tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post8122911667645651498..comments2024-03-27T13:12:00.821-05:00Comments on RAYTOWN REPORT: Greg Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133276387013984873noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-19133247233309027072012-05-06T11:22:06.161-05:002012-05-06T11:22:06.161-05:0010:44 PM, Why blame Bower? The Walmart deal start...10:44 PM, Why blame Bower? The Walmart deal started before he came into office. He finished what was started. He should have stopped it but the taxpayers probably still would have lost a lot of $$$$$$$$$$.<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-16936627794571898582012-05-06T09:08:32.675-05:002012-05-06T09:08:32.675-05:00To Anonymous 4:28,
You sure are making a lot of a...To Anonymous 4:28,<br /><br />You sure are making a lot of assumptions. When someone writes something under anonymus it could be anyone. You want to fire someone for being thankful? How are you so sure this is not someone with secondhand knowledge? If anyone should be fired it should be all of your English teachers. The Park Employees must be paying some portion of their insurance or you could not quote a percentage of increase. Someone should contact the City Administrator and the Park Director to find out what is going on. Why would we want the City to take over the Park Department, so they can screw that up to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-52281824202663644382012-05-05T18:55:54.656-05:002012-05-05T18:55:54.656-05:00To Anonymous May 4, 2012 4:28 PM
You are a park em...To Anonymous May 4, 2012 4:28 PM<br />You are a park employee who should be thankful that you still have a job. How you expyect tax payer to pay for your entire family's health insurance? Shame on you to insulting your department director and park board along with many others. You should be fired. Like Super splash, the entire park department should be privatize also to save tax payers money.Because of you we the tax payers are suffering. Enough is enough, you are selfish. If you are so pathetic why not find another job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-47000534439314595312012-05-04T22:44:35.601-05:002012-05-04T22:44:35.601-05:00Anon 5/4 @ 4:28
Seems we all keep paying for Bowe...Anon 5/4 @ 4:28<br /><br />Seems we all keep paying for Bowers wonderful deal with Wal-Mart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-4583590038655719602012-05-04T20:38:47.019-05:002012-05-04T20:38:47.019-05:00I refuse to pay that much for insurance. It is a ...I refuse to pay that much for insurance. It is a waste of money. One would be better off getting a high deductible (like $2000 deductible) policy and paying for routing care themselves at the insurance company's contracted rate.<br /><br />When I worked for the Post Office we carried over our sick leave. It is good to have it there in case of extended illness. If the city is going to make carryover sick leave disappear, they are penny wise and pound foolish because employees will report out sick before the disappear date of the sick leave so they don't lose it. What if someone has a long term illness and no sick leave because has disappeared?<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-70311221978073507182012-05-04T16:28:20.461-05:002012-05-04T16:28:20.461-05:00With the Memo of Understanding almost stuffed down...With the Memo of Understanding almost stuffed down the park departments throat, I would like to thank the Mayor, City Administrator, Finance Director, Debbie Duncan, the Parks Director, Park Board, and the Board of Alderman for raising my health insurance copay by over 1000%. That is not a typo.<br /><br />They are expecting they lowest paid park workers to pay between $3600 and $4800 a year to keep the health insurance they have.<br /><br />This is just the tip of the iceberg. They are even considering just making accrued sick leave "go away".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-82583670958523363222012-05-04T07:25:53.730-05:002012-05-04T07:25:53.730-05:00The real question is whether or not the businesses...The real question is whether or not the businesses and jobs that were LOST when Walmart opened will come back. Don't forget the fallout from a business like Walmart is the end of many small businesses. Especially those who would compete in the retail sector. Make no mistake about it. The unfair competitive edge that Walmart receives by having the public pay for its parking lot and building cannot be matched by the small businessman. Pat is right about the loss to Raytown taxpayers is huge. The bumpy, uneven ride on streets that are unprofessionally repaired with slurry seal instead of asphalt are the most vivid example of what is the true high price paid for Walmart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-3412483920060842572012-05-03T19:16:30.898-05:002012-05-03T19:16:30.898-05:007:33AM, Are you assuming the Walmart employees ar...7:33AM, Are you assuming the Walmart employees are from Raytown? They may or may not be from Raytown. <br /><br />I don't think the idea is to drive Walmart out even though I suggested it be closed as a nuisance. The point is Walmart's coming to Raytown was just a plain BAD deal. Why should the taxpayers shell out $3M to open Walmart and collect no tax money from that business? The Walmart way is for cities to pay for the privilege of having a Walmart. There is no venture capitol. Oh BTW, Walmart is really generous! It comes out occasionally at a BOA meeting when Walmart donates $1000 to the PD or EMS to help buy a piece of equipment. They should be more generous after all we gave them to open. <br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-87728834815820380952012-05-03T07:53:34.705-05:002012-05-03T07:53:34.705-05:00Hey Anonymous 6:26,
You forgot to mention how much...Hey Anonymous 6:26,<br />You forgot to mention how much<br />our Wal-Mart helps our community.<br />Heck it costs us taxpayers millions <br />just to have the big box in Raytown.<br />In fact every taxpayer in Raytown<br />has helped contribute well over<br />two million, I've even heard over<br />three million dollars to pay for that<br />store to date. (bonds) That's a lot<br />of street over laying. In fact that's<br />a lot of city services, down the drain.<br />That does not include the fact<br />that Raytown does not get any sales tax<br />income from the store.<br />Let's see, Raytown doesn't benefit<br />(Sales tax income) and the taxpayers pay for <br />the police to be there over thirty times <br />a week. The store is costing taxpayers millions. <br />Now another community benefit. More<br />taxpayer dollars being spent to fight crime<br />there.Pat Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753840266376084738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-62231557477152289332012-05-03T07:33:48.181-05:002012-05-03T07:33:48.181-05:00If WalMart left Raytown today, which local busines...If WalMart left Raytown today, which local businesses would hire those employees? Which local businesses were employing those people before WalMart?<br /><br />I dislike the WalMart tax situation as much as anyone, but you people sure are willing to destroy other people's jobs because, apparently, you don't deem them worthy of the fine city of Raytown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-47446354375161534582012-05-03T06:26:41.052-05:002012-05-03T06:26:41.052-05:00Oh yes, Walmart is definitely an asset to a city. ...Oh yes, Walmart is definitely an asset to a city. Sure, there are some misguided communities up in the northeast that have literally banned the mega discounter from their towns. But those are misguided people who do not understand all the good that comes with a Walmart. They do not appreciate how Walmart destroys small business competitors. They do not understand how the stores are magnet for crime. Maybe some day they will become as enlightened as our Mayor and City Council.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-51975759561515564932012-05-02T21:41:04.988-05:002012-05-02T21:41:04.988-05:006:30 AM, One shouldn't jump to assumed conclu...6:30 AM, One shouldn't jump to assumed conclusions.<br /><br />Pat, It seems to me that Walmart is a public nuisance. I don't understand why that business attracts crime on Hillcrest moved to 40 Hwy, and now Raytown. Why do criminals go to Walmart? They want to steal cheap merchandise. Why don't they go for higher quality?<br /><br />Walmart should be shut down as a public nuisance the same as a bar that creates a nuisance.<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-26862758254109879232012-05-02T07:26:15.273-05:002012-05-02T07:26:15.273-05:00Anonymous 12:09,
Normally I don't answer Anony...Anonymous 12:09,<br />Normally I don't answer Anonymous <br />writers on this blog but, a thought <br />occurred to me about something you wrote.<br />You said, "As the distractions continue <br />and failure to address issues in KCMO <br />by Sly James for things like crime, <br />we will see an increase in crime in <br />our city."<br />I think most will agree with me, <br />That ship has sailed! We do see an increase<br />in crime in Raytown. I also don't think<br />we can blame the mayor of Kansas City<br />for it either. Our rise in crime started<br />with the old Wal-Mart and has gone higher<br />with the new one. With it came lower property <br />values and over thirty police calls a week.<br />If you want to blame a city for our higher<br />crime rate, I suggest you start here in Raytown.<br />As I stated yesterday, the "safety tax" wasn't<br />used as it was told to us it would be. Don't<br />blame the police, it was City Hall. <br />If codes are not enforced and neighborhoods<br />are trashy, again look no further than City Hall,<br />Raytown MO. If your teeth are chattering while driving<br />down Raytown streets......you get my point.Pat Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753840266376084738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-62867552089809963262012-05-02T06:30:28.135-05:002012-05-02T06:30:28.135-05:00What was wrong with Alderwoman Melson last night? ...What was wrong with Alderwoman Melson last night? Looked like she had sucked on a lemon all week. Was she upset because she wasnt picked to be Mayor pro tem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-56615906684957046222012-05-01T21:06:00.559-05:002012-05-01T21:06:00.559-05:00BTW Gas is $3.30 at Red Bridge and Holmes. I woul...BTW Gas is $3.30 at Red Bridge and Holmes. I wouldn't make a special trip but if you are going that way and need gas, consider filling there.<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-45193822187315161262012-05-01T19:28:27.218-05:002012-05-01T19:28:27.218-05:00Clint,
Maybe I should have stated that Jim Aziere...Clint,<br /><br />Maybe I should have stated that Jim Aziere actively enforces codes when a neighbor complains. When a neighbor has a complaint, she calls both Jim and me. If I feel it is an issue I follow up with an email to Jim to reinforce the facts and she isn't the only complaint. I am not sure what the trailer is for. It may or may not be in use. One house at the Cedar end was apparently vacant several years. It appeared the trailer was used during remodeling. I don't know what it is for now. I didn't know it was against code to own a trailer. I have reported code issues myself several times to the city namely tall grass and weeds on 63rd from Hardy 2/3 of the way to Cedar along with dilapidated buildings. 63rd is basically like a Main Street so I think the city would be watching it. I am sure you could drive any Ward and count a similar number of violations.<br /><br />Pat, Raytown is the dumping ground of anything that happens in KCMO including the overflow of criminal activity. I hope Kyle James patronizes KC bars. We don't need his business in Raytown. The State may require Raytown to take part of the KCMO School District. If that happens, watch our tax bills go much higher!<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-55469967659321697812012-05-01T19:26:04.681-05:002012-05-01T19:26:04.681-05:00The mayor just read a proclamation thanking Alderm...The mayor just read a proclamation thanking Alderman Jim Aziere for all he has done as mayor pro ten. What just did he do? As far as Im concerned nothing , nothing at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-66581931112148634892012-05-01T18:13:58.246-05:002012-05-01T18:13:58.246-05:00Andy,
I forgot to mention that I do agree with y...Andy, <br /><br />I forgot to mention that I do agree with your statement the Alderman like Jim Aziere should be out making sure codes are being enforced.<br /><br />I hope that whoever disagreed with you is at least correct in the fact that the Alderman from the other end of Raytown are actually out watching for code violations.<br /><br />ClintAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-49041701312161465992012-05-01T18:07:53.413-05:002012-05-01T18:07:53.413-05:00Andy,
After reading your post about the proactive...Andy,<br /><br />After reading your post about the proactive approach Alderman Jim Aziere is making over in your Ward and the post from the individual who doesn't agree with you, I decided to do a quick drive around your neighborhood and find out who was correct.<br /><br />I want to start out by saying that I by no means am any type of export on city codes other than the ones I have been citied for or my friends, but it does give me enough of a back ground to at least be fair in assessing how well code violations are being enforced in Ward 2, by Alderman Jim Aziere.<br /><br />As I drove West on your street from Willow it didn’t take me long to identify several homes that are in violation for have grass that is too high. The grass issue is nothing to the several homes at the Cedar end of your street that are under the impression it is acceptable to use their trailers as storage. I am a fair and reasonable man and it could very well be that the items on those trailers are for the city cleanup day this coming Saturday or at least we can hope that is the case. However, this doesn’t explain or excuses the home on the Cedar end of the street behind you. Actually the home faces Cedar and appears to be or was a day care center. It is actually the garage for the home, which faces the street behind you and one of the garage doors is caved in and the other doesn’t appear far behind it.<br /><br />I don’t know about you, but to me five violations within a block is not actual a proactive effort to clean up Ward 2. As I stated, I am a fair and reasonable man and decided maybe this was just the odd area of Ward 2 that had more violations. I decided to drive from 63rd to 67th and from Cedar to Harvard, which provided a greater sampling. I quickly found that every street had an average of two violations ranging from those I have already mentioned to also include parking on the grass, peeling paint or to using part of ones yard for their personal landfill. Again to be fair to those with the landfill issue, it could be they are doing a deep cleaning and getting ready for the city’s cleanup day.<br /><br />I think at this point no one can continue to claim, include Alderman Jim Aziere, that Alderman Jim Aziere is proactively enforcing codes.<br /><br />ClintAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-64871577714444955062012-05-01T12:09:22.017-05:002012-05-01T12:09:22.017-05:00Pat,
Issue in KCMO do impact us!
Raytown gets a ...Pat,<br /><br />Issue in KCMO do impact us!<br /><br />Raytown gets a great amount of its water from KCMO along with sewer services.<br /><br />Sly James has not done anything to address the aging water and sewer lines of KCMO, and so we too are impacted.<br /><br />Sly James belives he has the leadership skills to run the KCMO school district, and we are already feeling the impact from that failed district.<br /><br />How can someone who appears to have failed as a father lead the schools.<br /><br />How can someone who is dealing with distractions from their kids bad behaviors going to bring the attention and corrections to the failing water and sewer lines.<br /><br />As the distractions continue and failure to address issues in KCMO by Sly James for things like crime, we will see an increase in crime in our city.<br /><br />I hope you now understand that we need to worry about what the mayor of KCMO is doing to make sure it doesn't create additional issues for us in Raytown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-8157546992682163162012-05-01T07:57:30.806-05:002012-05-01T07:57:30.806-05:00Try to grasp this idea. The James
incident...Kansa...Try to grasp this idea. The James<br />incident...Kansas City! Who cares!<br />Raytown has problems we should be<br />concentrating on. Our streets are in<br />bad shape. Our tax income is low.<br />Anonymous 1:37, the special tax for<br />our police was called a "Safety Tax."<br />None of which was supposed to go in<br />the general fund. It was sold to us<br />as a help for the police to hire more<br />patrolmen and some new equipment.<br />Sadly a lot of that tax went to the<br />general fund, we were lied to.<br />Our street overlay tax was supposed<br />to be used on our streets. A lot of<br />that money went toward Wal-Marts parking<br />lot and the street in front of the big <br />box. We were lied to...again.<br />The only way any of this can be dealt<br />with is a big change every four years<br />until someone is elected that will<br />work for the people.<br />If your city officials aren't working<br />for you and this city, they need to <br />be gone.<br />It is apparent that most of them are working<br />for big businesses. Tax breaks, tax give always<br />and even loaning taxpayer money to big companies<br />to build here.Pat Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753840266376084738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-56175044087100989562012-05-01T00:04:25.545-05:002012-05-01T00:04:25.545-05:00Who cares about Kyle James? Has anyone ever seen h...Who cares about Kyle James? Has anyone ever seen him in Raytown. Lets keep it that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-25124522467540597942012-04-30T23:46:48.283-05:002012-04-30T23:46:48.283-05:00Disrespect is what people with cell phones are who...Disrespect is what people with cell phones are who think it is okay to text 24/7.<br /><br />You know the ones that are in the room with others and text each other.<br /><br />You know the ones that think they have to text will driving, cooking, or talking to some else.<br /><br />Give it a break and grow up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-27177155865144587072012-04-30T22:18:40.086-05:002012-04-30T22:18:40.086-05:00Come on... Our city doesn't address code viola...Come on... Our city doesn't address code violations and yet Mrs. Haywood wrote in the KC Star that the city was all on top of her sewer bill.<br /><br />Some how based on what I have seen with codes and other departments I am sure our city gave Mrs. Haywood many notices about her sewer bill.<br /><br />Good try Mrs. Haywood, but next time you best check with sources that know that city like the readers of this blog.<br /><br />I think Mrs. Haywood needs to explain to the rest of us just how far behind she was on her sewer bill that she got a shut off notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-41325756517102128682012-04-30T22:14:46.627-05:002012-04-30T22:14:46.627-05:00Jim Aziere addressing anything. OMG, I need some ...Jim Aziere addressing anything. OMG, I need some of whatever you are using Andy.<br /><br />Where in Ward 2 two have Jim and you been as I seen many viloations and like everything else Jim has a hand in nothing ever gets done.<br /><br />The only members of the Board of Alderman who actively work to cleanup our city are the might four form the South side of the our city: Ertz, Mock, VanBuskirt, and Lightfoot.<br /><br />If the rest of the Alderman work even 10% as hard as the might four our city would be in great shape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com