Community centers continue to be popular
The Platte County Community Centers have become the cornerstone for wellness and fitness. The centers, operated by the YMCA of ...
Tag: elections
The new trend: a virtual paywall in front of public documents
The City of Parkville isn’t the only local tax supported entity getting a bit ridiculous in the handling of public ...
Petition drive to force state audit is on the horizon
A citizens' group has taken initial steps in requesting a state audit of the City of Parkville. The citizen, who ...
Platte County’s sales tax amounts being studied
An 11-member committee of citizens has been appointed to study the current sales tax structure for Platte County. The first ...
State auditor already getting curious about Parkville
Things are getting more interesting at the City of Parkville. As you’ll see in a story elsewhere in this issue, ...
Wallace resigns, Everett nominated for Platte City Alderman
Wallace resigns from Platte City board, Jim Everett nominated to take his place The City of Platte City announced Friday ...
Sales tax advisory committee announced
An 11-member committee of citizens has been appointed to study the current sales tax structure for Platte County. The Platte ...
Future parks tax, law enforcement tax on table
A citizens committee will be formed to discuss the future sales tax structure in the county, the Platte County Commission ...
Concerns, future needs for downtown Parkville discussed
Many downtown Parkville business owners continue to be concerned about a lack of parking in the historic district and wonder ...
Johnston campaign accused of getting illegal contributions
A complaint has been filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission regarding the campaign finance activity of the committee supporting Parkville ...
Who is this guy?
EDITOR’S NOTE: During the past 10 months The Landmark has written dozens of articles about Creekside, a sprawling, more than ...
The good news: discovering a use for apple cider vinegar
As a follow-up to my comments last week about some of the less- than-pleasant aspects of summer, let me say ...
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 ...
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 ...
Maybe the Mayor
Listen, nobody is going to mistake me for a rocket scientist. Let's get that out of the way at the ...
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 ...
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 ...
