Missouri: Jackson County Executive/All-Star Royals 2nd Baseman Recall makes the ballot; possibly scheduled for August 26th

The recall effort against Jackson County Executive Frank White, former Royals former All-Star 2nd Baseman and member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, has made the ballot and looks to be scheduled for August 26th. 

The recall is over complaints that property taxes are going up between 30% - 400%. There is a complaint that White's salary went up 7%. A recall was threatened last year as well. White says that it was over his vote against a Stadium, and the leaders of the petition (who owe $150,000 for polling), are contractors who wanted a yes vote.

Petitioners got 43011 valid signature and needed 42902. It sounded like over 80,000 signatures had been handed in. At one point, the pro-recall group said they need (or needed -- I'm not clear) to raise $150,000 to get the petitioners to hand it in. This appears to be a separate group handing in the signatures that raise the total to 80,000. It is not clear how that worked.

Three legislators have asked the Attorney General for an investigation into White. White has accused one legislator of illegally using staff to help with the recall. 

The recall is estimated to cost $2 million, though frequently those numbers change.