Mayor Jerry Demings warned that 175,000 Orange County residents who receive food assistance through SNAP will lose their benefits due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Orange County is seeking alternative measures to fight hunger in Central Florida with the recent SNAP benefits suspension.
That statement should be especially true considering how much tourists spend to travel to Orange County and Orlando to have fun at the theme parks. The economic disparity of the local community is glaring when looking at profits and revenues of Universal Orlando Resort (just look at the price for Express Passes to skip the lines at the new Universal Epic Universe) and Walt Disney World theme parks. While those companies, and others in Central Florida, are making big bucks, local residents can’t even afford food without government assistance and food stamps…