I support the local hiring ordinance for St. Petersburg. It will insure that the $150,000,000 in major public works projects coming forward also create local jobs.
Why is this important?
St. Petersburg City Council is considering an ordinance to require that half the jobs created at major construction projects go to local folks with an emphasis on areas of deep poverty and unemployment. We have $150 Million of projects bewteen the Pier, a new police headquarters and various sewer/waste water upgrades coming in the next couple of years. It can have a real positive impact.
