Between the Lines
Disagreement among public servants is not a bad thing
I’ve heard of attempting to verbally neuter board members or privately chastising members who may not want to march in...
Read moreSafe traffic flow does not require a bunch of car stops
Platte City will keep its current headquarters for the local popo at Fourth and Main, at least for a couple...
Read moreTv shows, electric cars, banking news and a parks tax squeeze
This issue officially marks the start of The Landmark’s 155th year of weekly publication. This newspaper has never missed a...
Read moreLet’s not close our minds to this Pickleball thing
How about a little of this and a little of that as we roll ourselves through another week? Are you...
Read morePlatte County R-3 targeting 2021 for next bond issue
Back at the Between the Lines grind while wondering what borderline insane proposal the Platte County Commission will come up...
Read moreOfficials not anxious to share their response to the allegation that they don’t share
Very cool. Less than three months after his death, former Landmark editorial cartoonist Matthew Silber is being honored by having...
Read moreA new proposal would need major tweaking, maybe some new players
It’s time to review some local history as the autopsy is completed on Platte County’s failed $65 million sales tax...
Read moreSome observations can be made from jail tax result
Platte County’s wildly over-the-top $65 million jail sales tax increase proposal was bludgeoned by voters on Tuesday. A very public...
Read moreWord games at Parkville
This spring election season in Platte County has had a little bit of everything. Don’t turn away too long, you’ll...
Read moreDon’t reward bad governing, vote no on county commission’s boondoggle
This spring election season in Platte County has had a little bit of everything. Don’t turn away too long, you’ll...
Read moreCommissioners are trying to hide behind the Sheriff
Two more weeks of jail tax talk before the election. Hang in there. Stay alert and stay in tune with...
Read moreDagmar wood says business community is perpetuating lies about Zona bonds
Did you see in the Kansas City Star on Thursday that the City of Kansas City is planning to build...
Read moreElected officials playing business with government funds
A big thank you to the 5,000 or so of you who have watched our Landmark Live episode from last...
Read moreBusiness community is balking at the County’s Jail Tax proposal
Many folks in the business community have some concerns and do not support Platte County’s half cent sales tax increase...
Read moreBizarre thought process at the county; and Parkville’s Sunshine Request drama
Which one of these seems out of touch with the current environment in our state and our country: President Donald...
Read moreCity of Parkville throwing shade on Sunshine Law
Reasonable charges for filling Sunshine Law requests are one thing. But entities should not be using requests for public information...
Read moreMatthew Silber
He left us too soon. They say the good ones often do. To say we’ll miss Matthew Silber, The Landmark’s...
Read moreCounty commissioners have adopted the Nancy Pelosi way of thinking
Nine weeks until our three “no new taxes” county commissioners hold an election to ask us to sign a $65...
Read moreYou don’t owe the county commission anything
Just a reminder to keep things in the proper perspective for this spring election. What do I mean by that?...
Read moreLocal ambulances were a little less busy in the past year
Interesting tidbit from a recent conversation with Scott Roy, the executive director of the Northland Regional Ambulance District (NRAD). Roy...
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