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Fireworks Reminder / Raytown Report History
Reminder: Fireworks Vote This Tuesday The Raytown Board of Aldermen will decide the fate of legislation permitting the sale and shooting of fireworks in Raytown at its regulare meeting this Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at Raytown City Hall. This is an open public meeting. Individuals who may wish to address the Board on the proposed legislation may address the Board of Aldermen at the beginning of the meeting during Public Comments. The Raytown Report – A History In 1997 former Raytown Alderman Garth Bare and I started a project we called the Raytown Reporter. I had just been defeated in a bid for re-election to the Board (I had lost by three votes – believe me, that sets your mind to second guessing “what if”. . . but that’s another story) but still wanted to keep in touch with what was going on Raytown City Hall. So we founded the Raytown Reporter. It was truly a labor love. The format was that of an electronic newspaper. We wrote stories, editorials, had a lively Letters to the Editor ...
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What do you see from an "out of towner" first impression of Raytown when they arrive?? I will tell you what they see, Blight! A run down town with no leadership direction.
Abandoned buildings, trash, weeds in the medians, homes in dis repair, horrible streets, crime and murders. This show the lack of experience we have in the City hall leadership. Most of the heads of the departments don't live in Raytown, they are just here to draw a paycheck. We have no Codes department. Public works is seldom seen out doing preventative maintenance or maintenance in general. The police are overwhelmed with all the crime that is going on. We need a chief of police with more drive and to ride along with his men and women to see first hand how bad it is. The mayor we have now is just wasting money on a frivolous law suit on a new alderman and costing the city in excess of 145K which would patch a lot of streets. We need a new mayor.
As an out of towner, Raytown has nothing to offer. Not like Lee's Summit that is refreshing their town and down town.
I would take one look and continue to pass through Raytown as a city that needs A LOT of help!
It sure would fit into this whole safety and speed humps conversation.
Their focus is on making sure the mayor's friends are on city boards and committees..
This is why the mayor is doing everything possibly can to return Ryan Myers to the board of alderman.
Don't forget the mayor broke the law. When it came to removing olderman, thomas, all in an effort too appoint his good friend.
When is the city going to take action against the mayor!
"Speed Bumps" were installed by the Raytown Park Board on the section of Lane Street that runs through Colman Park.
Park Board Director Dave Turner had three rows of the Speed Bumps
installed the length of Lane Street which runs the entire length of Colman Park.
The response of the reckless drivers was to move their reckless driving and "side show" activities to Hunter Street and adjoining cul-de-sacs.
City Administrator Diane Egger had one row of "speed humps" placed on Hunter Street near 59th Street to curtail the reckless driving /side show activity on Hunter Street.
Homeowners on Hunter Street have reported the speed humps have been very effective in slowing down traffic and eliminating side shows on cul-de-sacs..
It is important to note that Hunter Street receives its traffic flow from 63rd Street to 59th Street from a total of seven streets before it reaches 59th Street. That section of Hunter Street is one-quarter of a mile in length.
Hunter is also used by drivers to avoid the 63rd Street/Blue Ridge Cutoff intersection during heavy traffic times.
I couldn't agree more, except for the public works stuff. I can't go anywhere without running into some construction work, or at least the aftermath. The rest of it seems spot on. Some of the same things I've heard or watched at aldermen's meetings have been brought up repeatedly, in some cases for years. For at least a couple of years the subject of unlicensed vehicles, or expired plates are regularly brought up in the public comments at aldermen''s meetings. I don't see much improvement. Anywhere I go, I see more expired tags than police cars. I think that shows a lot. To go with that, the codes department seems unable to keep up. It's been my experience, that without prompting from citizens, code violations are often ignored. Maybe this is the place to mention that I was just at the city's webpage, and it appears that the "report a code violation" form has become a little harder to find. No longer can a person ask to be contacted about the reported issue. Maybe there's a reason for that, but my opinion is that Raytown has better things to do than to re-design the webpage, or change the wording and accesability of an on-line form. Does someone at city hall think that a new webpage design is going to benefit the people who live here? Were there a lot of complaints about the previous design? And what about litter pickup? Not a peep from anyone at city hall. The "go to" response from that is "we don't have the money." Maybe if we didn't have to hire legal help for our mayor... Yes, blight is an appropriate word. What the blight reflects is disinterest and apathy. I believe there are exceptions, but the current environment doesn't appear to be generating much enthusiasm. I've heard "that won't work," enough.
Raytown isn't about the citizens.
However let some non-resident business owners come to town and the mayor will give away everything.