Author: Bob Weeks
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Joseph Ashby on Wichita City Council
Today on the Joseph Ashby Show, the host shines light on some problems with the Wichita City Council.
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Kansas Affordable Airfares program: Benefits and consequences
To keep airfares low at the Wichita Airport, the Wichita City Council in partnership with Sedgwick County and the State of Kansas, pays a discount air carrier to operate in Wichita. While the program almost certainly works with regard to airfares, there is another effect of the program: The trend of flights and seats available…
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Joseph Ashby Show: Upcoming Wichita City Council meeting
On today’s Joseph Ashby Show, Bob Weeks appears in the KQAM studios to discuss tomorrow’s meeting of the Wichita City Council.
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WichitaLiberty.TV August 4, 2013
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV, host Bob Weeks explains a complicated economic development mechanism used in Wichita that hides the true business welfare and cronyism taking place. Then Bob notices that the City of Wichita has banished disagreement, and then shows how the unintended consequences of regulation can be deadly.
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The harm of business welfare
What is the effect of the issuance of business welfare in Wichita, of the intervention in the economy by politicians?
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Wichita’s evaluation of development team should be reconsidered
The evaluation matrix released for a project to be considered next week by the Wichita City Council ought to be recalculated.
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It will be a busy Tuesday in Wichita
Tuesday’s meeting of the Wichita City Council is likely to take more than a few moments, as the agenda is loaded with items
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Fish, sauce, and the law: You make the call
Should Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer vote on an upcoming issue? The City of Wichita code seems to say he should not vote, but the Wichita City Attorney says the law doesn’t apply.
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Job creation and the snake oil of tax incentives
Job creation and the snake oil of tax incentives