tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post9157963832731267663..comments2024-03-27T13:12:00.821-05:00Comments on RAYTOWN REPORT: The Salamander Returns!Greg Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133276387013984873noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-80719645638675314902009-09-14T11:52:56.186-05:002009-09-14T11:52:56.186-05:00The frateral order of police (aka the Raytown Poli...The frateral order of police (aka the Raytown Police Department) will decide who THEY want as Chief. Not the voters. Would'nt want to upset the high (paid) and mighty. Have the Police Deparment hired a Crime Analyst yet? I bet one of lynch's drinking buddies needs a seat to warm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-86870381854861021602009-09-10T10:45:05.713-05:002009-09-10T10:45:05.713-05:00Pat, Well, how do you feel about the government T...Pat, Well, how do you feel about the government TELLING you you must buy health insurance?<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAndy Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663722316994895141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-1522434704498002942009-09-10T07:08:30.785-05:002009-09-10T07:08:30.785-05:00I really can't believe what I am about to writ...I really can't believe what I am about to write.<br />But, here goes. I agree with the Board of Aldermen.<br />I am and will always be against anyone taking away<br />the right to freedom. Until smoking and tobacco become<br />illegal nation wide, I find it offensive for anybody to tell people<br />what they can and can't do, as far as smoking goes.<br />I also found it offensive for a city to tell a business owner<br />who can and can't come into their business. <br />If you are over the age of twenty-one you should have<br />the ability to turn your......self around and leave a business<br />if you don't like smoke, or for any other reason you choose. <br />You shouldn't have to rely on some elected official to tell<br />you what to do. Besides in this town our elected officials<br />haven't exactly been a shining example of how to do the right<br />thing very often.<br />Now having said I agree with the board I need to get the nasty taste<br />out of my mouth, and no it's not from smoking, I quit ten years ago.Pat Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753840266376084738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-24518808181404886392009-09-09T22:49:58.286-05:002009-09-09T22:49:58.286-05:008:14PM, I once said that some people were so smar...8:14PM, I once said that some people were so smart that they were idiots. I friend pointed out that they were intellectual idiots.<br /><br />Actually I couldn't understand the need to waste my time and money to get that piece of paper that says "degree." Really disappointed my mother, but other than making her happy, what purpose would it serve?<br /><br />My father said that he was a college graduate. He graduated from the College of Hard Knocks.<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAndy Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663722316994895141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-39141940659422528822009-09-09T20:14:09.766-05:002009-09-09T20:14:09.766-05:00Hot boxes in the alternative school in Raytown? Y...Hot boxes in the alternative school in Raytown? You bet, and I help build them!<br /><br />I see the waste every day in the schools by the head administrators at 6608 Raytown rd. They may have a paper that says "degree" but they don't have a "lick" of common sense.<br /><br />I also see the great Raytown school district purchase of the "old sewing machine shop" still sitting there and adding to the vacant buildings in Raytown. Now the district doesn't have the money to tear it down plus pay for the hazardous building materials to haul off!<br /><br />A school district employee.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-82061647536112583162009-09-09T20:14:07.771-05:002009-09-09T20:14:07.771-05:0011:58 AM, How do you know the Police don't dri...11:58 AM, How do you know the Police don't drive down your street? Do you stand there 24/7 watching for them? <br /><br />I don't see Police cars unless I happen to be looking out the window or am outside. Since the sun has shifted, I have adjusted my blinds and can't see out the window, so, like you, I never see a Police car drive down my street. Since they are doing their job, they are somewhere else. If they drove by your house several times a day, you would say they are wasting time. What is important is they respond promptly when called.<br /><br />5:53PM, It was stated at the BOA meeting that by survey 60% of the citizens wanted Raytown to be nonsmoking. Obviously the wishes of the people on a $20,000 survey don't mean anything. Why did the city waste money on a survey if no action is taken?<br /><br />What we really need is for 60% of the voters to remain angry enough when the next election comes up in less than 2 years to vote these bureaucrats out of office. But by election time, no one will remember this or the mill levy increase (which is not a tax increase) and everything will remain the same. Anyway, people in Apathytown don't vote.<br /><br />Someone needs to keep a list of issues along with hoe each Alderperson voted and publish it when election time comes around so those with memory loss will have their minds refreshed.<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAndy Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663722316994895141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-43397830459583043432009-09-09T18:38:34.723-05:002009-09-09T18:38:34.723-05:00It should be no surprise that big tobacco rule in ...It should be no surprise that big tobacco rule in Raytown. These elected officials couldn’t and wouldn’t do the right thing even if they were dying from lung cancer as a result of smoking or second hand smoke.<br /><br />Watch out the next thing they will do is help former Alderman John Wiley of the River Church bring a halfway home to the old Park Lane Hospital. Boy, that will be great just a short walk for them to visit our city. I am sure that will not have any additional negative impact on our property values. I bet the good old folks that complain about section eight housing will singing a new tune then. <br /><br />It is time citizens of Raytown wake up and address the things that are driving our property values down for if we don’t our elected officials we keep taking advantage of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-53360807372686873192009-09-09T17:53:29.542-05:002009-09-09T17:53:29.542-05:00Well I see where 7 members of the Board of Alderme...Well I see where 7 members of the Board of Aldermen have sold themselves to the tobacco and bar interest. They refuse to do what every other civilized, rational city has done, pass regulations on second hand smoke. What a bunch of losers these aldermen are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-65860908752564174112009-09-09T13:10:28.894-05:002009-09-09T13:10:28.894-05:00You will never get department heads to live
In Ray...You will never get department heads to live<br />In Raytown..............taxes are too high.<br />Sales tax, personal property tax, school taxes and<br />real estate taxes. Not to mention "Safety tax," <br />"street repair tax" which I might add we see very<br />little of. <br />Up until now every City Administrator Raytown has had in the last twelve years has cost the taxpayers millions of dollars.<br />They do this then leave for greener pastures.<br />Who do we have to thank for all of this spending?<br />The same people that are still spending!<br />We pay more in taxes and get less than ever before in <br />the history of Raytown. City hall says we are in line with<br />other cities this size. Wrong! Other cities taxpayers get <br />Services, children get an education without fake grass.<br />They have streets that don't need monuments and don't jar your teeth out. Bridges that are safe to cross.<br />In other words they have people that do their jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-79063774308959982122009-09-09T12:12:19.240-05:002009-09-09T12:12:19.240-05:00Anon 6:03 you make good points that so many kids a...Anon 6:03 you make good points that so many kids are not receiving the education that we the taxpayers are paying for. We could have used you at the school board meeting last Monday night. Not that it would have changed their minds. You have to first be a self-thinker and us ones mind first. Have you seen the MAPs test results? Raytown school district residence should be asking the school district for a refund MAPs prove it as well as the statements you has made. These people are an embarrassment to all of us for the way they are teaching children. Have you seen the hot boxes they put kids in? I thought that was outlawed years ago. <br /><br />By the way, I would think if you want you children to be well rounded you would have them listen to the President. I am not taking a position that you would agree with the President, but how can you or others teach respect if you the parents don’t set the right example. I might always agree with in of our Presidents, but I respect them enough to listen to what they say and find the parts that I do agree with.<br /><br />As for your point on section 8, seem the police and the public safety tax took us. If those living in the section 8 housing are breaking the law then those in law enforcement should address the issue. If they don’t have what it takes to do the job like their chair warmer of a boss, who Lynched the old into voting in his tax. Then I am sure we can find some willing to do the job with the amount of unemployed people we have right now in this nation. Maybe you need to ask the police why they are complaining about something they should be fixing. Just a thought. While you are at it could you please find out why they will not address the issue with those at Kenagy, which they too know about? As well as the items being smoked by the teens. I am not surprised we have a bunch of scared cops as I have lost count the number of traffic stops I have seen with two or three police cars to check out little old ladies. Please give us some real officers and stop picking on grandma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-31844377921508727562009-09-09T11:58:17.904-05:002009-09-09T11:58:17.904-05:00I have been doing some thinking abut the issue wit...I have been doing some thinking abut the issue with department heads not living in Raytown and wonder if it is not the lack of service from the police department. I mean I saw them out big and bad driving through neighborhoods back before the April election. However, I have not seen them drive down my street in months. Maybe I need to go out and remind all the seniors in my neighborhood how the nice officers told them service would be impacted if the sales tax didn’t pass. It seems that even though it passed we have even less service. Who better then a department head to know that the police are not providing the type of service that they could be? <br /><br />I still think the best answer is to remove all of the department heads except the city administrator have those reporting to the department heads report directly to the city administrator. Cut the city administrators salary by 50% if he moves in the city otherwise cut it by 60%. <br /><br />This will send the message to move into our city so you can at least act as if you understand the issue we the citizens are facing. We also will save a lot of money but cutting these high paying positions that with Wal-Mart we just can not afford at this time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-66415835909405035462009-09-09T10:33:26.207-05:002009-09-09T10:33:26.207-05:006:20 PM, Hopefully the Chamber will not have the W...6:20 PM, Hopefully the Chamber will not have the Weekend of Hell as well other nuisances they cause if they aren't going to have fundraisers. Why don't they assess their members for money like the Dysfundtional School District rips of everyone?<br /><br />Andy WhitemanAndy Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663722316994895141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-35998318276829743662009-09-09T08:48:32.268-05:002009-09-09T08:48:32.268-05:00Anonymous 7:55
As has been stated many times, this...Anonymous 7:55<br />As has been stated many times, this is<br />"taxation without representation."<br />Our city and school officials don't know the meaning of<br />cutting back on spending.<br />These people only know one thing, it's not service to the<br />public, it's not serving our students, it's how to spend<br />your hard earned money on worthless property, <br />artificial turf and monuments to themselves. <br />VOTE THEM OUT!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-25466857381469107642009-09-09T07:55:11.367-05:002009-09-09T07:55:11.367-05:00I need some help here, how can the city and the sc...I need some help here, how can the city and the school district raise my taxes by 30% without a vote of the people? Why does the county bother reassessing my property if they are just going to raise my rate to keep getting the same amount. I read in the last issue of the post where the city's finance director stated "people need to realize that they are not going to pay more in taxes" I do not know what he is smoking but, when I am paying the same amount of taxes on a 160,000.00 home as someone used to pay on a 200,000.00 that is an increase. I have looked at the tax estimate the county sent out, and out of seven line items only the city and the school district raised their levies. This cannot be legal....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-60327252270297894322009-09-08T19:30:42.134-05:002009-09-08T19:30:42.134-05:00Mary Jane has done more for our city then Bower co...Mary Jane has done more for our city then Bower could ever hope to accomplish. Maybe if he would drive around our city instead of just pass through he could see the eyesores the rest of us complain about. Raytown would be a better place with Mary Jane leading us then a male version of Sue Frank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-37103175750280659062009-09-08T18:28:33.145-05:002009-09-08T18:28:33.145-05:00If some of the rest of you "good citizens&quo...If some of the rest of you "good citizens" were as concerned about cleaning up our city as Mary VanBuskirk then it might be a better place to live. I understand that she has picked up hundreds of illegal signs promoting questionable out of town services and businesses. Thank you Mrs. VanBuskirk for caring, because it seems like Beth Linn and Mayor Bower sure don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-71919618188513562212009-09-08T18:20:50.862-05:002009-09-08T18:20:50.862-05:00I heard that the Chamber made so much money sellin...I heard that the Chamber made so much money selling fireworks that they won't have to have another fundraiser for a couple of years. So I'm sure there won't be any parade. Vicki must be doing one heck of a job. I often wonder what they really do at that chamber office on a day to day basis. Does anyone really know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-19535616589056198432009-09-08T18:03:14.032-05:002009-09-08T18:03:14.032-05:00my youngest son son is on the honor roll and my ol...my youngest son son is on the honor roll and my oldest is a freshman and political science major (but thanks for your concern)i prefer a uh-60 blackhawk with a fast rope vs a black little bird...i am not a race hater..i do however think that the section eight properties in this city are full of trouble(that is info from the cop on the beat)..i didnt make that up...i also live in raytown and im sure the good citizens of southern missouri would like a little more explanation in your thought process.<br />Ar you saying that all southern missouri residents are rednecks and conspircy nuts? or are they just so dumb that they will be thanking god that you and obama will take care of them ..that is of course if they give up their guns....Its funny my son says most of the kids he goes to class with still dont know the difference between congress and the senate,most have no clue why the UN was established or even what NATO stands for. The one that gets me the most is not one person he has met so far(students)knows who is third in line if obama and biden where to be lost or killed..they do all now where the kegger is next friday...i wonder if your kids are in that group?...but hey as long as they voted left you are ok...right...i will enjoy next couple years next election somebody from the right will get in and then it will be screwed up more...dont you see it will never be right because there is nothing to win...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-2009993103963326792009-09-08T16:42:39.944-05:002009-09-08T16:42:39.944-05:00Ron Paul really made a showing…NOT! I do wonder w...Ron Paul really made a showing…NOT! I do wonder what he would think of you blind sighted mentality. Let me guess you are one of the race haters that complains about those in section 8 housing. Yet, more then likely child is flunking out of school because you and your child are spending too much time in Southern MO watching for black helicopters. May GOD help you for your childish thinking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-13055575859537601622009-09-08T15:31:21.469-05:002009-09-08T15:31:21.469-05:00maybe because they are guilty of crimes...but i gu...maybe because they are guilty of crimes...but i guess its mom and dads fault for not giving enough hugs...im not sure what the great war between the states means....and just what do you think the left would say if george w wanted to speak to the kids...dont spew your race hater venom when jessie and al make so much of your money keeping it alive...remember obama said judge me by the people i surround myself with...its nice that he cowered away from the van jones problem a self described communist and a 911 truther..i kept my son home today...i dont need obama preaching to my son, i can do that myself. If i want my son to get a pep talk about school,honor,country first i will look up some of the greatist generation they struggled and gave more than any other generation.<br />and really if you cant pray in school you cant have politics in school...have you seen the latest bill coming from the house if you dont get health care coverage you will be fined $3800.00 and moved to the govt plan....and how soon you forget in 1991 dems launched investigation into George H Busch school speech........what do you think is really wrong with this country i got news for you...everyone should look in the mirror.ron paul fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-78278390109937349842009-09-08T14:16:33.042-05:002009-09-08T14:16:33.042-05:00What is wrong with Obama trying to encourage kids ...What is wrong with Obama trying to encourage kids to stay in school? Let remember the South lost the Great War between the states and it is time to realize all humans are equal. So don’t claim you don’t want to hear the President for some lame reason and be honest we still have a lot of race haters in this country, which is the true reason you don’t want you kids to hear his message. Please pinch yourself, craw out of your cave and accept this in 2009.<br /><br />The true issue we need to look at in conduction with today’s message from the President is “Stay In School”. If more parents would get out of the easy chair, turn off the TV and spend sometime helping their kids understand their schoolwork and the importance of it we would have a stronger nation. At this point in time individuals what the sex, but not the responsibility that it might lead to. People seem to think that food and shelter are the only two thing kids need, which is the furthest thing from the truth and harmful to all of us. Just look at our prisons and find out the real reason the people are there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-79430792996870113962009-09-08T14:00:25.887-05:002009-09-08T14:00:25.887-05:00Bravo Sandy, I also supported you, and your words ...Bravo Sandy, I also supported you, and your words posted on this blog could never be truer.<br /><br />Some people when elected need to keep their spouses out of government business, you can see the mess that KC is going through with Funks wife. <br /><br />Her opinion like your's Mary Jane, doesn't matter in the scheme of things and sooner or later they will refer to you as the crazy alderman's wife in ward 4.<br /><br />I sign this as Anonymous, being I live in ward 4 and fear retaliation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-2369496655142722382009-09-08T12:33:32.977-05:002009-09-08T12:33:32.977-05:00Justin,
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you...Justin,<br />I'm afraid I have to disagree with you to a point.<br />"Immigrant" workers don't do the jobs we won't do.<br />They do the jobs we won't do for minimum wages.<br />Most of the time with low wages by these people comes<br />inferior workmanship. But, what the heck the contractor<br />saved ten bucks an hour by hiring these workers.<br />However it fits with the way we Americans think anymore.<br />We will hop in our Toyota's, Nissan's and Kia's and <br />go into the big box store and buy nothing made in <br />the USA. We brought all this on ourselves. While we are<br />buying cheap labor, cars and other products, our jobs, our<br />neighbor's jobs and our small family owned stores and shops<br />are going away.Pat Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753840266376084738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-8178608226770574812009-09-08T12:22:32.721-05:002009-09-08T12:22:32.721-05:00My last visit to the local Wal-Mart was in 1994. ...My last visit to the local Wal-Mart was in 1994. I don't intend to shop at the new one either. Apple Market continues to get my grocery business. They have everything I need and it is quick and easy to get in and out. Otherwise, I visit Target in Lee's Summit. All Americans should read "The Wal-Mart Effect" by Charles Fishman and then decide if they really want to shop at that store. We must watch out for each other and support each other. <br /><br />PS Wish we had a Costco though - hope that's not a bad thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3767127531333372490.post-50060115169415495642009-09-08T12:00:23.210-05:002009-09-08T12:00:23.210-05:00maybe they were short hours during the week and we...maybe they were short hours during the week and were making them up so that they can get the 40 work week and feed thier families and pay bills.<br /><br />and most migrant workers are going to vote dummy-crat because obama/pelosi/reid promised them health care...grow up obamas on preaching to the kids...who do ya thinknoreply@blogger.com