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Fire District Petition
Effort Gathering Steam
The Raytown Protection District has passed the half way mark
in its effort to petition the Missouri State Auditor to conduct an audit of the
City of Raytown.
The City and Fire District are in a dispute over the amount of
money paid by the Fire District to cover TIF obligations of the 350 Live TIF.
Most readers will recognize 350 Live as the TIF created (in part) to help finance
the Walmart store on 350 Highway.
Barb Schlapia, Vice President of the Raytown Fire
Protection Board of Directors, says anyone interested in signing the Audit
Petition can do so by stopping by Raytown Fire Station Number One located at 6020
Raytown Trafficway during regular business
hours.
RECOVERY OF CITY
RECORDS COULD BECOME COSTLY BY PAUL LIVIUS
Sources close to City Hall say the City has misplaced six
boxes of tax records regarding TIF projects in Raytown. A number of years back
the City of Raytown hired Williams and Campo Law Firm of Lee’s Summit to keep
track of all the records regarding the 350 Live TIF.
During the David Bower Administration It was determined by
city staff that the records could be kept just as well by City Hall. Six large
boxes of records pertinent to the TIF District were delivered to City Hall.
The problem faced by City Hall is that the records cannot
be found. The records are public documents and required be available to the
public. Sources close to City Hall say the city is considering hiring United
Missouri Bank to recover the records. United Missouri Bank handled the
financial transactions of the 350 Live TIF.
The cost to the city is set at $40 per hour. Banking
industry officials tell us the anticipated time needed to recover such a large
amount of documents could take up to three weeks.
The anticipated cost to the City of Raytown . . . . Close to
$5,000.00.
Six Candidates File for
Missouri House District 28
A large field of candidates has filed for the seat being
vacated by Representative Tom McDonald for the Missouri House of
Representatives – District 28. McDonald is term limited out from running for another
term of office. The 28th District includes 95% of the City of Raytown and the area between Raytown's northern city limits and Interstate 70.
Five of the candidates filed are running as Democrats. One
has filed as Republican. Following is a list of the candidates.
REPUBLICAN:
Bill Van Buskirk is the only candidate who has filed as a
Republican. He currently serves on the Raytown Board of Aldermen (Ward 4). He
also holds a seat on the Jackson County Republican Committee of Jackson County.
DEMOCRAT:
Jim Aziere is
currently serving on the Raytown Board of Aldermen (Ward 2). Aziere has run for
the seat twice before as Republican. He has switched parties to run as a
Democrat in this year’s race.
Josh Greene is
serving his first term on the Raytown Board of Alderman from Ward 1. This will
be his first attempt at running for a state office.
Jerome Barnes is
currently serving as a member of the Raytown School Board. This is his first
attempt running for a state office.
Pat Riehle is a
former Raytown Alderman (Ward 5). This is Riehle’s third attempt to run the
Missouri House of Representatives. He ran against the incumbent, Tom McDonald, in
2010 and 2012.
Diane Krizek is
the owner/publisher of the Raytown Brooking Eagle. This is her first attempt at
running for public office.
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Comments
Andy Whiteman
Where did you find the facts to back up your comment about Josh?; I'm sure we would all like to see that.
If you are correct on flip flopper doesn't that mean any of the current office holders any place in MO would be too that fix this shoe?
Will you be calling them out too?
You are correct only one choice now and that is Diane.
Others are either do nothings and only like to put their name on the ballot, but have done nothing to improve Raytown.
Diane gave us a true paper and cannot not be tied to any do nothing campaign
Tomorrow's the big day. Don't forget to vote NO on the Earnings Tax.
Speaking of him, now that he is county executive had he quit the T-Bones or is that the best place to call to find him.
1 down at city hall and many more that need to go either on their own for for not doing their job.
I don't know abut your list but mine
1.) City Administrator
2.) City Development and Public Affairs Department
3.) City Clerk
4.) Park Director
5.) Finance Director
6.) Director of EMS
Yes, that is only the start and if you don't understand why these need to go all you need to do is drive around Raytown and / or read this blog about the Wal-Mart TIF mess.
Boy and Girls that is just the starting point. We have a bunch of non-department heads that need to go as they cannot explain why they are here or what they need for them is.
impossible. This is a great opportunity to save money by not replacing her. The position was
created by Bower, she was his "snitch". After all, the City Administrator makes more than enough
to give out information as requested and he by no means is overworked.
April 5, 2016 at 6:49 AM
Also so glad to hear the info on the PI officer, a complete waste of money for a city close to going under.
Please do not replace her.
They have done nothing to address the issue with city administrator and failure to file reports with the state and the missing paperwork that was brought to light on this blog.
Clearly they have a justification to fire the city administrator and by not doing so they are part of the problem.
We have enough problems in this state without sending one of these three to Jefferson City to do nothing like they have in Raytown.
They most have over 12 cameras pointed at that parking lot and the police need someone to come forward.
I thought the best witness are cameras I mean when did they start to lie.
Maybe they don't work, but seems like something more to what happened at the PC.
You don't elect someone to something just to get them out of being an Alderman.
Do you really want to send that kind of message to the rest of the state that this is not only the type of people we have in Raytown, but this is the best thing we have to send?
Wait until he opens his mouth and flip flops on things like a state wide smoking ban that is right he was the Alderman who brought it up to end up voting against the ban for our city.
Wait until they find out he wants to turn all of the state back to 4th class cities, just has he has done at least 3 times to us.
Wait until they find out the condition of our schools and learn he is not only a former teacher, but still the swim coach.
NO Jim Aziere shouldn't hold any elected office.
Please tell me which of the above sounds like they have a lock on who is going to win a five way primary?
He changes is position at city hall like a teenage girl changes her clothes daily.
Clearly he is at the bottom of the pool.
Pun intended as he cannot swim, but is the swim coach