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 ...
Tag: taxes
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 ...
Auditor has concerns over incentives like those used in development at Parkville
Parkville residents should carve out a few minutes for even a cursory reading of a report by State Auditor Nicole ...
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 ...
Bits and pieces
As we rapidly approach my 350th column for this wonderful weekly newspaper, we've covered politics, and family, and silliness. If ...
Creekside will move Parkville forward
EDITOR: There has been much discussion regarding the Creekside Development Project, and we would like to set the record straight. ...
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 ...
Developer will use CID money to buy city’s land
A Parkville developer will use $10.5 million established in a special community improvement district (CID) fund to finance his purchase ...
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 ...
Elected officials playing business with government funds
A big thank you to the 5,000 or so of you who have watched our Landmark Live episode from last ...
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 ...
Group says Parkville retaliating after complaint
A Platte County resident believes the city of Parkville is retaliating for his open records requests by stating they plan ...
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 ...
Parkville may charge $19k for public documents
During a recent Parkville Board of Aldermen meeting, officials voted unanimously to approve a tax incentive for a 350-acre development ...
KCI Marriott and Platte County at odds over taxable value
The Platte County Assessor and the Park Hill School District filed court documents to begin a process to review a ...
Matthew Silber
He left us too soon. They say the good ones often do. To say we’ll miss Matthew Silber, The Landmark’s ...
