Once a year CACLV celebrates local poverty with a festive banquet. Poverty has been very successful in Allentown, reaching an impressive 30% by 2017. Allentown can now boast that 100% of its student body qualify for a free lunch.
In addition to the growth in poverty, we are now spawning a crime industry. As Hasshan Batts surveys the success of CACLV, he can only be encouraged about his potential at Promise Neighborhood.... Perhaps $multi $million dollars budgets are also in his future.
While the changing socioeconomics have been bad for almost all the remaining middle class, there have been winners. Certainly the poverty has been growth for the staff at CACLV. The void in real economic growth has provided cover for the NIZ... J. B. Reilly's real estate portfolio has blossomed.
For the remaining middle class, you have no future. While our elected officials are chastised for such candidness, this blog remains dedicated to bluntness.
Was Al Shaprton invited? As this reminds me a lot of his organization.
ReplyDeleteI love it - a banquet for the Poverty Center. Who paid for it? I'm sure all the attendees paid for the entire event? No?
ReplyDeleteGiven that a large portion of local / state / federal budgets are devoted to 'health and human services' how much more do these so called poverty stricken people need?