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Platte County Commission meeting – May 4th, 2020

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
May 4, 2020
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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley is owner/editor/publisher of the Platte County Landmark. Foley has been on the news beat in Platte County with The Landmark for 39 years, specializing in local government issues and accountability journalism. He provides weekly observations and editorial commentary in his Between the Lines column and serves as host of Landmark Live, a light-hearted videocast featuring newsmakers in the Northland. He has penned multiple award-winning investigative pieces and during his time at the helm of The Landmark, the newspaper has been awarded for General Excellence in the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. In 2016, Foley won the Tom and Pat Gish Award, a national honor given by the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky for displaying courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. Foley resides in Platte County. He and his wife have three grown children and four grandchildren.

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Comments 86

  1. Jennifer Hartigan Edlin says:
    12 months ago

    Thanks for live streaming this!

  2. John Sandt says:
    12 months ago

    I wish that the sound was better, louder

  3. Kathy Wright says:
    12 months ago

    Can’t hear

  4. Bill Nichols says:
    12 months ago

    Agree, John Sandt! Poor sound quality, muddy! They need to speak into the microphone!

  5. Lisa Manley says:
    12 months ago

    Unable to hear audio portion…

  6. Toni Curtis says:
    12 months ago

    Can’t hear but OPEN UP NOW!!!

  7. Aaron Admire says:
    12 months ago

    Can my tax dollars go to better production value? This audio sucks.

    • Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
      11 months ago

      The Landmark is not paid for byyour tax dollars.

  8. John Sandt says:
    12 months ago

    social distancing does not apply to the microphone, speak into the mic!!!

  9. Stephanie Abramson Altenburg says:
    12 months ago

    Thanks for the live stream.

  10. Kate Payne says:
    12 months ago

    Interested

  11. Steve Smith says:
    12 months ago

    No change needed

  12. Zhon Michael Burns says:
    12 months ago

    I’m guessing they are creating and increasing fines so they can get more revenue?? Is that what this is? Capitalizing on Covid?

    • Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
      12 months ago

      Zhon Michael Burns please do your research before you say something like that. Today’s meeting had nothing to do with the Platte County Commissioners levying fines. It was about the Platte County Health Department’s ability to levy fines against anybody who defies the current orders. The commissioners met today to provide some oversight for that. Not to levy fines.

      • Zhon Michael Burns says:
        12 months ago

        Kelly Cleveland Fricker it wasn’t an unreasonable question to ask considering recent events. I was listening live and there was no closed captions and the sound was unqualified. But thank you for your suggestion. As you might notice I had a comment later on when I did hear some words of reason. I can at least thank you for your polite criticism.

        • Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
          12 months ago

          Zhon Michael Burns you’re welcome. There are too many people out there spouting off about things they have no idea what they’re talking about. Do your research before you speak.

          • Doug Owens says:
            12 months ago

            Kelly Cleveland Fricker
            Thank you for your clarification you have brought a very calm and excellent interpretation of what is happening….

  13. John Sandt says:
    12 months ago

    Bill, I believe t is Bob Shaw, legal counsel for Platte County..

  14. Zhon Michael Burns says:
    12 months ago

    So hard to hear… I think I hear words of reason…

  15. Linda R Leone says:
    12 months ago

    sound is really bad can’t hear

  16. Laura Waldon says:
    12 months ago

    Can you ask them to speak into their microphone?

  17. Dean Jepson says:
    12 months ago

    I cannot hear what’s being said.

  18. Janice Roy Muzingo says:
    12 months ago

    Can’t hear

  19. Brody J Smith says:
    12 months ago

    In high income counties like Platte County, recessions have been shown to reduce mortality rates (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00210-0)

  20. Brody J Smith says:
    12 months ago

    The economic mortality connection that was just proposed does not exist in our area

  21. Phillip Wilson says:
    12 months ago

    That statement is a gross understatement.

  22. Mary Mulich Sandt says:
    12 months ago

    Because we have been self distancing.

  23. Brody J Smith says:
    12 months ago

    The morality rate for healthy people under the age of 65 is statistically different than zero. It’s about .7 to 1.3 %, which would result in the deaths of 758 to 1352 people if everyone in Platte County gets infected.

    • Scott Fricker says:
      12 months ago

      Brody J Smith quote your source. Here’s mine. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

      • Scott Fricker says:
        12 months ago

        Brody J Smith By the way, assuming everyone in Platte County gets it is absurd. After all this time we have 66 cases.

        • Brody J Smith says:
          12 months ago

          Hi, the link you sent shows that the death rate for the category of people under 65 is 0.8, which is in line with the estimates that I’ve made in my model. You can average the percentages and see for yourself. Granted, it’s unweighted, but that’s how I value human lives. Each one is worth the same as they’re all created equal by our creator.

          And yes, to say everyone will be infected in a short timeframe is absurd. It will happen gradually over time and the spread will only really stop once herd immunity has been reached either through infection or vaccine which can occur anywhere between 70-90 prevalence rate. We can save lives by slowing the spread.

    • John Erickson says:
      11 months ago

      Brody J Smith I think you meant MORTALITY rate!

      • Brody J Smith says:
        11 months ago

        John Erickson I mean, if we are being pedantic, the epidemiological term is case fatality rate.

  24. Phillip Wilson says:
    12 months ago

    Listen to the medical professionals. Not the “I’m not a doctor, but…”

  25. Mary Mulich Sandt says:
    12 months ago

    The commissioners need to stay in their own lane.

  26. Gary Pixler says:
    12 months ago

    I’m here Ivan Foley

  27. Brody J Smith says:
    12 months ago

    Teresa Hills
    Board Vice Chair

    816.858.2412

    R. Kent Jackson
    Board Chair

    816.858.2412

    These are found on the website and clearly declared. The lack of transparency argument is a farce, a cover up for the uninformed speech happening right now

    • Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
      12 months ago

      Brody J Smith I listed everybody who’s on that Board of Trustees. I know their names are available on the Platte County Health Department website. That phone number is a general office number. But I would also like to know what their credentials are. Wouldn’t you?

      • Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
        12 months ago

        Brody J Smith there are three other members by the way. And because nobody is running against the 2 whose terms expire this year, they will not show up on the election ballot in June. That lacks transparency to me.

        • Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
          12 months ago

          Brody J Smith get informed. Do you know how the board is elected? Do you know the length of the director’s term? Do you know about the board’s ability to have a “non-election”? Do you know the term length for each board member? What is the background of our Health Director? How about the 5 board members? Uninformed speech, you say?

          • Brody J Smith says:
            12 months ago

            Hi, I guess it’s just me, but I’ve connected with many members of the board and know their background. I am with you that making their diverse background and exceptional qualifications more public.

            I’m also with you on increasing the transparency of the election, but that’s an administrative processes that should be taken up with the election commission. I was mostly upset that individuals at the health department were recipient of the transparency comments when their phone numbers are available for anyone to call.

  28. Brody J Smith says:
    12 months ago

    https://www.plattecountyhealthdept.com/staff.aspx

  29. Gary Pixler says:
    12 months ago

    Its time to gather as a herd!

  30. Mary Mulich Sandt says:
    12 months ago

    BTW…people of ALL ages can have underlying medical conditions.

  31. Phillip Wilson says:
    12 months ago

    Wow, money rules

    • Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
      12 months ago

      Phillip Wilson what money??

      • Phillip Wilson says:
        11 months ago

        You obviously didn’t watch live.

  32. Mary Mulich Sandt says:
    12 months ago

    BS

  33. Phillip Wilson says:
    12 months ago

    That statement is a lie!

  34. Phillip Wilson says:
    12 months ago

    Stop listening to fox

    • Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
      12 months ago

      Phillip Wilson that is a ridiculous statement. Why do you assume that people with a different opinion are getting all of their information from a news channel? I don’t watch the news. Critical thinking is key.

  35. Megan Bogener says:
    12 months ago

    Social distancing worked and the statistics are proof of such. Not the other way around.

  36. Doug Owens says:
    12 months ago

    Money doesn’t rule.. commonsense does

  37. Laura Waldon says:
    12 months ago

    County ordinance can’t override state statute

  38. Phillip Wilson says:
    12 months ago

    It is not reasonable to think the health department will shutdown everything unless it was an extremely dire situation. To suggest otherwise smacks of a power grab by a small faction.

  39. Doug Owens says:
    12 months ago

    have a choice… Stay home

  40. Mary Mulich Sandt says:
    12 months ago

    Zona already was a ghost town

  41. Phillip Wilson says:
    12 months ago

    Civil unrest – maybe they should just take a knee.

  42. Brody J Smith says:
    12 months ago

    I just can’t fathom the mindset of “we can let people die, but not businesses”

    • Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
      12 months ago

      Brody J Smith businesses are people. Do you think that the statistics regarding suicide rates when unemployment rises are false? And other severe health conditions? How many people in Platte County have died?

      • Brody J Smith says:
        12 months ago

        Hi, businesses aren’t people. I understand people pour their lives into them. As son and brother of serial entrepreneurs, I’ve seen this first hand.

        In high income areas, like Platte County, recessions actually decrease the mortality rate. I’ve posted the link elsewhere in this thread. Feel free to take a look.

        Beyond that, I really do believe that our entrepreneurs are people capable of bouncing back. Many of them started with nothing and can very well do it again. I don’t know of anyone that bounces back from the grave.

        • Brody J Smith says:
          12 months ago

          Ah, it was right below this post: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00210-0

  43. Phillip Wilson says:
    12 months ago

    Go to their office.

  44. Megan Bogener says:
    12 months ago

    Please enforce 3 minutes

  45. Laura Waldon says:
    12 months ago

    No one wearing masks

  46. Andrea Beall says:
    12 months ago

    That’s just what I was saying. No masks

  47. Andrea Beall says:
    12 months ago

    And leaning in to whisper, great social distancing. There’s your first fine

    • Phillip Wilson says:
      12 months ago

      They have already made up their minds it is not necessary.

      • Andrea Beall says:
        12 months ago

        I will continue to wear mine

  48. Doug Owens says:
    12 months ago

    Shit I see a mask

  49. Laura Waldon says:
    12 months ago

    Camera has the jitters

  50. Brody J Smith says:
    12 months ago

    Think about Philidelphia during the spanish flu compared to St. Louis

  51. The Platte County Landmark says:
    12 months ago

    We are discontinuing live coverage soon. For continuing live coverage go to https://youtu.be/Y75hJbrzNZE

  52. Brody J Smith says:
    12 months ago

    St Louis instituted quarantine and saved thousands of lives while Philadelphia held a parade and thousands died

  53. Nancy Stifter says:
    12 months ago

    Small town politics is where Federal govt has its roots. Any wonder we have criminality and stupidity in DC?

  54. Brody J Smith says:
    12 months ago

    In the end, the commission voted on a dangerous precendent, attempting to limit the power of our county health officials to keep us safe. Luckily, the health department orders of quarantine are provided power under the bylaws of the state.

    Some day, when Platte County faces an even more deadly virus, this will hinder our response. This is budding bureaucracy, which unlike the presiding commisioner said today, increases coast and decreases democracy.

  55. Brian Martorana says:
    12 months ago

    I heard the Platte County Health Department is now going to start inspecting restaurants to make sure they are cooking and serving food in a healthy manner. What an infringement on our rights to inspect restaurants…taking our freedoms away daily.

    • Stephanie Doss says:
      12 months ago

      Brian Martorana Don’t Tread On My Right to Go To a Disgusting Applebee’s!!!

    • Kathrine Sue Ezeribe says:
      11 months ago

      Brian Martorana wait,,, that has been a practice for some years for good reason

  56. Denise Bassett says:
    12 months ago

    I quit listening when the first speaker started quoting religious figures.

  57. Phillip Wilson says:
    12 months ago

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/04/coronavirus-trump-administration-projects-3000-deaths-per-day-by-june.html

  58. Kelly Cleveland Fricker says:
    12 months ago

    Where were all of you today?

  59. Sandra Lynn Pruitt Ferguson says:
    12 months ago

    Cannot hear. Not worth the effort to guess.

  60. Bill Nichols says:
    11 months ago

    Thanks for live streaming the meeting! Much appreciated, despite the poor audio quality.

  61. Alyson Boyer says:
    11 months ago

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  62. Megan Murphy says:
    11 months ago

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