The irony is that LePage has shared his life story of how he was homeless as a young boy and pulled himself up by his bootstraps. As someone whose family lived in a homeless shelter when I was a young child, I say that clearly LePage has lost his way and forgotten about those little folks. His perspective is now as someone privileged, and he has no sympathy for those who once worked and slaved like he did. In fact, he wants to give them less room in which to succeed than he enjoyed in his day. In working to create a so-called business climate (i.e., one that pads the pockets of the financially secure yet makes life tougher for the average person), we are creating a world with little diversity. Unless a tiny percentage of the population at the top with all the money and an overwhelming percentage beholden to them is your idea of diversity.
Shay Stewart-Bouley can be reached at diversecity_phoenix@yahoo.com.
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