Comments on: City council members on downtown Wichita revitalization

By: Jeff Fluhr updates status of downtown Wichita

Jeff Fluhr updates status of downtown Wichita — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:42 +0000

[...] Fluhr made the same presumption that Wichita city council member Lavonta Williams made when she compared downtown planning to planning her lessons as a schoolteacher. The planning of even a small portion of a city is an immensely more complicated task. That these [...]

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:22:49 +0000

There are 7 members that comprise the council; a Mayor who is elected city wide at large and 6 council members who are elected by district elections. Council members are term limited to two successive 4 year terms. The council is staggered meaning every two years we vote for either 3 or 4 members of the council.

Hope that answers your questions.

By: Dan Moore

Dan Moore — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:17:41 +0000

Looked on wichita.gov website and found you.

I’m suppose to find out the answer to these questions for a class assignment:
How many individuals are on the Wichita City Council, and what is the length of a term on the council? Is there a limit on successive terms served?

Please help me with this answer or if you could point me into the right direction – thankyou.

By: LonnythePlumber

LonnythePlumber — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:54:44 +0000

You can have a lot of great individual basketball players playing their different styles of ball. But a team effort with a plan is what wins games. Supporting individual free market offerings limits choice that could be offered from their fitting into a plan. Planning pays. It assists a business plan by having it fit into a larger plan. Like shopping centers.

By: Dismal Scientist

Dismal Scientist — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:46:03 +0000

Bob you are correct that the free market has not failed, it is the politicians that have failed us!