Harrisburg mayoral candidates take readers’ questions: How to address concentrated poverty in the city?
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Editor’s note: In advance of a planned forum for Harrisburg’s mayoral candidates, PennLive asked readers what questions they would like to ask the candidates. The forum was canceled after technical issues interrupted the taping, but four of the candidates agreed to answer a few of our reader’s questions. Here’s the third question, and the candidates’ responses.
One of the common complaints about economic development in Harrisburg is that, when it happens, the rich get richer and the poor stay poor. Census Bureau data confirms that right now, household incomes in the city average about 65 cents on the dollar compared to Dauphin County as a whole.