tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post5805572726605309338..comments2024-03-27T13:12:00.821-05:00Comments on RAYTOWN REPORT: RAYTOWN'S LEADING NEWS SOURCEGreg Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133276387013984873noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-10964189464783983052016-05-21T13:21:02.156-05:002016-05-21T13:21:02.156-05:009:43
Maybe Creamer shouldnt sign his name or go t...9:43<br /><br />Maybe Creamer shouldnt sign his name or go to the news because it makes this town look bad, bad that we previously elected someone as mentality limited as himself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-81862448051846289992016-05-20T21:39:10.165-05:002016-05-20T21:39:10.165-05:00The last comment is so on the mark. The one before...The last comment is so on the mark. The one before it is from fantasy land. Someone needs to tell joe creamer it is not all about him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-92004510202349780642016-05-20T11:50:14.793-05:002016-05-20T11:50:14.793-05:0010:38
This board Micro-Manages? How so? You are r...10:38<br /><br />This board Micro-Manages? How so? You are right it is their responsibility to hold the staff members accountable. It seems to me that wasnt the case for several years but is now. Read a paper beside the Raytown Times and get a clue. I for one am happy that there are some changes, maybe we can get some more accountability FOR A CHANGE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-3573433872975032112016-05-20T09:43:07.091-05:002016-05-20T09:43:07.091-05:00You know whether you agree with Joe Creamer or not...You know whether you agree with Joe Creamer or not at least he puts his name to what he writes in regards to the city. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-35774178096967481632016-05-20T09:14:18.302-05:002016-05-20T09:14:18.302-05:00As unpopular as the reality may be, there are only...As unpopular as the reality may be, there are only two ways for this community to improve roads/sewer, EMS, PD support, planning/development, parks, streetlighting, sidewalks, etc.<br /><br />1. Get annexed by KCMO which has its own probs, or<br /><br />2. Increase taxes to cover the costs associated with improvement. <br /><br />All in all, property taxes in R-Town are pretty low. <br /><br />We can dump every person at city hall and the cost savings wouldn't be enough to do any of the things we claim we want. People gripe about Sharma's salary, but even if he made a million bucks, how many roads, sidewalks, sewers, etc do you think that would really improve??? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-30578920890018783182016-05-20T09:11:42.742-05:002016-05-20T09:11:42.742-05:00I just read the Brooking Eagle article about Rayto...I just read the Brooking Eagle article about Raytown EMS and my only thought is OH MY GOD! How is this allowed to happen? They turn off one of two ambulances 1/4 of the time because no one wants to work? I own my own business and if I don't have the staff, I have to work why does Doug Jonesi not get in the ambulance anytime they short staffed? The most telling part was the statement by Jonesi about ansuring mutual aid is only ordered when it is really warranted . This explains why Raytown EMS is currently being investigated by the State of MO for waiting 8 minutes for a Raytown unit when 2 KCFD units were already onscene. Hope the victim's family reads the story and retains an attorney to help Doug Jonesi decide what warrants mutual aid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-37475034875444390642016-05-20T07:16:14.343-05:002016-05-20T07:16:14.343-05:00I would like for some of you that are chronic comp...I would like for some of you that are chronic complainers about the city from the employees to the BOA would get up out of your chair and run for office, volunteer or maybe work for the city and see what a thankless job it is. Then I could sit back and complain about every breath you take. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-65323128967646041192016-05-19T17:37:03.926-05:002016-05-19T17:37:03.926-05:009:57 AM 5/19
A sure sign of your tie to city hall...9:57 AM 5/19<br /><br />A sure sign of your tie to city hall is being upset with a blogger that believes Raytown would be better off without any of the four remaining department head positions that have not resigned as of date.<br /><br />I didn't see any name calling from them or even mention of why they are of their opinion just those four need to go.<br /><br />However, like several of those Alderman who served with Bower you find it required to attack others like a bully where any well educated person would have asked why or could you provide supporting facts.<br /><br />Our city will not heal until our Alderman step up and stop blaming everyone for the mess of failed pass administrations. Nor can we are any group move forward when our elected official publicly and privately attack the citizens for speaking their minds.<br /><br />I too would like to know the whys that I mention and I hope 10:32 5/18 could provide some more information.<br /><br />As for you 9:57 5/19, I hope you can learn how to act with respect to others opinions, which may even be fact supported if you would check, without acting as hateful as the Republican candidate for President.<br /><br />America and Raytown should receive more respect than that<br /><br />Art<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-1793119396018564142016-05-19T17:28:58.949-05:002016-05-19T17:28:58.949-05:00Andy, Andy, I know that you hate Raytown with a pa...Andy, Andy, I know that you hate Raytown with a passion. You were glad to get out of the ghetto, but you know Andy I do not think that I am living in a ghetto. Things are not the way they used to <br />be matter of fact the world is not what it used to be. Matter of fact the world and this country is<br />not in the best shape either.<br /><br />You know what, you do not live here anymore so why; do you want to be involved in all Raytown<br />affairs. <br /><br />Why if you do not have anything good to say then just button up or suck it up what ever.<br /><br />You may be a very smart man, after all you moved from the ghetto, but I do not care to hear <br />from you and their may be others that are fed up with your rhetoric.GADSDENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-69085268238641252222016-05-19T10:49:22.415-05:002016-05-19T10:49:22.415-05:00Yeah, why does the news keep interviewing the past...Yeah, why does the news keep interviewing the past EMS Director? Wasn't he run ou of town for conduct unbecoming of a Department Head. I.e. hooking up with a subordinate employee within his department? Yeah, he'd be a good one to ask about Raytown EMS operations. What, Kanye West wasn't available?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-39051024721023162102016-05-19T10:38:02.895-05:002016-05-19T10:38:02.895-05:00You cannot get a group of part-time politicians to...You cannot get a group of part-time politicians to run the city's day-to-day operations. Are you out of your mind? The BOA can't even agree on when to meet. And what do you do when a project comes up and it fails the Board vote. That strikes me as funny (more like no sense), but all the work that goes into preparing projects including cost funding, man-power, bids, site surveys on and on and on, to then take the project to the Board to only be shot down and nitpicked to pieces. What a waste of time and energy and money. This micro managing Board of Aldermen has second guess and underminded city staff right out of the town (John Benson, Mr. Sharma). And now they want to run the city??? What a croak!!!<br /><br />You have to have full-time professionals (educated, experienced) in city government to run city government. Sure, hate them, cuss them, belittle them, but at the end of the day, their accountable to the Mayor and Board for their work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-35352580610561777372016-05-19T10:02:34.466-05:002016-05-19T10:02:34.466-05:00For the members of the Board of Alderman
Why have...For the members of the Board of Alderman<br /><br />Why have you not made Raytown smoke free?<br /><br />Other communities around us are not only now smoke free, but changing the age to purchases cigarettes to 21.<br /><br />These other communities are concerned about the health impact and image of their city.<br /><br />One of our overly outspoken religious board members has taken the position to keep government out of businesses, but is a member of the same Church that held the city hostage in the dark ages for years, by not letting sales tax generating business into the city that sold liquor of other products the CHURCH decided was a SIN.<br /><br />This same member who often in the past wanted the city to take a position of not allowing anymore section 8 or other lower income housing stating "We don't need THOSE people in Raytown". Now is that being the good CHURCH member that doesn't want to help those in need.<br /><br />In the end it is these same closed minded board members that are holding Raytown back to this day. They refuse to make Raytown a safe place to raise a family, while they insult low income families.<br /><br />They are against bring in sales tax generating businesses while hiding the fact from general public of the decline in city services for their support of projects like Wal-Mart.<br /><br />They like too many in their Republican party of bigger and bigger government have allowed the current city administrator to create more and more positions while doing less and less for the public they serve.<br /><br />All of this is why people keep moving and / or shopping Lee Summit. A family and smoke free community that is not weekly on the news trying to hide facts from it's citizens.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-43434732632285002042016-05-19T09:57:02.999-05:002016-05-19T09:57:02.999-05:00Here is to May 18th, at 10:32PM You are obviously...Here is to May 18th, at 10:32PM You are obviously in need of sleep and some medical attention. Oh man little do you know. You with your mouth have done tons of damage without even know what you are talking aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-51067728501079272042016-05-19T08:38:53.799-05:002016-05-19T08:38:53.799-05:00The city clerk does a horrible job, does she still...The city clerk does a horrible job, does she still have to pay some outside firm to do her minutes? She also presents a poor image to the people that she comes in contact with on a day to day basis. Why is she still here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-36904302810742208352016-05-18T22:32:32.395-05:002016-05-18T22:32:32.395-05:00I count 4 department heads to go
Finance Director...I count 4 department heads to go<br /><br />Finance Director<br />EMS Director<br />Parks Director<br />City Clerk<br /><br />We will be better off with out all of them.<br /><br />And that is me being polite as I am sure we all know the damage they have done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-6569049349307645192016-05-18T21:39:30.971-05:002016-05-18T21:39:30.971-05:00I love how people blam the Fire District for all t...I love how people blam the Fire District for all the bad press Raytown has gotten over the last month. 1st, Joe Creamer is the person who brought the media into the mix, 2nd, With all that has been said no one has proved the Fire District is wrong in their claims, 3rd, Raytown EMS shuts down 80 days a year and Kansas City is called 350 times, then Raytown EMS lets a woman die because they wanted to make a point to KCFD. Comment the dots on that one and the two stories make a lot more sense. Blaming the Fire District for this is like blaming the police for arresting you for driving drunk and finding the dead body you stashed in the trunk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-19577901919909897052016-05-18T21:08:33.359-05:002016-05-18T21:08:33.359-05:00Anonymous 7:56 did you see the same story I did? T...Anonymous 7:56 did you see the same story I did? The said they spent less than $2000.00 on them. City Hall wastes that on a study to see if a study is needed. Since you brought it up when did it become wrong to hold people accountable for how they are spending our tax dollars. The fire department didn't say they were struggling they said they don't have the money to spare for things they didn't agree to. I am not struggling financially, but I don't have enough laying around that I don't care how the City wastes it. It's really the same thing. Finally, if the fire department was just being petty why is everyone running for the exit at city hall. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-79162501186458497602016-05-18T20:58:40.315-05:002016-05-18T20:58:40.315-05:00When I decided to get out of the ghetto, no realto...When I decided to get out of the ghetto, no realtor would list my house and suggested an auctioneer. The auctioneer said that it was impossible to get loan value at auction in Raytown. I spoke with an investor who told me Raytown was so bad that she didn't want to buy a house in Raytown. I finally listed it as a short sale which sold to a different investor. He apparently remodeled it as a rental before he put it up for sale. It was on the market a long time. I felt it was over priced but he finally sold it.<br /><br />Raytown needs to improve itself to get rid of the ghetto image and bring back property values!<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-12841823280802602812016-05-18T15:38:27.510-05:002016-05-18T15:38:27.510-05:00I would urge every citizen to contact their alderm...I would urge every citizen to contact their alderman and ask them to vote against Cloud 9. This place is bad news. Drive over to 87th street and take a look at the old pizza hut. Do you want that in our city? The city council talks about people moving here when Cerner comes to town. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but they won't happen if our city looks like a ghetto and that is exactly what this business is. PLEASE MAKE THAT CALL TODAY AND CALL THE MAYOR AS WELL. Don't let these people try and talk you into thinking it is a good thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-64565329679285701512016-05-18T09:22:17.470-05:002016-05-18T09:22:17.470-05:00Numerous citizens and Brooking Eagle Reporter Kris...Numerous citizens and Brooking Eagle Reporter Kris Collins all arrive at the City Council meeting Tuesday evening on time with several along with Kris staying the entire meeting. Granted the meeting was lengthy lasting till 10 PM and no doubt at times I'm sure can be quite a task to stay interesting. Now that I've referenced a professional journalist Kris Collins, Raytown Times Randy rolled into the meeting about a half hour late, took probably 3/4 smoke/restroom breaks and did his usual bail out around 9:15. I'm sure there will be a "I was ill" excuse surface, but since this is a very well established pattern of behavior that flag just doesn't fly with any validity does it... Any wonder a good portion of his reporting is often incorrect!!! MIA Randy...Steve Meyersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-73314526307299368352016-05-18T08:01:47.167-05:002016-05-18T08:01:47.167-05:00If Frank. Nesbitt and Bower couldn't run the c...If Frank. Nesbitt and Bower couldn't run the city what makes you think this mayor can? He is just another Beeler only sitting in the mayors chair not the police chiefs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-85889000326746137772016-05-18T07:22:12.427-05:002016-05-18T07:22:12.427-05:00How much more proof does the Mayor need, to figure...How much more proof does the Mayor need, to figure out that there are grave problems with the EMS department? In the last week Channel 41 has ran two stories on that Department. One in which a person died in a house fire, when KC EMS were on the scene with Raytown EMS, but Raytown would not KC transport the patient. The other story shows that on many occasions Raytown only has one ambulance in service ( instead of the 2/24, that was promised with the Public Safety Sales Tax). Last year KC EMS responded into Raytown 336 times and Raytown responded for them 0. What is it going to take before someone at City Hall recognizes this problem???????? Wake UpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-12173273003736460132016-05-18T07:14:58.391-05:002016-05-18T07:14:58.391-05:00Let's see, all we need to get rid of now is ou...Let's see, all we need to get rid of now is our inept finance director that cannot produce any of the paperwork the Fire Dept. is requesting and the lame EMS Director who has so many flames around him that the song "Ring of Fire" seems appropriate. Perhaps the Mayor needs a total house cleaning to regain control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-79204328820959290022016-05-18T06:36:41.062-05:002016-05-18T06:36:41.062-05:00Wonder who will be the next to seperate service? L...Wonder who will be the next to seperate service? Loughry or Jonesi Those are the only two department heads left. My guess is....Both, one will choose to leave and one will have the choice made for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-54900242202782929592016-05-17T22:47:25.293-05:002016-05-17T22:47:25.293-05:00Now if the three Alderman who have been on the BOA...Now if the three Alderman who have been on the BOA way to long and have been part of the Bower downfall of Raytown would step down, we could once again live in a happy place.<br /><br />A place with a future and not just a past!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com