Behind the Scenes with Dollar General and Governor Sanders

Dollar Stores KABF Local 100 United Labor Unions

            Pearl River      Recently, I was critical of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders efforts to try to annex the state of Arkansas to the state of Florida, as a bridge way too far.  I cited her anti-LGBTQ initiatives, her racist education program, and her many copycat hires of Floridians who worked for the current and likely …

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The Failure and Rip-offs of Water Privatization

ACORN Local 100 Privatization Protests

            Pearl River      The last thing any of us need is another lesson in the absolute irresponsibility of any public officials or authority ever allowing vital community resources to be privatized as commodities and plums to be picked by private equity pirates.   This time, like so many times before, it’s the foolhardy privatization of water.  …

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Scamming Hospice Care for Medicare Dollars

ACORN Grift Labor Local 100 Personal Writings United Labor Unions

            Pearl River     Having navigated hospice care for my mother several years ago, I thought I had a fairly good grasp of how it worked and who benefited, but that didn’t quite prepare me for reading “Endgame:  How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle” in The New Yorker.  As soon as I hit …

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