Tag: Wichita city government
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Some Goody Clancy Wichita findings not credible
Last week Boston planning firm Goody Clancy presented its master plan for the revitalization of downtown Wichita. As this plan is now part of the political landscape in Wichita, we ought to take a critical look at some of its components.
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Good intentions, and planners, can sap a city’s soul
The following article by Kansas City writer Jack Cashill, courtesy of Ingram’s Magazine, explains some of the problems with city planning of the type Wichita is undertaking at this time.
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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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For Wichita city hall, ‘stakeholder’ has a narrow meaning
Recently the City of Wichita held a stakeholder meeting regarding Community Improvement Districts and the city’s policies regarding them. While the term “stakeholder” is vague and means different things to different people, you might think that such a gathering might include representatives from the community at large. In an effort to achieve diversity, you know.…
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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.
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Wichita economic development incentives to be topic of meeting
This Thursday (September 9) Americans for Prosperity is holding a meeting to discuss a series of economic development incentives that will be considered in an upcoming meeting of the Wichita city council.
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Kansas tax burdens getting heavier, studies show
While Kansas ranks in the middle of the states in total tax burden, the state’s take is getting larger, compared to other states.
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More intervention for Wichita proposed
Tomorrow the Wichita City Council will consider accepting petitions for the formation of another Community Improvement District. In this case the applicant is the Broadview Hotel in downtown Wichita.
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Wichita Community Improvement District approvals signal increased interventionism
Yesterday’s action by the Wichita City Council in approving two Community Improvement Districts signals a new era in increased intervention in free markets by Wichita politicians and bureaucrats.
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More Wichita Community Improvement Districts proposed
Tomorrow’s meeting Wichita City Council will consider starting the process for the approval of three Community Improvement Districts in Wichita.