Parkville business owner pleads guilty to tax fraud
A Parkville business owner pleaded guilty in federal court last week to a more than $544,000 tax fraud scheme. William ...
Tag: taxes
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 ...
Disagreement among public servants is not a bad thing
I’ve heard of attempting to verbally neuter board members or privately chastising members who may not want to march in ...
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 ...
Structure’s blighted status draws attention at Parkville
Some Parkville property owners are questioning why city officials did not act sooner declaring a historic downtown structure dangerous. The ...
Dueling accusations at Zona
In a civil lawsuit, the former general manager of Zona Rosa is being accused of improperly using the mall's funds ...
Platte County R-3 targeting 2021 for next bond issue
Back at the Between the Lines grind while wondering what borderline insane proposal the Platte County Commission will come up ...
Local nursing home accused of lacking adequate staffing
Garden Valley Healthcare Center is being accused of failing to adequately staff the Missouri licensed nursing home to meet the ...
An Autopsy on the Failed Jail Tax
Landmark Live—Is there a doctor in the house? An autopsy on the $65 million Platte County jail tax proposal.
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 ...
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 ...
