MARCH 18, 2024 Vol. 42, No.12 Where to place Grandma? ‘Not in my backyard!’ BY GRANT MILLER Publisher There’s a special Lucy Morillo installed as president of FWC highlight term that political sci- successful entists use for a phe- nomenon espoused by...
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MARCH 18, 2024 Vol. 42, No.12 Where to place Grandma? ‘Not in my backyard!’ BY GRANT MILLER Publisher There’s a special Lucy Morillo installed as president of FWC highlight term that political sci- successful entists use for a phe- nomenon espoused by people in a com- International Women’s Florida Forum Florida’s efforts to munity who quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, find certain things in their neigh- protect Manatees borhood objection- able. It’s called “NIMBY,” meaning “not in my backyard.” BY RODNEY BARRETO And from this irrational and often unfair FWC Chair sentiment comes a frequent refrain that the elderly should be settled on the fringes of a R e c e n t l y, community — out of sight, out of mind. Florida Gov. They are the sons and daughters of what Ron DeSantis we lovingly call the “Greatest Generation,” highlighted a term coined by newscaster Tom Brokaw funding to pro- for those elder Americans still among us tect Florida’s who were old enough to have lived through mana
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