Making Ends Meet: Florida’s Biggest Gulf on Top of Mind Florida

In this episode of Top of Mind Florida, Urban League of Palm Beach County President Patrick Franklin joins Michael Williams and Brian Crowley for a hard look at how Floridians are struggling to make ends meet as the gap between the haves and have-nots widens.From nonprofit funding cuts and vanishing workforce housing to the loss of skilled labor and new voter restrictions, Franklin explains how everyday families are being squeezed from every direction — higher prices, fewer jobs, and less stability.He describes how sudden federal and state defunding threw many seniors out of work, how corporate donors pulled back under political pressure, and why essential immigrant workers are disappearing from the very industries that keep Florida running.It’s a candid, urgent conversation about the cost of living, economic inequality, and what leadership — and ordinary citizens — can do to close Florida’s growing gulf.#TopOfMindFlorida #FloridaEconomy #CostOfLiving #UrbanLeague