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Kansas City Move to Amend Presents Its Petition to Overturn Citizens United
On Wed, June 13, the Kansas City chapter of Move to Amend presented its petitions, with over 3,000 signatures to the Kansas City Missouri City Council. The resolution passed unanimously on the following day.
The Kansas City Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday opposing the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” ruling of 2010, which opened the door to Super PACS and unlimited corporate contributions to political campaigns.
The City Council joins others across the country that are weighing in on the ruling.
Mary Lindsay, spokeswoman for the Kansas City affiliate to the “Move To Amend” movement, said the court ruling gives deep-pocket corporations undue influence over elections and compromises the political process.
Mary Lindsay is the lady, in the yellow shirt, speaking to the council. I apologize for the audio quality, but the videographer wasn't able to get a good camera or microphone angle in the City Council chamber.
The Kansas City.com article mentions "others (city councils) across the country that are weighing in on the ruling." At last count, there were 210 communities across the nation that have passed, or are in the process of passing, similar resolutions. Katrina van Heuvel's article in the Nation mentions resolutions passed with a "Resolve to Overturn Citizens United," but she neglected to mention Move to Amend or the citizen activists who've worked for these resolutions.
Mary has expressed hope that Kansas City's resolution will inspire other communities in middle America to work toward getting their city councils to pass similar resolutions. Citizens in Wichita, KS have already started the process. As for the local group, we're looking at passing resolutions in other communities in the Kansas City Metroplex.
An article I posted in the Missouri forum a couple of days ago has excerpts from both our petition and the resolution. Want to get a resolution passed in your community? See if there's a Move to Amend chapter near you.
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