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| Kansas Law Requires Wichita to Hold Another Public Hearing
Recently, the Wichita city council passed a resolution announcing a public hearing on a TIF district and its project plan. The city then, on the day before the hearing, substantially changed the plan. This change means that the city must hold another public hearing.
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| Newspaper Journalism in Wichita: We Need It
In Wichita we have recent examples of how newspaper journalism has influenced events. Recently the Wichita Eagle uncovered problems in the past of a person the City of Wichita was about to partner with on a real estate development. Without the work of Wichita Eagle reporters, the deal would have happened. No other news outlet in Wichita had the resources or wherewithal to do the investigation necessary to report the story.
It appears that we don’t quite know how to support newspaper journalism in the age of the Internet. Let’s hope soon that someone develops a business model that lets journalism thrive in the future. Click here for the full story and photograph. |
| Wichita Public School District’s Path: Not Fruitful
The problem is that the current standards for teachers don’t “track what we care about.” The path to increased pay as a teacher – longevity and more education credentials – doesn’t produce better teachers. But because of union contracts that govern pay, that’s the only way to earn more as a teacher. This is one of the reasons why teachers unions are harmful to schools.
Unfortunately for Wichita schoolchildren, USD 259 has started down a long and expensive path that is likely to produce little in the way of positive results. The existing ways of doing things are reinforced. Reform is postponed. Opportunities are foregone. Click here for the full story.
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| Some Wichita Communications Breakdowns are More Important Than Others
At the December 16, 2008 meeting of the Wichita City Council, Mayor Carl Brewer scolded interim city manager Scott Moore for failure to communicate effectively with council members. The process, according to the mayor, “made a complete mockery of the entire process and everything we actually do.”
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What is the Future of News Distribution?
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