Tag: Wichita city council
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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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Wichita airport statistics: the visualization
While the program to reduce airfares in Wichita has probably met that goal, there have been consequences.
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Wichita airfares, on the rise
A survey shows that airfares in Wichita have both fallen and risen in recent years, even though the City of Wichita, Sedgwick County, and the State of Kansas spend millions each year to keep airfares low.
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Sedgwick County votes for harmful intervention
It’s harmful when citizens are not armed with information and research. But when government officials and bureaucrats with the power to tax and plan our economies are uninformed, people suffer as our economy becomes less prosperous than it could be.
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Why is business welfare necessary in Wichita?
A company in Wichita requires business welfare in order to capture a new business opportunity. What’s wrong with this picture?
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Could Wichita be the next Detroit?
That Detroit has declared bankruptcy: Does this mean anything for Wichita?
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WichitaLiberty.TV July 21, 2013
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV, host Bob Weeks recommends the Crony Chronicals website and explains the harm of cronyism. Westar, our electric utility, is asking for a rate increase, and cronyism is part of the application. Finally, Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer feels he can’t shop for his personal car in Wichita, but dishes out no-bid…
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Paying taxes, but not quite
A complicated economic development mechanism used in Wichita hides the true business welfare transaction.
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CID signs missing at some Wichita merchants
Not all merchants located in Wichita’s Community Improvement District program are displaying the required signage.
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Concern over state office building decision politics
Speculation that politics might influence a decision over the location of State of Kansas offices is amusing, given that one of the players has a history of awarding campaign contributors and friends