Author: Bob Weeks
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Wichita licenses the striping of parking lots
Next week the Wichita City Council will consider licensing and regulating the painting of stripes in parking lots. How, may I ask, has civilization advanced without the benefit of such regulation?
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Nation can no longer afford wind tax credit
The nation should end expensive tax credit spending programs that distort markets.
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I, Pencil: The Movie
Now in movie form, the story of the humble pencil illustrates the wonder and power of “the spontaneous configuration of creative human energies.”
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In Wichita, creating more willing taxpayers
Is the goal of Wichita/Sedgwick County Community Investments Plan to create more willing taxpayers? A paper from the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public affairs gives us a clue — and a warning.
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Sedgwick County Commission: Let’s not vote today
At the October 31 meeting of the Sedgwick County Commission, Karl Peterjohn introduced a measure that would let the Kansas Legislature know that the commission supports improving the tax climate in Kansas, and specifically would limit property tax growth. But electoral politics forced a delay in a vote.
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Tracking Sedgwick County election returns
Updates of election returns for Sedgwick County races through a Google Docs spreadsheet. It will automatically update as I add data. Click here or watch below.
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Kansas election preview
It’s sort of a quiet election in Kansas this year.
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Election night coverage from Watchdog Wire
Election night coverage from Watchdog Wire and Franklin Center.