Nora Hochman
Nora Hochman
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It's a community with big-city housing costs and small- town wages. Because it's a fairly trapped community, in terms of limited job opportunities, employers have been free to suppress wages.
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It's a worry on the minds of local business owners. But, unless local businesses open their books and share that information with us, we don't have any specific data available.
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Our economy runs on the backs of low-wage workers. This is a chance for them to earn a little bit more and have a better chance of survival here.
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We have always expected the business community to raise a ton of money and do what they can to defeat this measure. It doesn't scare us in the least. We're very focused.