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Category: Politics
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Published: Monday, 18 November 2019 20:32
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Written by Lawrence A Robinson
Mayor Jerry Demings and the Orange County Housing For All task force unveiled a 10-year plan to add tens of thousands of new homes to the Orange County landscape.
I didn’t attend this meeting but I did watch the video afterwards. This meeting proved to be hyperbole just like the ones that I attended in person.
As I viewed the video, I took the liberty of inserting my thoughts. Here is my opinion intertwined in this review of the Housing For All Task Force Final Recommendations Meeting.
Read more: Mayor Jerry Demings ‘Housing For All’ 10 Year Task Force Failure
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Category: Politics
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Published: Monday, 14 October 2019 17:41
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Written by Lawrence A Robinson
Many problematic issues facing the Black community could be mitigated if the average household income was a little higher. The average monthly rent payment in Orlando is out of reach for minimum wage workers.
The low income populations sometimes have to decide whether to make a partial payment on rent so that they will have enough money to catch the bus to a minimum wage job or delay rent for two weeks, so that they can buy groceries. Too often, this is a fact of life when living near the Mickey Mouse tourist world.
Mayor Dyer and Mayor Demings are aware of homelessness and other dire consequences facing the underemployed, yet they and others continue to promote a flawed project that does nothing for this population. They provide no hope that things will get better. They don’t even have a plan.
Read more: Mitigating The Black Issue