What the Voter Said About "Those Poor"

 

Sometimes you don't know whether to laugh or cry. We recently commented on a Florence City Council candidate who had posted a photo of a run down home in a bad section of town (more on that later). His own home is valued at $312K (credit report) to $328K (Zillow).

A man commented (more on that later also) that while the average house in Florence is valued at $216K, it would be a much higher value if there weren't all those ramshackle homes bringing the average down; therefore, the candidate's home wouldn't be valued at 44% above the average. Brilliant.

Let's get rid of all those who live in cheap homes. Sound good? Florence has a 20% poverty rate. One in five you pass on the street as you walk from your car to Odette lives in poverty.

No, we can't force high-paying jobs to come here, but we can do a much better job of recruiting them.