Tag: Wichita city government
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An evaluation of the Kansas affordable airfares program
An evaluation of the Kansas affordable airfares program. Prepared for the Kansas Department of Commerce by Arthur P. Hall, Ph.D., Executive Director Center for Applied Economics, School of Business, University of Kansas. February 2013.
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Wichita airport departures, 2013
Following is data regarding departures from the Wichita airport for 2013.
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Wichita airport statistics updated
Why do Kansans pay taxes, including sales tax on food, to fund millions in subsidy to a company that is experiencing a sustained streak of record profits?
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Economic development and cronyism in Wichita
Bob Weeks examines problems with economic development and cronyism in Wichita.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Waste, economic development, and water issues.
Wichitans ought to ask city hall to stop blatant waste before it asks for more taxes. Then, a few questions about economic development incentives. Finally, how should we pay for a new water source, and is city hall open to outside ideas?
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Wichita’s vampires and monsters
The City of Wichita urges citizens to take steps to stop “vampire” power waste.
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For Wichita’s new water supply, debt is suddenly bad
Wichita city leaders are telling us we need to spend a lot of money for a new water source. For some reason, debt has now become a dirty word.
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If the transit lights are off, the street lights are probably on
When the city of Wichita is not concerned about waste that is easily observed, how careful is it about avoiding waste not easily seen by citizens?
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Economic development incentives in Wichita: A few questions
Wichita justifies its use of targeted economic development incentives by citing benefit-cost ratios that are computed for the city, county, school district, and state.
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For Wichita leaders, novel alternatives on water not welcome
A forum on water issues featured a presentation by Wichita city officials and was attended by other city officials, but the city missed a learning opportunity.
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Wichita commercial property taxes are high … really high
In this excerpt from WichitaLiberty.TV. Wichita commercial property taxes are very high, according to an ongoing study.
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Economic development incentives, at the margin
The evaluation of economic development incentives requires thinking at the margin, not the entirety.