We reported this last fall at the time of the November election, but it’s timely and we’ve been getting questions so we’ll report it again.
In Missouri, county assessors take office on Sept. 1 of the year following their election. That’s state law.
County assessors remain in office until their successors are elected and qualified, with a start date for the new person always being Sept. 1. For all other county officeholders, the start date is Jan. 1 following their election.
I’ll repeat an answer to a question I received from a reader in the past week: this explains why David Cox has been the assessor in the news, fulfilling assessor duties and making comments on assessment topics during all the recent news coverage on home values and State Tax Commission orders and such. The assessor that was voted in last November, Marcus Farr, is not officially assessor for a few more days. Farr, by the way, already works in the assessor’s office so his move-in time should be quick.
As you know, the calendar is about to reach Sept. 1, so Cox is in his final week of serving as county assessor. And he isn’t going away quietly, as you’ll see on our front page, firing off some smoking hot comments about the actions of the State Tax Commission, the Platte County Board of Equalization and the Platte County Commission.
Last week’s photo and news of the former home of Shirley’s Fashion Center on Main Street in Platte City being renovated into a location for an Italian restaurant drew a tremendous amount of attention on our Facebook page (find us on Facebook at Platte County Landmark). As of this moment, our Facebook post on David Barth’s work at Shirley’s old place has had 136,729 viewers.
That tells you how hungry the community is for additional restaurant options in Platte City and beyond.
And it’s not just the Italian restaurant on the way. See this week’s front page. There’s a new restaurant called The Cove prepping to open along Hwy. 92 in Platte City, across from the ballfields in the “old” part of town. The Cove is another option for eating out that seems destined to become a popular spot when it opens later this year.
David Barth, who owns the former Shirley’s Fashion Center building on Main Street, isn’t ready to say too much but he also owns other Platte City properties in downtown that he is excited about, including at least one other that seems destined to be an eating establishment. He also has an event space in the works downtown, and we’ll be telling you more about all of it in future Landmarks.
Anyway, finally the landscape of dining options is expanding in Platte City, and that’s a great development for the community.
The Cove is promoting the fact their place will have televisions tuned to sports. A place where we can grab a bite to eat, maybe have a beer and watch sports, all at the same time. Talk dirty to me. Now you’re speaking my love language. If they serve beer in a frosty mug there’s no doubt The Cove and I will soon be in a romantic relationship.
There currently is no restaurant in Platte City that is ideally set up for easily viewing televised sports while chomping on a burger or pizza or something similar. The Barley & Vine setup on their second floor is close, without the food option, and we’ve watched a college football game or two from that spot. We used to head to Tanner’s after Landmark Live episodes for eats while watching sports. Tanner’s shut things down quite a while ago and you’ve probably noticed that nothing has popped up in its former space along Running Horse Road.
Mentioned above how much attention the post about Shirley’s building is receiving. Not to bore you too much with numbers but in the last 28 days alone our Facebook page has had 416,251 views. Meanwhile, The Landmark’s Facebook follower count has grown to 11,054. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
David Barth recently brought into our office an old bottle that was found in the basement below the main floor of Shirley’s old building. It’s a green glass bottle, 10 ounces, with some but not all of that 10 ounces of fluid still remaining in the bottle.
A quick Google search by your crack Between the Lines staff discovered the bottle was a Mulo Grape Drink. According to the internet (thank you, Al Gore), Mulo was a non-alcoholic beverage produced during the Prohibition era (1919-1931).
Vintage bottles of this drink, specifically the 10 oz. green glass bottles, can still be found for sale on websites like eBay. Or maybe you can come into The Landmark office and make an offer on the one Dave brought in here. Or just view it for conversational purposes.
It doesn’t seem to be getting much publicity, but here is some good income tax news for individuals. Missouri’s tax on capital gains is going away. You’ll still have to pay federal income tax on capital gains, but no state tax on capital gains for individuals.
Missouri House Bill 594 was recently signed into law by Gov. Mike Kehoe. Missouri becomes the first state to fully exempt capital gains tax. Yes sir, effective with your 2025 taxes, individuals can deduct 100 percent of all capital gains reported for federal income tax purposes when calculating their Missouri adjusted gross income. This applies to both short-term and long-term capital gains from assets such as stocks, real estate and cryptocurrency.
Pretty big deal. Celebrate that over your Labor Day weekend.
(Foley will settle for drinking an occasional beer from a frosty mug on his back patio until any local spot begins to realize the magic of a mug pulled from the freezer)
