𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 | "𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬" 𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬?

My notebook was packed and my schedule was cleared to attend the County Commission’s 2:30 PM public work session on the Homestead Act. Like many of you, I wanted real answers on why the implementation of this vital property tax relief is stalling and what needs to happen to get it into the hands of our taxpayers.

Instead, the meeting was cancelled late last week.

According to Presiding Commissioner Scott Fricker, the public session was called off because significant progress is being made behind the scenes.

While I sincerely hope this means the administration is finally cutting through the bureaucratic red tape to deliver relief to our hard-working citizens, it would have been nice to still hold the meeting and bring the public attending up to date on the progress of implementing the Homestead Act. 

As a private-sector business owner, I know that if a critical project is facing delays, you don't cancel the status meeting with your stakeholders. You double down on transparency, lay out the bottlenecks, and show your work in the bright light of day. Our citizens—especially the seniors who packed the Platte City library town hall recently out of fear of being taxed out of their homes—deserve absolute clarity.

If there is a real, functional plan to implement this relief, it should be mapped out in the open for every taxpayer to see.

I intend to reach out directly to the County Administrator to get the concrete facts on what this "progress" actually looks like and what the definitive timeline is. I will find out the truth and report it straight back to you.

When I am your County Clerk, the doors will stay open, the schedules will remain clear, and the taxpayer will always have a seat at the table.

#WojoForClerk #PlatteCounty #TransparencyInGovernment #TaxpayerFirst #BoringEfficiency

𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 | 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬

The Platte County Assessor is conducting several town halls to educate property owners on the looming 2027 property reassessments. Overall, these sessions are informative, even though the Q&A periods are quite restricted. This past week, the town hall at the Platte City Mid-Continent Public Library hosted an overflow crowd—mostly made up of senior citizens deeply concerned about losing their homes to skyrocketing property taxes.

Because this issue impacts every corner of our county, I highly encourage residents to attend the upcoming sessions, which all begin at 6:00 PM:

• July 15 – Green Hills Branch (MCPL)
• August 18 – Dearborn Branch (MCPL)
• August 19 – Parkville Branch (MCPL)

I am actively researching this entire issue to determine exactly what the County Clerk's office can do to curb rising property taxes and protect our residents.

While Missouri statutes restrict a County Clerk from directly cutting tax rates, the Clerk is responsible for managing a fair, accessible, and transparent Board of Equalization (BOE) appeals process. Furthermore, I believe the local implementation of senior tax relief is being made overly complicated. I am on a thorough fact-finding mission regarding how these complex state frameworks—from the original SB 190 senior freeze to the newer ballot measures mandated by Senate Bill 3—are being handled locally. I will testify to my findings at every opportunity, as well as publish them here and on my Platte Valley Politics blog.

To that end, I will be attending the Monday, June 22nd County Commission work session regarding the implementation of these property tax relief measures. I know Commissioner Fricker is pushing hard to get relief implemented for 2026. While the involved elected offices state vehemently that they are trying to implement it this year, their actions to date suggest otherwise.

Perhaps there are legitimate technical reasons for the delay, and perhaps not. I intend to find out and report the unvarnished truth back to you, the taxpayer.

Our campaign runs lean, smart, and efficient. Every dollar you invest acts as a levee wall against big-budget bureaucracy and helps us bring business logic to Platte County. If you want to help us keep our message strong, visible, and independent of political games, consider investing in our team today:

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𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 | 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

I look at things a bit differently than the average citizen. Ever since the 7th grade, I’ve had a habit of taking standard topics, writing off-the-wall narratives about them, and winning awards for doing so. That isn't a "pat me on the back" boast—it’s just how my mind works. I look at a situation and naturally take a completely different tack than everyone else looking at the exact same problem.

Knowing that, believe me when I say I look at the County Clerk’s office through entirely different eyes.

I have no intention of conforming to traditional "government structure." Instead, I am focused on putting a keen, private-sector eye on how to better serve my fellow, hard-working, taxpaying Platte County citizens—no matter your political party affiliation or ideology. Sure, we will disagree from time to time, but such is life. We can be civil. We can find common ground. And if we cannot, you are entirely entitled to your opinion. That is exactly what living in a FREE SOCIETY is all about!

Elect me as your next Platte County Clerk, and let me work to put policies and a culture in place that transform not just the Clerk’s office, but influence other elected officials to look at their operations in a completely new light.

Let’s get along and cooperate rather than operating as independent silos in a constant competition for power and authority. Our jobs should be about serving the citizens and taxpayers, not expanding bureaucratic empires using your hard-earned taxpayer dollars.

#WojoForClerk #PlatteCounty #WisdomWednesday #TransparencyInGovernment #BoringEfficiency #TaxpayerFirst #FreeSociety

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

A foundational rule of engineering is that you cannot fix a structural flaw if the schematics are hidden from view. The same is true in public service. Complete transparency is the only way taxpayers can truly trust their government.

Recent reports and photographs circulating in the media have pulled back the curtain on local campaign coordination. Seeing self-described "independent" candidates caucusing across the county line with partisan political operatives raises serious, legitimate questions for Platte County voters.

When candidates run under the banner of independence, voters expect genuine separation, not coordinated strategies designed to blur the lines on the November ballot.

This is exactly why our campaign is built on absolute transparency. A County Clerk's office is the keeper of public records, the administrator of the Board of Equalization, and the line of defense for the taxpayer's dollar. That role requires a leader who operates strictly by the book, respects statutory boundaries, and does not engage in backroom political theater. The current Clerk’s office is constantly getting attention for questionable ethics in dealing with public documents and records requests. This must end. The public deserves a Clerk who fulfills Sunshine Law requests transparently, promptly, and without weaponizing bureaucratic roadblocks to hide public data.

Platte County families and senior citizens deserve a Clerk who says the same thing in private as they do in public—someone focused entirely on lean operations, boring efficiency, and holding the line against bureaucratic bloat.

We are running a transparent, grassroots, taxpayer-first campaign, and we rely entirely on open support from neighbors like you to cross the finish line. If you want to help us keep our message strong, visible, and independent of political games, consider investing in our team today:

• $75 secures a 4'x8' Highway Sign for high-traffic routes.
• $390 funds 50 Yard Signs for our volunteers. (Or $300 if adjusting for bulk math)
• $610 sends a targeted mailing to 500 high-turnout households.

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𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 | 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

In my 32 years as a professional engineer, I learned a fundamental truth: if a structure’s foundation is out of alignment with the blueprint, the entire building is compromised. The exact same rule applies to county government.

Lately, there has been a lot of campaign rhetoric, online video reels, and speeches circulating about the role of the County Clerk. Some candidates are using public platforms to discuss issues that have absolutely nothing to do with the actual, legal duties of the Clerk's office. Others are rewriting local history, framing the basic, mandatory requirements of state law as if they were personal achievements.

Let’s look at the actual blueprint—the Missouri Revised Statutes.

Take the Board of Equalization (BOE), which processes your property assessment appeals. By state law, the County Clerk is the mandatory, automatic Secretary of this board. It is a strict statutory obligation designed to ensure an independent check and balance for the taxpayer.

Yet, in recent years, a previous administration allowed the structural integrity of this process to fail by letting the Assessor’s office take over the operations of the BOE. When the current administration finally returned those duties to the Clerk's office, it wasn't a case of a politician stepping in as a "taxpayer protector" or creating an innovative new partnership. It was simply fixing a past failure and finally following the law.

Conflating basic statutory compliance with political achievement is exactly why voters lose trust in local government.

The County Clerk's office is not a platform for political rhetoric, nor is it a place for administrative guesswork. It is a serious, administrative engine that requires a leader who respects the strict legal boundaries of the office, understands the data, and ensures the county operates strictly by the book from day one.

When you hear our team out on the campaign trail this week, you won't hear empty political theater or bureaucratic excuses. You will get a professional engineer's commitment to transparency, accuracy, and absolute compliance with the law.

Let's bring business logic back to the Platte County courthouse.

#WojoForClerk #PlatteCounty #WisdomWednesday #StructuralIntegrity #TaxpayerFirst #ByTheBook #BoringEfficiency

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𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨 | 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐬. 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬

Happy Monday, Platte County! We are kicking off another busy week, and with the August primary drawing closer, the operational differences between the campaigns in this race are becoming incredibly clear.

This past week, Team Wojo was out in full force across the community. After a week of knocking on doors, Saturday morning we enjoyed visiting with citizens and vendors at the Parkville Farmers Market, taking in the incredible homegrown produce and unique crafts created right here by local Platte County farmers and artisans.

On Saturday afternoon, we headed over to support the "Know Norm Run" Poker Run fundraiser benefiting Northland kids. While only one member of our crew actually rode a motorcycle, the rest of Team Wojo had a fantastic time catching up with my friends Jim Eaton and the boys, enjoying the live music of Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders, and mingling with a wonderful crowd of charitable patriots.

Being out on the pavement and talking directly to taxpayers keeps our campaign entirely focused on the real world—not courthouse politics.

Lately, we’ve heard a lot of vague campaign rhetoric about "modernizing processes" and "bringing efficiency" to the County Clerk’s office. But when you look beneath the surface, the only concrete solution being offered by the competition is changing the office hours to close at 5:00 PM instead of the current 4:00 PM.

Don't get me wrong—taxpayer accessibility matters. But let’s look at the actual business math.

Adding an hour to the end of the day doesn't really help "working families" if those exact families are also working until 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. If a candidate were truly focused on modern customer service, they would be asking why we aren’t exploring a 6:00 PM closing time, or adjusting for select Saturday morning hours once or twice a month.

As a professional engineer who ran a business for 32 years, I know that true efficiency doesn't just mean making staff sit at a desk longer to process forms. True modernization means using secure, updated technology so that a busy working family can easily handle their interactions with county government online, without ever having to take time off work to drive down to the courthouse in the first place.

We don't need superficial, half-measure fixes. We need a Clerk who understands data, optimizes staffing, respects taxpayer dollars, and brings real business sense to county operations.

Our team is back at it this week, using data tools to map out our next geofenced neighborhoods to keep our ground game moving forward systematically. If you agree it’s time for a non-politician who delivers real blueprints instead of empty rhetoric, consider joining our team, putting a sign in your yard, or supporting us online.

Have a wonderful, safe, and productive week ahead!

#WojoForClerk #PlatteCounty #MondayMemo #BusinessSense #TaxpayerFirst #RealSolutions #BoringEfficiency #WorthHarleyDavidson #ParkvilleFarmersMarket #OutlawJimAndTheWhiskeyBenders #LiveLocalMusic

Another great factoid from our Campaign Leader Rachel Kautz - On this day, June 7th, 1776, Lee introduced a resolution on Independence! Keep looking for events that happened during 1776 as a flurry of them will come in July. These reminders will go all the way through December. Enjoy this year of our nation's 250th Birthday! Celebrate greatly and safely! Be thankful we are still in a free society due to the efforts of the Colonial men and women. They risked and lost their lives for the cause of Freedom! Let's honor them by keeping this Republic and our Freedom!