St. Petersburg – In response to recent reports that some on Capitol Hill are trying to derail a bill that would help hundreds of thousands of unemployed Floridians, Senator Charlie Justice (D- St. Petersburg) issued the following statement to Florida’s congressional delegation:
“Now is not the time to play politics with the pocketbooks of our struggling families. The American Jobs Act is crucial to helping those in our state find gainful employment, keep their homes and most importantly put...
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St Pete Times: According to the investigative report, Bill Young recently awarded a $500,000 earmark to a somewhat unscrupulous “developer” in Tampa who ran a shady organization that disbanded a year ago! That’s half a million dollars of your hard-earned tax money going into the hands of an apparent local scam artist and a non-existent organization.
This looks an awful lot like Bill Young’s version of a “bridge to nowhere.”
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