The Wichita Eagle’s Bill Wilson interviewed Sam Williams, incoming Wichita Chamber of Commerce chairman and managing partner if Sullivan, Higdon & Sink.

Williams appears to be a breath of fresh air as an advocate against tax increases.

“We’re going to quite frankly have an environment where tax increases are going to be more than just talked about. They’re going to be proposed, all sorts of things. One of our biggest challenges is going to be to develop and maintain a business-friendly environment. No new taxes, and maybe be bold enough to come out and say this is the time to transform our community and our state and look at the way we tax.

“Jason Watkins will be a huge help as we look to meeting the expectations our members have had for the chamber: to increase our advocacy for them at the state. That became evident this year as we talked to our members, particularly our large members. Traditionally, our part of the state hasn’t had a unified voice, but the cool thing is thanks to Visioneering, we’ve had the unified legislative agenda that has allowed our legislators to come together and act as one to go after very specific goals.