Subject: Mike Sanders

• Jackson County Payroll

  August 1, 2007

• Stadium renovations laugh at recession

  By DAVID MARTIN Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders has proposed a budget that slices $4 million out of the general fund. But in these austere times, the county-supported renovations of Arrowhead and Kauffman stadiums are feeling no pain. The 0.375-percent sales tax that pays for the bulk of the stadium work is producing almost as much revenue as it did in 2007. The Jackson County Sports Complex Authority received a memo from its investment bank last week indicating that 2008 receipts from t

  November 19, 2008

• Stealing Time: I'll buy Chiefs tix, when Herm and King Carl get the ax

  There's a long waiting list for tickets for the Kansas City Chiefs' 2009 season. Except, the line starts as soon as Herm Edwards and Carl Peterson get the boot from One Arrowhead Drive. Beavis, a poster on the Chiefs Planet message board, shared his e-mail exchange with a Chiefs season ticket salesman. "I tell you what. Write my name down. As soon as Herm is fired and Carl resigns, I'll be the first in line to buy tickets," Beavis wrote.You won't be the first, the Chiefs sales guy wrote."I wil

  December 5, 2008

• Best Neighborhood Association

  October 7, 2004

• Jackson County ordinance regulating Erotic City ruled constitutional

  A "glory hole" from one of Erotic City's now-closed video booths.Yesterday, a Jackson County judge declared an ordinance regulating adult entertainment businesses -- namely Erotic City -- constitutional. The ordinance outlaws sex in video booths and forced Erotic City to shutter the booths, which were huge sources of revenue as well as meeting places for anonymous hookups. The ordinance came after Jesse Franklin Herd III was convicted of sexually abusing and prostituting his then-14-year-old ste

  March 25, 2009

• The Municipal Correctional Institution is falling apart, but shutting it down might be destructive

  March 5, 2009

• Carl Peterson’s love of grass might cost Kansas City the Big 12 Championship Game

  December 11, 2008

• Life of Kemper

  November 13, 2008

• Dirty Old Town

  Notes from Pitch.com

  November 6, 2008

• Like TIF, the city’s new light-rail plan stiffs the neediest parts of the city

  July 31, 2008

• The People vs. Erotic City

  Behind the glory holes, orgy rooms and sex booths is a board of directors that includes a felon, a preteen and others who think things aren't that bad.

  March 20, 2008

• Family Studies

  April 26, 2007

• Pick One!

  February 15, 2007

• Tossed Out

  Katheryn Shields' main environmental staffer wonders why Mike Sanders didn't recycle him.

  March 8, 2007

• The Truth About Tony

  The blogger behind Tonyskansascity.com has been secretly bashing his mom's political opponent.

  January 18, 2007

• More Deadly Silence

  October 12, 2006

• The Blight King

  August 17, 2006

• Double Trouble

  December 8, 2005

• It's Sandersman!

  November 10, 2005

• Beating the System

  Robert WitbolsFeugen has been biting Jackson County's hand for years; now it's feeding him.

  October 20, 2005

• Backwash

  We drag the river for stuff you didn't know you were missing.

  March 17, 2005

• Buzzkill!

  As auditors try to figure out how Jackson County spends its anti-drug money, perhaps an investigator should ask a kid..

  September 2, 2004

• Cuts Both Ways

  The deputy medical examiner gets probed.

  July 22, 2004

• Mike Sanders for mayor? Kraske says it's possible if there's a November election

  Mike Sanders is the man in the middle of this photo, and he also might be in the middle of the next mayoral race.Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders might run for mayor. Kansas City Star political reporter Steve Kraske has the dirt on Sanders' potential mayoral run and the rumors that started circulating last week. Here's the money clip:Suddenly, there was Sanders' spokesman Calvin Williford on the phone with The Kansas City Star's Mike Mansur, telling him that Sanders might run if an election

  June 5, 2009

• Charlie Wheeler for mayor -- again!

  Oh, the re-do opportunities. While everyone waits to hear whether the effort to recall Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser is on or off, Kansas City Star political reporter Steve Kraske reports that one possible Funkhouser challenger might be Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders. We've also  learned of another candidate who might have thrown his bow-tie into the ring: Charlie Wheeler.Mark Vasto of the scrappy Parkville Luminary wrapped up his June 5 failed-recall story with this: "Former May

  June 8, 2009

• Mike Sanders does not want to be your mayor, Kansas City

  Mike Sanders​Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders isn't going to run for mayor of Kansas City, The Kansas City Star reports. He's running for a second term as JaCo exec. "Clearly there's more stuff we want to do," Sanders told the Star. "There's much we haven't completed."The story says Sanders personally delivered the news to Vulcan Mayor Mark Funkhouser, leaving the public scrutiny to the oversized novelty mayor.

  August 3, 2009

• Sanders steals Chastain's thunder

  Mike Sanders​Two days before Clay Chastain's light rail campaign kickoff, Jackson County Exec Mike Sanders announced a regional commuter rail plan that would run from Kansas City International Airport to Union Station and the 'burbs. Hmm. Sounds a bit familiar. The Kansas City Star breaks down the details of the 144-mile, $1.03 billion plan.Sanders said the rail plan could be operational in two years after money becomes available. It would use diesel-powered commuter railcars that could travel

  October 13, 2009