Fricker drops out of race
THREE WEEKS AFTER CRIMINAL PROBE BECOMES PUBLIC A few weeks after it became public that he is under investigation for ...
Tag: ethics
QuikTrip loves to react aggressively; Barth building updates
Been a bit of a rough week for me, if you want to know the truth. Today I was verbally ...
Commissioner Scott Fricker subject of criminal investigation
FRICKER: 'IT'S TOTAL BULLSHIT. IT'S INTIMIDATION' The Landmark on Wednesday confirmed Platte County Presiding Commissioner Scott Fricker is under criminal ...
Russell Wojtkiewicz will seek nomination for county clerk
Russell Wojtkiewicz, a longtime Platte County resident, retired business owner, and community volunteer, has announced his candidacy for Platte County ...
Elliot Lahn announces run for county treasurer
Elliot Lahn has announced his candidacy for Platte County Treasurer, launching a campaign he says is focused on restoring transparency, ...
Political battles, new rules, sewer rates
Has the 2026 local political scene been wild enough for you? It’s certainly keeping most of us in the media ...
15 Years Ago–Nov. 11, 2009
Platte City Mayor Frank Offutt announced on Thursday that after much consideration and interviewing several candidates, he has chosen former ...
Let’s try sprinting to the finish
Starting this Wednesday morning/finish a column/press day with a breakfast of champions: leftover frozen pizza. Sorry for the not-so-humblebrag. It ...
Dagmar Wood left some money on the table
Time to do a follow-up on the money spent in the recent campaign for Platte County assessor. That’s the race ...
‘David vs. Goliath’
FARR DESCRIBES HIS VICTORY FOR DAGMAR WOOD No doubt one of the biggest eye-opening results from the Aug. 6 primary ...
The whole jail tax thing is a campaign of deception
An observant Landmark reader reports that it appears the rusty vent shown in Fox 4’s video from a staged Platte ...
Commission using your money to spread misleading jail tax info
Am I the only one who thinks the new FBI building at I-29 and 112th Street is shaped like a ...
Even people with the county think this jail tax is a bad idea
My belief is that if you injected them with truth serum and took a straw poll of every elected officeholder ...
Local politics, local jail, local music
Platte City Waffle House is temporarily closed for remodel so you’ll have to go elsewhere for deep conversations. Now in ...
15 Years Ago–Sept. 3, 2008
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser met on Friday with some local officials at the Barry Road Bridge over Rush Creek ...
Why eliminate Parkville’s ethics commission?
EDITOR: On March 21, 2022, the Parkville Board of Aldermen accepted the Parkville Ethics Commission report by a vote of ...
The ethics code process at Parkville
EDITOR: I noticed a letter to the editor from Jason Maki posted to The Landmark's website (the letter also appeared ...
Get public input on future of Parkville’s Ethics Commission
EDITOR: I am writing to share an article (below) which was recently posted on a local citizens group website. I ...
Where has the year gone?
READ THIS TO FIND OUT It’s almost over. Where has the year gone? Sometimes the news happens so fast--even here ...
Honorees urge support of ‘vital’ Sunshine Law
JASON MAKI OF PLATTE COUNTY EARNS AWARD Three advocates for Missouri's law mandating open meetings and open records maintain it ...
