Comments on: Jeff Fluhr updates status of downtown Wichita

By: Joel Weihe

Joel Weihe — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:26:39 +0000

As Wink Hartman pointed out, all of this has been tried in the past without much success. I’ve heard millions has been thrown away.
What’s that definition of insanity?
I’m all for downtown becoming a popular destination, and I think that the public momentum behind it will eventually make it happen. I like going Downtown.
My concern is that Government will step in, as they always do, as they have in fact, to take control and muck it all up.

By: Dismal Scientist

Dismal Scientist — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:49:36 +0000

Dare I ask the question as to why downtown is being developed at all? We must first consider why the core of Wichita was deserted in the first place; urban sprawl? Unless the free market is guiding downtown development it is all malinvestment that we will all be paying for in the future with our tax dollars!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:21:04 +0000

Bob, this “design fallacy” is really interesting. I’m more than a little disgusted to know that the elitists who are behind all this think that we sheeple can be lead and influenced by such things as buildings or a river.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:51:04 +0000

Using the multiplier effect to measure the results of public investment in downtown is like the Federal Government counting jobs saved to measure the positive impact of the Federal Stimulus money. It’s just blowing smoke.

By: Derrick Sontag

Derrick Sontag — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:37:24 +0000

The private sector doesn’t need the government to identify or manipulate “potential”. The private sector can do that on its’ own, thank you very much. What’s that saying about putting lipstick on a pig…