Tag: Wichita city government
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Change in needed in Wichita
Change is desperately needed in Wichita — change to allow exceptionalism and end failed economic subsidies.
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WichitaLiberty.TV August 11, 2013
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV, host Bob Weeks asks if shoppers have ever paid extra sales tax in Wichita’s Community Improvement Districts, and describes efforts by the city to avoid disclosure of this tax. Then, are there similarities between Wichita and Detroit? Finally, a Sedgwick County Commissioner is worried about agriculture being driven out of…
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Wichita job growth under the Visioneering/Brewer regime
Wichita has set ambitious goals in job growth, but it doesn’t seem that the Visioneering program has produced results. But apparently Wichita government officials are satisfied.
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More illumination of Wichita City Council ethics
Today on the Joseph Ashby Show, the host shines additional light on problems with the Wichita City Council.
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Wichita Airport statistics: The video
To keep airfares low at the Wichita Airport, the Wichita City Council in partnership with Sedgwick County and the State of Kansas pays a discount air carrier to operate in Wichita. While the program almost certainly has the intended effect on airfares, there is another effect: The trend of flights and seats available in Wichita…
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Wichita City Council hears citizen concerns over West Bank development
In this video, citizens express their concerns to the Wichita City Council regarding the process of developing a parcel of land in downtown Wichita.
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Joseph Ashby on Wichita City Council
Today on the Joseph Ashby Show, the host shines light on some problems with the Wichita City Council.
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Kansas Affordable Airfares program: Benefits and consequences
To keep airfares low at the Wichita Airport, the Wichita City Council in partnership with Sedgwick County and the State of Kansas, pays a discount air carrier to operate in Wichita. While the program almost certainly works with regard to airfares, there is another effect of the program: The trend of flights and seats available…
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WichitaLiberty.TV August 4, 2013
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV, host Bob Weeks explains a complicated economic development mechanism used in Wichita that hides the true business welfare and cronyism taking place. Then Bob notices that the City of Wichita has banished disagreement, and then shows how the unintended consequences of regulation can be deadly.
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The harm of business welfare
What is the effect of the issuance of business welfare in Wichita, of the intervention in the economy by politicians?
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Wichita’s evaluation of development team should be reconsidered
The evaluation matrix released for a project to be considered next week by the Wichita City Council ought to be recalculated.
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It will be a busy Tuesday in Wichita
Tuesday’s meeting of the Wichita City Council is likely to take more than a few moments, as the agenda is loaded with items