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When I ran for mayor of Kissimmee in 2016, I heard a common refrain from hundreds of voters: "Kissimmee needs a raise!" Many residents of our city, and of Central Florida in general, are what I call the working poor. In a region dominated by low-wage hospitality jobs, hard-working men and women...