Tag: Wichita city government
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Sedgwick County Commission to consider corporate welfare as economic development
The Sedgwick County Commission will consider embracing corporate welfare as its economic development strategy.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday March 29, 2011
Today: Follow-up to Koch profile; the decline of Detroit: a lesson for Wichita?; Moran to vote “no” on debt ceiling; golden geese on the move; legislators will have more access to SRS case files; Wichita unemployment rate improving, government planners vs. individuals.
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Wichita airport flights have declined
Contrary to the claims of supporters of the Kansas Affordable Airfares program, the number of flights in Wichita is declining.
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Because arts are important, government funding should be avoided
The more important to our culture we believe the arts to be, the stronger the case for getting government out of its funding.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday March 11, 2011
Today: Owens said to be blocking judicial selection reform; Cabela’s bank; Scott Walker; outsourcing opposed by Kansas state workers; tilting at wind turbines.
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Cabela’s CID should not be approved in Wichita
Outdoor retailer Cabela’s will ask the Wichita City Council to create a Community Improvement District (CID) for its benefit. The city should not approve this transfer of taxation — recognized as a public function — to a private entity for its exclusive benefit.
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Eastgate CID should not be approved in Wichita
Community Improvement Districts represent using the power of government for private benefit, and the Wichita City Council should not approve them.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday February 21, 2011
Today: Kansas legislature website; legislators on governor’s plan; Wisconsin demonstrations come to Kansas?; Wichita trash; Wichita mayoral forum didn’t go well; Wichita City Council this week; Sedgwick County commission this week.
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Wichita downtown plan to be considered by county commission
Next week the Sedgwick County Commission will consider its approval of the Goody Clancy plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita.
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Wichita should reform its economic development strategy
The City of Wichita should seek to reform its economic development strategy, as Governor Brownback has proposed for the State of Kansas.
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Affordable Airfares audit embarrassing to Wichita
An audit of Affordable Airfares produced by the Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit is an embarrassment to City of Wichita elected officials and staff, the Kansas Regional Area Economic Partnership, and the Wichita State University Center for Economic Development and Business Research.
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Kansas governor releases economic development plan
Kansas governor Sam Brownback has released an economic development plan that draws on free market principles and relies less on government intervention. The plan calls for a departure from present practices, especially the heavy-handed methods cities like Wichita use.