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Old 05-11-2010, 02:27 AM
 
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"2009, The center gave out 81 tons of food and helped more than 4,000 families.
2010, we'll probably exceed last year's record. It's kind of a shock." Cull said

Basically, the growth brought lots of workers, but not necessarily college degrees.

What may have hurt the city is the exodus of people, he said.

Frey said those high-flying growth rates will be difficult to reach again."




May/09/2010
Cape Coral poster child for boom, bust times | news-press.com | The News-Press

 
Old 05-11-2010, 03:35 AM
 
Location: Cape Coral
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"2009, The center gave out 81 tons of food and helped more than 4,000 families.
2010, we'll probably exceed last year's record. It's kind of a shock." Cull said

Basically, the growth brought lots of workers, but not necessarily college degrees.

What may have hurt the city is the exodus of people, he said.

Frey said those high-flying growth rates will be difficult to reach again."




May/09/2010
Cape Coral poster child for boom, bust times | news-press.com | The News-Press
I love how sentences from an article can be cherry picked! Also from the article:
"Even after Cape Coral's growth leveled off in recent years, Frey predicted that Cape Coral would be one of the top 10 biggest growers in the country"
 
Old 05-11-2010, 06:22 AM
 
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"We're breaking all records," Cull said.

The center provides food, utility payments when loss of service is imminent and helps with medicine prescription costs for children. "

But churches, clubs and organizations in Cape Coral come forward to help meet the need, Cull said. "



MAY/09/2010
http://www.news-press.com/article/20...om--bust-times
 
Old 05-13-2010, 03:35 AM
 
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"Normally during high season, for Sunsplash we get a lot of minors that apply. But over the last two seasons, we've had more adults," said Hill.

And those adults, who are highly qualified, say they are willing to take entry level positions just so they can get back to work."



New demographic out of work in Cape Coral - ABC-7.com WZVN News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida

who is paying for greed?
 
Old 05-14-2010, 06:20 AM
 
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"2009, The center gave out 81 tons of food and helped more than 4,000 families.
2010, we'll probably exceed last year's record. It's kind of a shock." Cull said

Basically, the growth brought lots of workers, but not necessarily college degrees.

What may have hurt the city is the exodus of people, he said.

Frey said those high-flying growth rates will be difficult to reach again."




May/09/2010
Cape Coral poster child for boom, bust times | news-press.com | The News-Press


Victims..

Lee County, including Cape Coral had 79 incidents of purse snatching. Three locations tied for the most common with 4 incidents each: xxxx

"They want what you have and they don't want to get caught," explained Cape Coral Police Officer.



http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12415884





The economic misery and high unemployment is everybody's business!
 
Old 05-16-2010, 11:09 AM
 
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In Lee County 6.8 % live below poverty line!

North Fort Myers: No boom, no bust | news-press.com | The News-Press



Lee County residents came through again for the needy, donating a record 445,500 pounds of food Saturday during the National Association of Letter Carriers “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive.

The bulk of the food collected from Fort Myers and Cape Coral goes to Wake Up America and the Harry Chapin Food Bank, which serves 90 Lee County agencies.



http://www.news-press.com/article/20...100512065/1014
 
Old 05-16-2010, 12:53 PM
 
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How can one take a totally positive article and try to make it fit a distorted opinion? The national poverty rate is about 13%.

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Old 05-17-2010, 01:27 AM
 
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Although Riko is correct, according to the USDA, I'm not sure where the other figures come from, since the poverty rate as of 2008 in Florida was over 13% and is over 22% in some areas like Hendry, Lee County was 10.6%.

Perhaps the key words are below poverty level.

Here is the [URL="http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/povertyrates/PovListpct.asp?st=FL&view=Percent&longname=Florida "]poverty level map [/URL]from ERS/USDA

I don't get it. We have some counties in Florida where close to 30% of the residents are living in poverty and we spend our taxes rebuilding other countries. But I guess that's a whole different subject, isn't it?
 
Old 05-17-2010, 04:16 AM
 
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Yes, and our most recent donation is $50 Billion to Greece & co. via the international monetary fund.
 
Old 05-17-2010, 04:03 PM
 
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"2009, The center gave out 81 tons of food and helped more than 4,000 families.
2010, we'll probably exceed last year's record. It's kind of a shock." Cull said

Basically, the growth brought lots of workers, but not necessarily college degrees.

What may have hurt the city is the exodus of people, he said.

Frey said those high-flying growth rates will be difficult to reach again."




May/09/2010
Cape Coral poster child for boom, bust times | news-press.com | The News-Press


by the way we are sinking into debt, we all will be poor/poorer soon!
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