BY SAMANTHA PUTTERMAN FOR THE CROW’S NEST:
Mayor Rick Kriseman addressed issues of gun violence that claimed the lives of seven people and Midtown problems including the education gap and high unemployment during his annual State of the City speech Saturday, Jan. 23.
“We are addressing the risk factors that affect our children and young adults,” Kriseman told The Crow’s Nest. “We are determined to do what we can to end gun violence and, most importantly, the underlying choices that lead to violence.”
Kriseman also said more action and solutions are needed to help struggling schools, labeled “Failure Factories” in a series of stories by The Tampa Bay Times. He also noted the need for increasing job recruitment, entrepreneurship and business retention in Midtown.
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