Tag: elections

EDITOR: The voters have spoken but nobody is listening. I watched the three Platte County commissioners vote yes to stop ...

EDITOR: The Missouri law that authorizes the proposed Children’s Services tax also gives the County Commission the authority to decide ...

SALES TAX FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT Voters in Platte County overwhelmingly approved a quarter cent ...

Construction began Nov. 28 on the new Hwy. 92 bridge across the Platte River, being built by the Missouri Highway ...

Platte City Mayor Frank Offutt just finished filling a vacant post on the board of aldermen last month. Now he’s ...

EDITOR: On Nov. 13 there was letter to the editor (Ron Schieber, former county commissioner) in The Landmark regarding the ...

Remember how back in the months leading up to putting their jail tax proposal on the ballot the county commissioners ...

CANDIDATE FILINGS OPENS DEC. 10 Persons wishing to file as candidates for election to the board of education of the ...

EDITOR: This will be brief. Before the election, I received several political mailers. Usually it’s tempting to throw them away ...

BERBERICH LEAVING ALDERMAN SPOT ON DEC. 17 The City of Parkville is seeking applications from residents of ward four interested ...

CANDIDATE FILING PERIOD OPENS DEC. 10 Four seats on the Platte City Board of Aldermen will be up for grabs ...

I'm trying to move myself out of the election euphoria stage, but it's tough. Every time I start to move ...

EDITOR: I recently had an unsettling experience at the local polling station that I believe the public should know about. ...

Democracy did not end last week, but I think we might have seen the beginning of the end of polling. ...

EDITOR: The recent vote to create a new sales tax for a children’s fund in Platte County is fascinating to ...

At some point in time in a moment of extreme politeness someone must have told Jason Kelce, Travis’s brother who ...

DEAN KATERNDAHL SAYS HE WANTS 'TO CONTINUE THAT WORK' “I am seeking reelection because I think we have accomplished a ...

Because of the way deadlines, and publications, and distribution, and weekly newspapers work, I am writing to you from the ...

I am “get the snow shovels ready for winter” years old. Not sure how this happens, but I spent last ...

More election wrap-up thoughts next week but here are some of my initial reactions to Tuesday’s vote in Platte County. ...