Community Corner
San Antonio City Council Approves Moving The Workforce Development To The Ballot
"When we invest in our community, we elevate each family that lives within San Antonio. "
August 14, 2020
SAN ANTONIO - City Council voted to place the workforce development initiative 1/8th of a cent sales tax to the November ballot. The statement below is from District 2 Councilwoman Jada Andrews-Sullivan:
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“When we invest in our community, we elevate each family that lives within San Antonio. Today we are asking our voters to speak to changing generational poverty and closing the gap within economic segregation. San Antonio has always been known to be a compassionate city and we are working to elevate systemic poverty and raise the stigma that we are the poorest, largest little city in the nation. We are working on being the change we want to see.”
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