Author: Bob Weeks
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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.
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From the United Nations to Sedgwick County
It took from 1987 to 2012, but Sedgwick County has adopted the language of the United Nations regarding sustainability.
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In Sedgwick County, a judicial candidate takes the low road
Voters are accustomed to political campaigns that sink low with distorted facts, missing facts, innuendo, and outright lies. Judges, however, ought to be held to a higher standard, and in Kansas, the Supreme Court has rules for judges to follow in their campaigns. But the campaign for incumbent Richard T. Ballinger in Sedgwick County, Kansas,…