Legal Fight: Kansas City Policy Excludes Wealthy Minority & Women's Biz?!?

A debate over city biz doesn't really concern the working-class and it's mostly a part of the constant power struggle amongst the local ruling class.

However . . .

Because we REALLY respect the opinion of our d-bag blog community . . . We'll put the question out there . . .

SHOULD RICH MINORITY & WOMEN'S BIZ SUFFER EXCLUSION SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR SUCCESS???

More than anything, I'm counting on broke-ass white dudes who ate canned meat for dinner last night to entertain me with their answers. 

(Don't mind me . . . I'm just jelly and hangry on a Summer salad diet.)

Here's a recap of the sitch . . .

"Mark One Electric Company Inc. and SK Design Group Inc. were included in Kansas City’s Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises Program until 2020, when a personal net worth cap of $1.32 million was put into effect. They claim the cap is unconstitutional . . . The city disagrees and says that narrowly tailoring the candidates based on their net worth is not only constitutional, but a crucial and logical way of maintaining the integrity of the program. For example, the city noted in a court brief, Oprah Winfrey wouldn’t have a constitutional right to affirmative action benefits if legislators decided to exclude the wealthy. "

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City defends limits on perks for companies owned by minorities, women

A pair of businesses claim the city's addition of a personal net worth cap unfairly stripped them of their status as certified minority- and women-owned companies. ST. LOUIS (CN) - The owners of two prominent Kansas City businesses are fighting the city in a federal appeals court after losing privileges they've enjoyed for 25 years because they are deemed too successful to qualify.