Former Kansas City Mayor Berkley Dies

By now locals have seen this headline . . . 

However, here's the question where our blog community can contribute something more to the conversation: 

WAS MAYOR BERKLEY KANSAS CITY'S BEST LEADER OF THE MODERN ERA?!?!

A great many of our relatives believe so . . . Tell us why or even why not.

Here's a sampling of tonight's reports & tribute . . .

"He was first elected to the city council in 1969. And served as Mayor Pro-em before serving three terms as mayor. Berkley also happened to be the first Jewish mayor of Kansas City.

Berkley was Kansas City's first Republican mayor since 1930."

Richard 'Dick' Berkley, the longest serving mayor in Kansas City's history, dies

Richard Berkley, who served as mayor of Kansas City for 12 years, died on Wednesday.

Former Kansas City Mayor Richard Berkley dies at 92

Former Kansas City mayor Richard "Dick" Berkley, who was the city's first Jewish and last Republican mayor, has died Wednesday. He was 92.

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