Tag: Wichita city government
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From Pachyderm: Fire Chief Ron Blackwell
From the Wichita Pachyderm Club: Wichita Fire Chief Ron Blackwell presented an overview of the Wichita fire department and the services it provides.
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Downtown Wichita tax base is not growing
There’s been much investment in downtown Wichita, we’re told, but the assessed value of property isn’t rising.
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Wichita metro employment by industry
An interactive visualization of Wichita-area employment by industry.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Kansas conventions, taxing and spending, and Wichita economic development
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: Co-host Karl Peterjohn joins Bob Weeks to discuss the Kansas congressional nominating conventions, taxing and spending in Topeka, and Wichita economic development and promotion. Episode 139, broadcast February 19, 2017.
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In Wichita, the surveillance state expands again
In Wichita, we see another example of how once government starts a surveillance program, it probably won’t produce the promised results, yet will be expanded.
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Greater Wichita Partnership
Greater Wichita Partnership features untruthful information on its website, which casts doubt on the reliability of the organization and the City of Wichita.
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Activate Wichita, an embarrassment
A communications initiative of the City of Wichita brings embarrassment to our city.
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Wichita check register
A records request to the City of Wichita results in data as well as insight into the city’s attitude towards empowering citizens with data.
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Employment by MSA and industry
An interactive visualization of employment in metropolitan areas.
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In Wichita, converting a hotel into street repairs
In Wichita, it turns out we have to sell a hotel in order to fix our streets.
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The Wichita economy, according to Milken Institute
The performance of the Wichita-area economy, compared to other large cities, is on a downward trend.
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Economic development incentives at the margin
The evaluation of economic development incentives in Wichita and Kansas requires thinking at the margin, not the entirety.