Developer-Backed Kansas City Citizens Association 2.0 Trumpets Diversity Makeover

As we've noted before . . . This an election trick run by a smallish group of local jerks. 

The old school Citizens Association, for all their faults, represented THOUSANDS of very influential people. Now . . . The new effort is nothing more or less than about a dozen opportunists attempting to squeeze the last bit of life out of a mostly forgotten brand.

Of course . . . We always share the cover story . . .

"The Citizens Association started in the early 1930s and once held enormous influence over city elections. Its power has waned in recent years, but a new, more diverse group is reshaping the organization."

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

This legendary political group looks to shake its 'old boys' image and regain Kansas City clout

When the Citizens Association began in 1934, it likely would not have welcomed Stacey Johnson Cosby, a Black woman, as a member. Today, she's leading a group of neighborhood residents, community activists and people who have never been politically engaged to reshape the Citizens Association in something different that the white, male reflection of Kansas City's power elite it was for generations.