Show-Me Diversity Strip Down Outcry

Ladies clap back against diversity goal that, they claim, hurt Missouri biz.

Here are the basics of their complaints . . .

“Diversity and economic growth will be stifled without proper support from our legislative authorities,” said Brungardt, associate director at the Kansas City office of the Women’s Business Development Center. “It is crucial for the development of diverse business owners — in both Kansas City and the state as a whole — that there is continued advocation for them. Rescinding the hiring goals is a step backward, not forward.”

Gov. Mike Parson, R-Missouri, earlier this month quietly rescinded 177 executive orders that he said no longer fit the needs of the Show-Me State “in an effort to leave state government better than he found it.”

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

Stripping Missouri's supplier diversity goals stifles state's prosperity potential, says women's business advocate

Ending nearly a decade of benchmarks that helped ensure greater equity in state contracts for businesses owned by minorities and women is a move in the wrong direction for Missouri, said Jennifer Brungardt, emphasizing the coming impact of lost opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs.