Tuesday, April 2, 2019



Raytown Mayor / City Council Unofficial Results

Contest: CITY OF RAYTOWN MAYOR, VOTE FOR 1


Candidate Name
      
Total
Votes      
  Percent
MICHAEL MCDONOUGH
2,316
59.64
TONY JACOB
1,549
39.89
WRITE IN
18
0.46


Candidate Name
          
Total
Votes      
Percent
JOE CREAMER
250
35.11
JOSH BENNETT
118
16.57
GREG WALTERS
296
41.57
QUENTIN J. BROWN
45
6.32
WRITE IN
3
0.42


Candidate Name
      Total
      Votes
     Percent
JIM AZIERE
        434
    50.00
LORETHA HAYDEN
        431
    49.65
WRITE-IN
           3
      0.35


Candidate Name
        
Total
Votes     
Percent
JANET EMERSON
436
65.07
JEREMY UTTERBACK
114
17.01
OTIS TAYLOR III
116
17.31
WRITE-IN 
    4
0.60


Candidate Name
        
Total
Votes
  Percent
BOB COCHRAN
400
45.51
MARY JANE VAN  BUSKIRK
475
54.04
WRITE-IN 
4
0.46


Candidate Name
            Total
            Votes    
Percent
DEREK A. WARD
              582
98.98
WRITE-IN
                  6
1.02


Candidate Name
                      
 Total    
 Votes     
Percent
KATHIE SCHUTTE
3,172
98.63
WRITE-IN
     44
1.37



                                                                                      
                 Total
Votes

YES
2,724

NO
1,065




10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like congratulations are in order, Mr. Walters!

And Mrs. VanBuskirk!!!!!! <3

What a tremendous relief. Very reassuring.

Common sense has prevailed.



Anonymous said...

How about let's all make a commitment today to support and engage with EVERY candidate that prevailed in yesterday's election. ???

I certainly didn't vote for the incumbent mayor and had valid reasons in my support of anyone other than that individual. But I challenged myself this morning to support him.

We can all continue to voice our opinions. But instead of continuously, vigorously working against some of these officeholders, why don't we find something to admire about each one of them and join with them to fix the MESS that this City is in?

I have no doubt that my plea will fall upon deaf ears over on those trash Facebook pages. Continual, malicious behavior benefits no one. It's doubtful that the majority of that handful of troublemakers are even capable of participating in solutions because they either refuse to familiarize themselves with the issues, OR, in a couple cases, are altogether incapable of doing so because they're simply so laser-focused on destroying other people.

We extend our sympathies to those people that, in childhood, felt neglected, disregarded or experienced abuse. But steadily attempting to exert a modicum of control online via continuous bullying and the blatant abuse of people that you've never even met will not resolve your issues. It becomes a feedback loop where birds of a feather continuously feed off of each other.

And you never really feel better afterwards, do you?

My congratulations. To everyone.

Derek Ward said...

Congratulations Greg. I look forward to working with you during the next four years.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Greg, I know the bulk of your energy and platform has been and was road repair, but I’d like to see actionable efforts to fund more police in the upcoming budget process. Please lead the way to take action to bring our police force to at least satisfactory staffing levels. Thank you

Anonymous said...

I heard rumors of this report and I asked Mike himself before voting and he told me it was all a lie. I wish I knew this before I voted, it would have changed my vote. How can a guy under investigation get a watch and full retirement and still communicate regularly with people and there is no punishment?!
It appears Raytown isn't alone in this but wow.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article228252299.html

Anonymous said...

8:34 AM, while I agree with most of your points, everyone we've elected to office needs to adhere to a more rigid code of conduct, which needs to be defined, agreed upon and stringently enforced. No more barnyard antics.

Can't say that we're all that happy about the Raytown Police expose in the KC Star today.

The behavior and cover ups need to stop. Now. We insist on higher standards.

Anonymous said...

"The behavior and cover ups need to stop. Now. We insist on higher standards."

Definitely agree. I have a feeling that a couple of the alderman that were recently elected are going to be this administration's worst nightmare. Big aspirations and high standards...from here on out.

Anonymous said...

I have heard several comment that the piece in the KC Star is old news and was already in the news years ago. Funny that everyone I have talked with doesn't recall hearing anything about until now.

I should mention that those who are upset about this becoming public information are the same ones that always defend the police, which really doesn't justify their position.

If they feel it is all old new and not that big of a deal maybe the new board of alderman needs to release the full report to the public.

I think that is the only way to bring an end to this or will like in the national political seen will we still have those that don't believe facts.

Anonymous said...

It wasn't released before, in fact the MO AG had to demand it's release after it was held up over a month.
Then, the Mayor, Susan and Brandy all said it was a fake document that didn't really say anything. Now all of a sudden it's old news? I wonder what else will trickle out when the audit gets released.
Will it show more cover-ups?

Anonymous said...

To not have the City/Mayor get in front of this story relating to what appeared to be an ongoing and accepted pattern of behavior in the Police department is once again shunning public trust and transparency. I personally spoke to a current Alderman and I fully trust that they had no idea of this particular situation. I understand some of this was sensitive and needed to be carefully maneuvered around, but to not have a carefully legally approved statement formulated to notify Raytown Citizens that this culture and behavior is not an acceptable standard once again does nothing to bridge the ongoing trust issue that is deeply seeded in Raytown. True leaders surface and face the firing squad when necessary. Others just resign!