City Elections Set for Next April BY PAUL LIVIUS
We received the following message from one of our readers last week in which he wrote:
Anonymous said...
11-12 8:05 pm "This is supposed to be "The
Raytown Report" If I want to read opinions about different parts of the
country, I'll go to a facebook page. Keep this for Raytown only".
Our anonymous blogger is correct. These last couple of weeks we have allowed the commentary in the Raytown Report to focus on the Presidential Election. With the edition we will correct the course and bring the news issues back to Raytown issues.
Next April 6th the voters in Raytown will decide which of five members (fully one half of the Board) will represent them. The Municipal Judge will also be on the ballot.
The rumor mill at Raytown City Hall suggests three members of the Board will not be seeking re-election. Since it is just a rumor, we will wait for those individuals to publicly make their intentions known.
Whatever the case, we recognize the public should
know what is involved if any do have an interest in running for election. The
following information should answer some of those questions.
ALDERMAN FILING FEE: $25.00 or, file
by petition*
MUNICIPAL JUDGE FILING FEE: $35.00 or, file by petition*
*CANDIDATES FILING BY
PETITION ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY A FILING FEE.
Current salary/benefit package of the Board of Aldermen:
Base Salary $ 4800.00
Car Allowance $
600.00
Work Comp $ 11.00
FICA $ 413.00
TOTAL BENEFIT PACKAGE = $ 5,824.00 ANNUALLY
Current salary/benefit package of the Municipal Judge:
Work Comp $
77.00
FICA $
2,517.00
Phone Allowance $
480.00
TOTAL BENEFIT PACKAGE = $ 32,908.15 ANNUALLY
*BOARD MEMBERS AND THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY'S GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN.
Comments
Weird, I was under the impression the City had liability insurance for slip and falls. Since as you seem to know they don't, perhaps the city should look into that. Thanks for the information that the City is uninsured as is required for the businesses they regulate in the city. I guess it's another example of do what we say not do what we do.
Carpal tunnel
Back injuries from repetitive movement
Injury to the lungs for breathing toxic substances
*Slip and falls at work*
Injuries sustained in a car accident while driving for business
If your injury or illness is not work-related
If you sustain injuries in a car accident during your commute to and from work
You intentionally hurt yourself
So what task directly related to their job would they be doing where they sustain a massive injury? and why does the city need help to defray the 400 monthly aldermen make? because many aldermen don't show up sometimes and still get paid the full salary.
Oh c'mon. You know as well as I do that that isn't possible.
Instead, recruit what you feel to be a more -*qualified*- candidate next time around.
And make it stick.
Andy Whiteman
How do you get to $320,000 a year?
you said the judge makes $33,000 a year working one day a week.
Last time I checked there are 52 weeks in a year.
33,000 divided by 52 weeks is 634.62 a day.
634.62 times the number of work days (5) is 3,173.10 a week
3,173.10 a week times 52 weeks in a year is 165,001.20.
Now based on what layers bill per hour is 634.62 a day actually an underpayment.
The judge doesn't judge a full day. It's a couple hours a best. Lets give her 4 hours of credit (usually less than 2). well guess what number we get too.....
For example, the City of Portland, Oregon had the worst riots this past year. They lasted well over 100 days. When law enforcement began to use facial recognitioning to make arrests, most of the protestors started carrying umbrellas to protect their identity. There was a marked uptick in the number of journalists assaulted. For that matter, anyone taking a picture or filming with their cell phone.
Where did all those umbrellas come from? Many of them began carrying what looked like medieval weapons. Those shields, lances, clubs, etc. are not that easy to find at your local department store.
Portland is a relatively small city (smaller the Kansas City area). However, they are very near other large cities with millions of people. Many of them disenfranchised and ready to riot, loot and burn.
This scene was repeated all across America. It was not spontaneous. It was well financed and coordinated. If you want to see who is really behind the unrest and destruction, follow the money. Good luck and be prepared to be disappointed.
It was not always successful.
Kansas City had its days of unrest. The police in Kansas City, who were supplemented with suburban forces as well, did a good job of hold back those who had planned to turn the Country Club Plaza into a mass of rubble. For all the good work the police did in keeping the situation turn into mayhem, they have been vilified, resignations have been called for, and a fair amount of our historical landmarks were destroyed.
In other cities across America private citizens were assaulted, businesses and lives ruined. People were beaten, kicked, stabbed with knives, murdered, for the crime of not thinking the same as their attacker.
Read your history. This is not new. Read about the Spanish Civil War to see what anarchy and the response to it really looks like. For a real eye opener, read about the French Revolution. In both cases, history shows us there is not an enlightenment that follows. Often times the opposite happens. The new rulers decide they need to create order. They start to attack any institution that does not fit their plans.
Are we seeing the same play out today? The Supreme Court does not fit the left's view of how things should be. Reform it by packing it with additional judges so the majority becomes the minority. Our institutes of learning, our colleges, do not allow any speakers who are right of center to have a forum to express their views. This has already happened.
Turn a blind eye to crime and those who would prey on the weak in society. Defund the Police.
These changes do not happen spontaneously. It does not matter if comes from the left or the right. In popular American political culture, a well known character from our political past, Deep Throat, credited for bringing down Richard Nixon, said it best.
Follow the money.
You will find who is underwriting the attempt at revolution in the last election.