Tag: Wichita Eagle opinion watch
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday December 12, 2010
Today: Wichita City Council, Sedgwick County Commission, Wichita Eagle: Adopt downtown plan, City planning by “Those Who Know Best,” Anderson appointment criticized.
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Kansas schools cut, yet fail to spend
Kansas schools have cut staff and teachers at the same time carryover fund balances have increased.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday November 7, 2010
Today: Elections, Wichita city council, Kansas legislature, Americans For Prosperity, Tim Huelskamp, Wichita Pachyderm Club, Music, Sam Brownback, Wichita city government, Wichita Eagle opinion watch, Property rights, Taxation.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday October 24, 2010
Today: Free markets, Raj Goyle, Sam Brownback, Mike Pompeo, Kansas fourth district, Music, Free trade, Wichita Eagle opinion watch, Facebook, Computing, and Politics.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday October 21, 2010
Today: Climate change, Facebook, George Soros, Jerry Moran, Kansas Supreme Court, Koch Industries, Regulation, Politics, Wichita Eagle opinion watch, Kansas judges, Taxation
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Wichita Eagle editorial endorsements: helpful, or not?
Yesterday’s primary election in Kansas provided a measure of the influence of the Wichita Eagle editorial board. Voters ignored many of its endorsements, indicating that the newspaper — its editorial side, at least — is increasingly out of touch with its readers.
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Wichita Eagle endorsements deserve scrutiny
The Wichita Eagle editorial board has made its endorsements for offices in the August 3rd Kansas primary election. Before voters decide whether to rely on these recommendations, they deserve some examination.
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In Wichita, will Southwest save our city?
Talk that low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines might enter the Wichita market has the usual cast of government bureaucrats, centralized planning advocates, and their boosters in a tizzy
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Wichita’s Intrust Bank Arena shrouded in mystery
Okay, maybe that’s a little over-hyped, but when arena cheerleader Rhonda Holman of the Wichita Eagle starts to question the operations of Intrust Bank Arena in downtown Wichita, there must be something going on.
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Kansas taxes and spending debated
On the editorial page of the Wichita Eagle yesterday, three editorials discussed the Kansas budget, taxes, and spending.
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Wichita schools, despite claims, find cost savings
Despite claims that school spending has been “cut to the bone,” USD 259, the Wichita public school district, found a way to save $2.5 million per year by adjusting school starting times, thereby saving on transportation costs.
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Regulation has not lessened, instead it has harmed us
Last week’s Wichita Eagle featured an op-ed by Brad Beachy, who is co-chairman of Wichita Democracy for America. Several of the claims made by Beachy deserve examination. In particular, Beachy blames free markets as the cause of our current economic problems: “The Great Recession we’re in now started in late 2007, after several years of…