https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/11/06/visalia-delays-senior-meal-price-increase-as-local-hunger-crisis-looms/ In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:00:03 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2025/11/06/visalia-delays-senior-meal-price-increase-as-local-hunger-crisis-looms/#comment-159794 timmy bianco Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:12:25 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=53189#comment-159794 seniors built America. they fought in wars and should be treated with respect. as a person who used to work at the visalia senior center I loved working around them and cried when some passed. the city of Visalia pays people big money and retirement which they don't have to do. this isn't Beverley Hills or San Francisco. this is Tulare co the food stamp capital of the nation. they laid off the cooks and kitchen help at the senior center years ago. I think they get the food delivered 40 miles away from Fresno. I think they did it to save money. Maybe its time to bring back the cooks and kitchen help? and to me its not just a cheap meal its diginity.I used to use my car and gas to deliver meals to seniors homes. probably the only hot meal they got that day? Maybe if we had a President who cared about seniors and food stamp recipients instead of building a stupid 300 million dollar and giving tax cuts to the rich maybe seniors in Visalia would be eating steak & lobster. like, they should be getting like Kings & queens! seniors built America. they fought in wars and should be treated with respect. as a person who used to work at the visalia senior center I loved working around them and cried when some passed. the city of Visalia pays people big money and retirement which they don’t have to do. this isn’t Beverley Hills or San Francisco. this is Tulare co the food stamp capital of the nation. they laid off the cooks and kitchen help at the senior center years ago. I think they get the food delivered 40 miles away from Fresno. I think they did it to save money. Maybe its time to bring back the cooks and kitchen help? and to me its not just a cheap meal its diginity.I used to use my car and gas to deliver meals to seniors homes. probably the only hot meal they got that day? Maybe if we had a President who cared about seniors and food stamp recipients instead of building a stupid 300 million dollar and giving tax cuts to the rich maybe seniors in Visalia would be eating steak & lobster. like, they should be getting like Kings & queens!

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