The waterfall is really great! But it doesn't wash out the reality of the Greenville community. We have big problems to deal with when 1 in 4 African Americans and Latinos live in poverty. And by the way, the poverty line is $20,650.00 for a family of four (Thanks Beth Templeton!). Over a quarter of Greenville adults age 25 years and older don't have a high school diploma. And let's not even talk about public housing, when we have 1300 families on a waiting list while we continue to build nice, upscale condominiums downtown.
It was quite an experience seeing the great philanthropic work happening at United Ministries and Triune Mercy Center, but I wonder if could we do more legislative and public policy work to deal with poverty in our community? Could we, the biggest and richest city in South Carolina afford to provide quality public transportation? I'm no elected official, but I understand community problems when I see them. Maybe the mist from the falls is making it hard from some elected officials to see the real problems...I mean opportunities to change Greenville for us all!
-Q (Quentin)
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