Candidate Dwight Evans has praised the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce for seizing the one part of the violence issue that it can, and challenging the city's business community to create 1,000 paid summer interns for youth.
Also, Representative Evans points out that the House Judiciary Committee will hold its first statewide session on crime, violence, drugs and guns, and that the meeting will be in Philly: at the CORA Services Development Office, 8540 Verree Road, at 10 a.m.
Meanwhile, here's a new way to get your petition signatures: Nutter will collect his during a pub crawl, from a trolley of supporters, no less! (It's boarding at 6 p.m. at Broad and Chestnut.)
Happy Friday, everyone...
Comments (2)
I believe they created this program as a result of Bob Brady's Crime Summit.
Posted by Andy Daven | February 17, 2007 1:03 AM
A challenge to hire 1,000 summer paid interns? Is he serious? How about promising to create 1,000 paid full-time private sector jobs in your first month as mayor? How about a proposal to dramatically change our anti-business environment to promote job growth and to give kids a chance to get a job in Philadelphia rather than have to move somewhere else? How about creating an environment where jobs are available for graduates from Temple, St. Joe's, Penn, etc all want to stay in Philadelphia? Creating 1,000 paid internships is a nice gesture, but totally off the mark.
Posted by Jim | February 17, 2007 7:32 PM