Month: October 2009
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Wichita arena lands a whopper
The Intrust Bank Arena in downtown Wichita has landed NCAA women’s basketball first- and second-round tournament games in 2011.
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Cash for clunkers clunked
Did the “Cash for Clunkers” program work as advertised? It all depends on the meaning of the word “work,” I suppose. If the definition of success means moving more cars off of dealer lots than what probably would have happened anyway, that’s good. But when looking at the marginal activity — and I believe this…
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In Winfield, citizens don’t agree with their opinion leaders
On Wednesday the Winfield Daily Courier printed an editorial titled ‘Tea party’ bunch is going to extreme. While criticizing a move made by some Kansas legislators, it uses loaded language like “in full Glenn Beck mode,” “they look silly,” “appealing to prejudice rather than reason,” and “should just laugh at the ‘tea party’ jesters.”
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Here’s how to maybe solve global warming
One of the problems in the global warming debate is that the warmists advocate a solution that’s very painful: moving away from fossil fuels. Alternatives are not mentioned or considered. A reason for this is that the war on fossil fuels is a thinly disguised war on capitalism and human economic freedom. That’s a big…
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‘Political capitalism’ explained in Wichita
In Wichita this Monday, Robert L. Bradley, Jr. explained the state of capitalism in America today, using his experience working in a high-level position at the failed energy conglomerate Enron as a backdrop. Bradley asked: What happened to business prudence? What has happened to capitalism? The answer is that what we have today is not…
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Michelle Malkin to headline Kobach fundraiser
On Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 6:00 pm Michelle Malkin appears in Wichita (Andover, actually) in a fundraising event for the Kris Kobach campaign.
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Rep. Steve Brunk to address Pachyderms
This Friday, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents Kansas State Representative Steve Brunk, Republican from Bel Aire, as the speaker. His topics will include proposed House Concurrent Resolution 5019, the REAL (Revenue Expenditure and Assessment Limitations) Act — a state constitutional amendment dealing with revenue, expenditures, assessment, and limited government, the need to restructure the budget,…
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Wichita Downtown Development Corporation and City of Wichita refuse to follow Kansas Open Records Act
On October 15 I made a request under the Kansas Open Records Act, asking for agendas and minutes of the board meetings of the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation for 2009. The City of Wichita, and later the WDDC, denied this request. In its denial, the city stated: “The WDDC is a non-profit organization. Such entities…
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Events calendar launched
For listings of events in our area that may be of interest to conservatives and libertarians, visit the new upcoming events page.
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Press availability: WDDC refuses to follow Kansas Open Records Law
Recently Bob Weeks submitted records requests to the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation. While organized as a non-profit corporation, the WDDC, because it receives its funding from property taxes, is subject to the Kansas Open Records Act. But the WDDC and the City of Wichita have refused to recognize the fact that the WDDC is a…
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Defending insider trading
Insider trading is almost universally judged to be bad. Company insiders, using information not available to the public, making stock trades and usually very high profits: Is that fair? How could allowing abuse like this be beneficial? But if you value the importance of prices as conduits of information, allowing insider trading makes a lot…
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for October 26, 2009.