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Paolillo edges Sharp in race for mayor

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
June 4, 2020
in Local News, Platte City
Paolillo edges Sharp in race for mayor

Outside the Platte City polling site Tuesday, from left: Tony Paolillo, David Sharp, Tina Anderson

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Rita Rhoads ousted at Tracy

Platte City’s next mayor will be a man who has served as an alderman and mayor pro-tem for around a decade.

Tony Paolillo, veteran ward two alderman, won an extremely close race over David Sharp, president of the Platte City Chamber of Commerce. The margin of victory was three votes, with Sharp receiving 201 votes to 198 for Sharp.

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Voter turnout in Platte City was 15 percent on Tuesday, according to the Platte County Board of Elections. Weather on Election Day was clear, with temperatures approaching 90 degrees by late afternoon.

“I’m glad that Platte City voters came out and voted today. I knew it was going to be a close race,” Paolillo told The Landmark late Tuesday evening. “I would like to thank David Sharp for a good race.”

Paolillo, age 46, later this month will be sworn in as the new mayor, replacing longtime mayor Frank Offutt, who earlier this year announced he is retiring from elected office.

“I only hope that I can serve the city half as well as Mayor Offutt,” Paolillo said.

The morning after the narrow defeat, Sharp said: “I look forward to the future of Platte City and our focus of people, progress and quality.”

Sharp, 41, added: “Congratulations to my opponent, Tony Paolillo, on your win.”

Voters also received a thank you from Sharp.

“During these unprecedented times, I would like to take a moment to thank those who took the time to vote. While we may have come up a few votes short, I am proud of the campaign my team and I ran, giving a special thank you to campaign manager Tina Anderson,” Sharp said. “A heartfelt thank you to all of my supporters who continue to make a difference in our community.”

Sharp added: “I encourage everyone who is not registered to vote to register with the Platte County Board of Elections and exercise your constitutional right to vote this November.”

In addition to the tight result in the race for mayor, Platte City had a use tax question on the ballot. The tax passed by only four votes, with 206 in favor to 202 opposed.

The use tax extends the city sales tax rate to apply to out-of-state and online purchases delivered to Platte City addresses.

DEARBORN OKAYS CHICKENS

Dearborn voters approved a question that will allow up to six chickens per household. The vote was 68 in favor to 50 opposed.

Two at-large aldermen seats were up for grabs at Dearborn. Elected were Pat Downing with 87 votes and Breanna Cheadle with 64. Also running was Donald Swanstone, Jr. with 52 votes.

CITY OF TRACY

Tracy will have a new mayor. Incumbent Rita Rhoads was handily defeated by challenger Nathan Larrabee. Final count was 33 for Larrabee to 15 for Rhoads.

Two at-large aldermen spots were open at Tracy. One of them will go to Sean Van Tol, Sr., who had 25 votes. There is a tie for the second spot among Laura Colstion and Kristi Colstion George, who both finished with 23. The tie will be broken in the coming days via a method decided on by the candidates. Also running was Darrin Addison with 21 votes.

NORTH PLATTE

Top three of these candidates were elected to the North Platte School Board:

*Bennett French 263

*Jeffrey Scott Hinton 228

*James Kubly 208.

Jennnifer Hernandez 198.

WEST PLATTE SCHOOL BOARD

Top 3 elected:

*Shane Bartee 422

*Ronald Rowe 287

*Matthew A. Parker 283

Phillip Pattison 255

Antonio John Cutolo-Ring 243.

PARKVILLE ALDERMEN

Ward 1:

*Tina Welch 112

Patricia Robinson 48

Ward 2:

*Dave Rittman 151

Brett Krause 21

Ward 3:

*Robert J. Lock 150

Doug Bias Jr. 41

Ward 4:

*Marc Sportsman 58

Unopposed

RIVERSIDE ALDERMAN

Ward 1:

*Marilee Dawn Cockrell 78

Mike Fuller 59

CAMDEN POINT ALDERMAN

Ward 1:

*Todd Wolf 25

Donn Swaggerty 7

KANSAS CITY FIRE TAX

Platte County voters residing within the city limits of Kansas City followed the citywide trend in approving an increase of a quarter cent in the sales tax rate for the city fire department. The tax will go from a quarter cent to a half cent.

Platte County’s totals were 1,577 in favor to 1,418 opposed, roughly 53% to 47%. Citywide, the issue passed with 54% of the vote.

Tags: electionsFrank OffuttMarc Sportsmanparkvilleplatte cityplatte countyriversidetaxesTracy
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 38 years, specializing in local government issues and accountability journalism. He has penned multiple award-winning investigative pieces. 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 and events in the Northland. During his time at the helm of The Landmark, the newspaper has been awarded on multiple occasions 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. A big fan of the Chiefs and Royals, Foley resides in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

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