Opinion
A 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 moreDetailsSome 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 moreDetailsBrand marriage
Do you remember the commercial when you were younger where the man and woman were both walking down the street...
Read moreDetailsOpening yay
Happy Opening Day, Kansas City. Opening Day means that you've survived another winter; you've survived another football and college basketball...
Read moreDetailsWord 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 moreDetailsDon’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 moreDetailsCommissioners 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 moreDetailsBits and pieces
As we rapidly approach my 350th column for this wonderful weekly newspaper, we've covered politics, and family, and silliness. If...
Read moreDetailsCreekside will move Parkville forward
EDITOR: There has been much discussion regarding the Creekside Development Project, and we would like to set the record straight....
Read moreDetailsDagmar 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 moreDetailsCity of Parkville needs discipline, not new taxes
EDITOR: I moved to Parkville in 1994. It wasn't until after the 2004 election that I started following the city's...
Read moreDetailsElected 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 moreDetailsCYA according to Weatherpeople
There used to be a Twitter account called @NFLDraftPicks100 that seemed to have an uncanny ability to guess who a...
Read moreDetailsHope springs
This column is going to be like the weather... All over the place. Even though Mother Nature doesn't seem to...
Read moreDetailsBusiness 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 moreDetailsBizarre 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 moreDetailsAnother chip in the wall
It is with great thanks that this message reaches you at such a desperate hour. You don't know how relieved...
Read moreDetailsA ballplayer fails
Over the past nine months, I've had the honor of knowing a Major League baseball player. A pitcher for the...
Read moreDetailsCity 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 moreDetailsMatthew Silber
He left us too soon. They say the good ones often do. To say we’ll miss Matthew Silber, The Landmark’s...
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