Sure there are, and many will I am sure get hooked up with some of the active made guys, like you had in 2009 with the Sansone Brothers, Charlie Simone and Badalucca, but is there enough to sustain a family, that's doubtful and most of these guys would be considered wannabe's, neverwas and couldn't be's. KC has almost always maintained their ranks through younger generations of family members. There just arnt that many younger generation guys wanting to follow in their fathers/uncles/cousins etc footsteps as I have stated most of the names in the organization saw to it that there was enough money to be able to steer the younger generation into legal avenues.

Do those in a position not have a duty to replenish the membership?

If they made more guys, no doubt some would be a waste of space but some could prove to be decent members

There is no interest, those that remain hope to finish out the ride without doing serious jail time. Those who have retired have enough to ensure that there kids don't have to get involved. They see the writing on the way with the number of rackets left to be involved with. There is no more union control, no more political protection, these guys are almost all in the 60's or older, that is why as I have said, the top spots are mostly respect and ceremony, as a friend of my who was a longtime associate of Paulie Scola's told me, they keep the names for the sake of the old guys as a way of showing respect, could they muster up the juice to say whack a guy, yeah, but no one is interested in that anymore.