Of the 72 central Massachusetts cities and towns surveyed by reporter Zeke Wright in Go
Local Worcester Southbridge is tied for third place with Gardner.
Unfortunately, it is not a distinction that any community
would relish.
You see, at 9.9% we’re tied for the third highest
unemployment rate of those 72 communities. We are only beaten out by Fitchburg
and Athol at 10% and 10.5 % respectively.
What is more disturbing to me, however, is how this survey
is used as a premise for launching into the repetition of hackneyed attacks on
plans to raise the minimum wage.
