Judge: County not obligated to pay Zona bond shortfall
Platte County is not legally obligated to cover bond payments for parking garages at Zona Rosa. That was the ruling ...
Tag: elections
Kudos to the Kansas City TV weather peeps
Thankfully Platte County escaped the night of the twisters on Tuesday evening with no tornado touchdowns reported here. It was ...
Special election of Aldermen set Tuesday at Parkville
Parkville voters head to the polls on Tuesday to hopefully finish an election that was started in early April. Two ...
Tv 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 ...
Officials 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 ...
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 ...
Maybe the Mayor
Listen, nobody is going to mistake me for a rocket scientist. Let's get that out of the way at the ...
Some 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 ...
Wilson wants audit of City of Parkville
Challenger to Johnston says petition process to begin 3-27-19 Candidate for Parkville Mayor Kenneth Wilson has announced that he will ...
Johnston, Wilson face off in race for Parkville Wayor
Two candidates are vying for Parkville mayor in the election, which will be held Tuesday, April 2. Incumbent Nan Johnston ...
Word 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 ...
Don’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 ...
Commissioners 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 ...
County gets pushback on $65 million jail tax
Architect’s renderings of two potential scenarios for a major expansion to the Platte County Jail have been made public. The ...
Dagmar 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 ...
City 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 ...
Ethics complaint filed against Nan Johnston
The head of a citizens' group opposing the city of Parkville's handling of a massive development has filed a complaint ...
Business 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 ...
Bizarre 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 ...
Want on the fire board? Applications being taken
If you’re interested in filling one of the two open spots on the Central Platte Fire District, take note that ...
