Kansas City Snubbed WMBE FAIL Warnings Ahead Of Lawsuit

Right now we examine a truism . . .

Kansas City will never listen to good advice and even hired experts warning of doom are typically downplayed and disputed by elected leaders. 

From our perspective . . . 

The downfall of the program has been obvious since the outset of the 2000s when local corporations had become expert at establishing shell companies and payouts to evade the rules & intentions of promoting fair access to KCMO contracting.

Meanwhile . . .

Here's an EXCEPTIONAL peek at how last days of the program that kinda mirror the same kind of delusional bargaining of a desperate dictator hiding in a bunker . . .  

"What did Kansas City do after its own consultants warned that the existing program was legally vulnerable?

'Mayor Quinton Lucas did more of the same when we spoke on a local radio program on July 30. While he dismissed the study’s findings, he offered no criticism of the study itself and no competing analysis or data that would challenge its findings. He could not even identify what it would take for him to change his mind on the city’s existing contracting policy.

"Later that same day, Councilwoman Melissa Patterson Hazley posted a statement on social media announcing the introduction of several new ordinances, “to begin the process of reimagining Kansas City’s business enterprise programs.” FOX4KC reported on the 31st that Lucas said, “the city had already begun reviewing and revising the program months before the lawsuit was filed.”

Maybe so. But the public record raises questions about how far that work had progressed before Hanaway sued."

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

MOINDIE: Kansas City ignored its own study — until it got sued

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