Parkville legal bills questioned
Are taxpayers paying for mayor's lawyer? The Parkville resident who filed an ethics complaint with city officials asking for the ...
Tag: Lawsuits
Nan Johnston guilty of eight ethics violations
Mayor confronts citizen: 'Why are you doing this to me?' Parkville Mayor Nan Johnston delivered an impassioned response to members ...
15 Years Ago–March 7, 2007
Downtown Parkville's historic smokestack is being demolished for safety concerns. The steel rebar supports 80 percent of the tower's strength ...
Maki: Ethics panel being ‘toyed with’ by Nan Johnston
Agenda changed late, attorney testifies at mayor's hearing The Parkville resident who called for an investigation into alleged inappropriate behavior ...
City doesn’t understand how to set rates
EDITOR: The memo below was originally sent to Riss Lake homeowners through the HOA site. Alderman Brian Whitley then submitted ...
Mayor testifies about destroying records
Nan Johnston: 'I was merely cleaning up files' Parkville Mayor Nan Johnston has testified before an investigatory committee claiming that ...
Lawsuit claims toxic heavy metals in herbs and spices
Class action seeks compensation for consumers Baltimore-based McCormick & Company has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit over ...
City officials won’t give in-person testimony
Vanover refers to situation as "an outrage" Members of the Parkville Ethics Commission formed to investigate alleged ethics violations by ...
15 Years Ago–January 31, 2007
Plenty of depositions were ready while other testimony was presented in living color, but the two lines of argument can ...
Staff safety, stonewalling, potential cover-ups
Hey. I don't trust weather forecasters all that much. Through the years I've come to the conclusion there's a tendency ...
Documents detail Parkville Mayor Nan Johnston’s alleged destruction of evidence
The following public records were obtained as part of the Parkville Ethics Commission's investigation into accusations that Parkville Mayor Nan ...
According to Nan Logic, the Maki payoff was just for funsies
We were saddened to hear the news of the passing of Ron Porter, former alderman in Platte City, over the ...
Parkville mayor, resident verbally spar
Should taxpayers cover criminal defense legal fees? Parkville Mayor Nan Johnston verbally sparred last week with a resident who criticized ...
Updated guidance on nursing home visits
Visitation must be allowed 'with very few occasional exceptions' As the highly transmissible Omicron variant fuels the winter surge of ...
What’s in a name? And trying to find the light at Parkville
I'm old enough to remember when Goodcents was Mr. Goodcents. Apparently he no longer identifies as male. I'm also old ...
Aldermen ensnared by Johnston ethics complaint
Possible cover-up by aldermen Some members of the Parkville Board of Aldermen have confirmed that they ordered the release of ...
It’s a new year but all is not well at Parkville City Hall
Welcome to the first Between the Lines of 2022. It won't be the last. I'll try to convince you that's ...
Resident: Johnston’s response violates more ethics laws
Kellerman says mayor has committed more violations The Parkville resident who filed a complaint calling for Mayor Nan Johnston's removal ...
Citizen Rebuttal to Mayor Nan Johnston’s Response to the Parkville Ethics Commission
Below is a copy of the citizen Rebuttal to Parkville Mayor Nan Johnston's November 22, 2021 Response to the Parkville ...
Looking backward
The local stories that made headlines in 2021 Maybe not quite as crazy as 2020, which saw the beginning of ...
