TKC SUNDAY SPECIAL!!! CELEBRATE TENSE JACKSON COUNTY MIKE SANDERS POLITICAL HOT MESS WAITING GAME!!!

Over the past week, most political denizens have been waiting for a disaster in Jackson County.

Remember that our blog community was FIRST to report the tragic death of the Jackson County Exec's father which seems to set the stage for a great deal of cataclysmic change that has impacted 12th & Oak.

Not too long after . . .

Once again, KICK-ASS TKC TIPSTERS were FIRST to note the appointment of an acting Jackson County Executive when other media were content to let this transition of power remain silent.

And while local media is remains content to keep this topic buried and away from leading headlines, our blog community reminds readers that there's little charter support for the Mike Sanders' team claim that that the appointment of an acting JaxCo Exec is merely a technicality and not something far more serious. It seems that the only thing more flimsy than the rules governing the courthouse are the elected officials sworn to protect them. Like it or not, the Charter ratified in 2010 is hanging by a thread because local elected officials either don't know or don't care about the rules . . . In much the same way that nobody really mentions that Mayor Sly rarely pays his taxes on time over the past few years and after our blog community told Kansas City about it FIRST.

Accordingly . . .

RIGHT NOW POLITICOS ACROSS MISSOURI ARE PATIENTLY WAITING TO SEE THE HOT MESS AWAITING MIKE SANDERS ON MONDAY AND BEYOND!!!

Here's the sitch:

- Nobody buys the "mourning" period in much the same way that Mr. Sanders said that he wanted to be with his family when competition for so many political jobs heated up but then he went touring Missouri as a Democratic Party honcho.

- The political sharks are circling . . . Legislators Tarwater and Williams have made very clear overtures behind the scenes that they intend to go after the County Exec seat sooner or later.

- Common knowledge . . . The newspaper is keeping this quiet but just about every county worker Downtown is scared because the Feds are still asking a lot of questions in and around the building. The Pitch wrote extensively about the investigation (weeks after everybody else) but buried in the 2k word missive was the fact that it seems to be ongoing.

Here's the kicker . . .

TKC SPECIAL FOR SUNDAY: MIKE SANDERS REPS ARE PLAYING TO SYMPATHIES ABOUT THE PASSING OF THE POLITICO'S FATHER IN ORDER TO GARNER SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT!!!

From this vantage . . . The desperation of personal pleas and guilt tripping is a very real sign that something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

This blog is for adults, a lot of this blog is about politics. NONE of this is personal. It's an old school Kansas City trick to make politics and government affairs about "nice guy" or "pleasant lady" perceptions. These social niceties are constantly employed to win contracts & cash and newsies fall for them because it beats having ask uncomfortable questions . . .

We're absolutely certain Mike Sanders is a great, nice, caring, and wonderful person . . . Nobody cares.

What's more important is the responsibility of a public official who has been consistency secretive, double talking and shady in his capacity as a legislator.

Mike Sanders never lived up to being a so-called reformer.

Now the County confronts a controversy over a screwed up jail system, ongoing questions about sketchy contracts, outcry over continued property tax screw-ups and continual infighting among the Exec's political lieutenants and his bloated staff over their influence.

IF Mike Sanders returns to his job Monday . . . He's walking back into a great deal of trouble.

No matter what, our blog community is the FIRST AND ONLY Kansas City news source to report the many challenges confronting this embattled politico.

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