichita Planeview neighborhood. At the public hearing before the Wichita City Council on September 14th, one of the Checkers owners testified that their grocery business has been serving the people of Planeview…
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Photos of Wichita Planeview grocery stores
Supporters of a proposed Save-A-Lot grocery store in Wichita’s Planeview neighborhood claim that there are no grocery stores nearby. Therefore, the city is willing to grant over $800,000 in special tax treatment to this store. This special tax treatment — let’s call it what it is: corporate welfare is not available to the store’s competitors…
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Wichita City Council subsidizes pizza and doughnuts for Planeview
At the September 14th Wichita City Council meeting the public was treated to tales of the helpless nature of Wichita’s Planeview residents. It sounded as if residents are being held in an open-air prison, victims of society, greedy QuikTrip stores, and price-gouging cab companies, unable to obtain the necessities of life without trekking an entire…
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Economic incentives and corporate welfare in Wichita
At a Wichita city council meeting, economic development incentives in the form of property tax abatements are discussed.