Missouri tax revenues drop for first time in decade
A DECREASE OF $70 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR by Rudi KellerMissouri Independent Missouri is heading toward its first fiscal year ...
Tag: taxes
Tax and spend, TV news
Platte City has placed proposed new taxes on the ballot for hotel stays and marijuana sales and it just screams ...
County’s sales tax revenue increases by 3.68%
THAT'S CLOSE TO HISTORIC AVERAGE Platte County sales and use tax receipts exceeded 2023, breaking a record that only stood ...
Using county commission ‘logic’
EDITOR: I was just reading your Between the Lines column online and in particular your comments on the “forever tax." ...
How is a ‘forever’ tax fair?
EDITOR: There is much to say about this. Most of which I said from the podium at the meeting. The ...
Even Fricker’s favorite talking head thinks his stance is ‘cringe’
Cringe. Pete Mundo, conservative talk radio host at KCMO in Kansas City, scored some points with a late but effective ...
Voters will decide on hotel/motel sales tax
FUNDS FOR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, ATTRACTIVENESS In the spring election, several issues will be decided by Platte City voters. One of ...
Marijuana sales tax on ballot in Platte City
THREE PERCENT SALES TAX ON RECREATIONAL WEED PROPOSED There aren’t currently any operating marijuana dispensaries within Platte City, though one ...
Can you guess who does have a ‘forever tax?’
On Friday, Dec. 20 the price of a gallon of gas was $2.43 on North Oak in Kansas City. At ...
Commission has disenfranchised voters
EDITOR: On Monday, Dec. 16, the Platte County Commission board has officially disenfranchised the voters of Platte County. This three-person ...
No excuse for commissioners’ arrogance
EDITOR: There is no excuse or justification for the Platte County Commissioners' arrogant notion that they can choose not to ...
Scott Fricker’s excuses are lame
To Scott Fricker, Platte County Commissioner: Your recent letter to the editor contained some of the lamest excuses for not ...
Remember, elections only count when commissioners say they do
Remember, your vote doesn’t matter unless the Platte County Commission says it does. So be sure to run your opinion ...
A close look at commissioners’ talking points
EDITOR: The voters have spoken but nobody is listening. I watched the three Platte County commissioners vote yes to stop ...
Can’t tax and spend our way to mental health
EDITOR: The Missouri law that authorizes the proposed Children’s Services tax also gives the County Commission the authority to decide ...
County declines to enact a tax approved by voters
SALES TAX FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT Voters in Platte County overwhelmingly approved a quarter cent ...
Hidden data is usually hidden for a reason; Christmas movies
We’ve had a couple of unseasonably warm days here recently but is the sun really shining at Platte County? Jason ...
Commissioners know better than voters?
EDITOR: On Nov. 13 there was letter to the editor (Ron Schieber, former county commissioner) in The Landmark regarding the ...
Crime is falling in Platte County; a movie recommendation
Remember how back in the months leading up to putting their jail tax proposal on the ballot the county commissioners ...
January opening set by Central Power
MANUFACTURER WILL ADD HUNDREDS OF JOBS IN STAGES A business moving to Platte City and expected to create more than ...
