INSIDE WEEK OF MAY 1-7, 2014 www.FloridaWeekly.com Vol. IV, No. 29 • FREE BYYTHY TTHEH NUMBERS Female green, leatherback and loggerhead sea TheT amount a loggerhead 3,405 turtles lay eggs on Florida’s east coast annually. 350 canc weigh in pounds. TheT number of feet BabyB turtles that are expected to hatch onon 3,000 leatherbacksl can dive. 1,122,129 Florida’sF east coast beaches this year. Singer’s Song Opera based on novel to premiere in Palm Beach. B1 w Sea turtles make their annual journey to nest HOME on area beaches Networking Who was out and about in Palm AGAIN Beach County. A18-19, 20 w BY AMY WOODS awoods@fl oridaweekly.com Business Florida businesses prepare to TURTLE-NESTING SEASON ENTERS ITS THIRD MONTH WITH TOP: A sea adjust to the summer lull. 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You are Over the same 32-year period, the rest make a living as unworthy of the state’s You know it is a bad day on Main not a renter in any one of the millions of of Florida — the “bottom 99 percent” — help or compassion. Street when Family Dollar Stores inner city, low-income neighborhoods saw their average income drop 8 percent With nary a pang of guilt, millions announce they are closing 370 of 8,100 like those in any number of counties in to $35,393.” of the state’s most vulnerable citizens stores nationwide. Florida. He notes the economic danger inher- are denied affordable healthcare, pro- The company did not reveal the num- These stores serve a customer for ent in a state economy where the vast tection against wage theft, an increase ber of employees losing their jobs but whom shopping at Wal-Mart is, by com- majority of Floridians are actually los- in minimum wage, access to afford- did say shuttering the low-performing parison, a big outing to Disney World: It ing income while the rich are getting able housing, increased food security stores is a cost-cutting measure to bol- does not happen often and it is memo- even richer; and the economic disparities and unemployment benefits sufficient ster anemic earnings. Other belt-tight- rable when it does. continue to widen, a trend line that has to provide a safety net for the long-term ening includes cost reductions on about The people who read the tea leaves profound, long-term consequences — unemployed. a 1,000 products in hopes customer traf- say the weak earnings report of Family none of them good — for the economy You would think it a crime to rob fic will increase. Dollar is a further sign of the chasm of our state. people of their hope, dignity, and a The company’s reboot did not make opening between those who are ben- There is little evidence that our decent standard of living when it is the front page of anybody’s business efiting from an improved economy and state’s policy leaders are paying atten- greed rather than abundance that is section but it drew notice nonetheless those who are left behind. tion. Their regard of the economic reali- the issue. Until we convince lawmakers because it is symptomatic of a deeper The very rich are growing richer ties faced by millions of poor and work- otherwise, it isn’t malfeasance; it’s just a problem with the nation’s economic because those at the highest rungs of ing families would be characterized as sorry shame. ■ recovery. the economic ladder have benefited willful ignorance were it not for the Family Dollar Stores cater to custom- disproportionately from the economic fact this past legislative session demon- — Lilly is a native Floridian and past ers for whom stretching a dollar is the bounce-back. strates they actually do know, and they president and CEO of the Community big reason people go there to shop. Income inequality is a huge and absolutely don’t care. Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin It is their strategy to overcome their growing divide. The 1 percent is living The disdain with which the majority of Counties. Her professional career spans last bottom dollar blues. high on Easy Street and the other 99 state lawmakers regard the economic plight more than 25 years in the charitable sec- Twenty bucks stocks a meager pantry percent is trying to hang on to a modest of millions of families is breathtaking. tor, leading major philanthropic institu- or buys school supplies for the kids. standard of living on the other side of To hear them tell it, redress of income tions in the South and rural Appalachia. You can find household cleaners, hair the tracks. inequality is a poison pill to the state’s She resides with her family and pugs in and beauty products, clothing, shoes, It is stark state of affairs no matter prosperity; and the social safety net Jupiter. 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