Could Taveras Have Improved Providence’s 9.5% Unemployment? 5 Ways He Could Have Grown Jobs
Monday, July 21, 2014
The Gina Raimondo attack ad on Angel Taveras blames him for Providence's high unemployment during his tenure. In response the Taveras campaign claims the Mayor has little impact on the employment condition in the city.
“The Providence economy needs to be the engine that drives our state’s economy, but under Mayor Taveras the engine is sputtering,” said Raimondo campaign spokeswoman Nicole Kayner. “Rhode Island is tied for the highest unemployment rate in the country and in Providence it is even higher. Providence is not a model for how to turn around our state’s economy and get people back to work. When he was running for Mayor he said he’d be a “jobs mayor” but now that he’s in office he ducks responsibility for the 9.5 percent unemployment rate in his city. That’s not leadership.”
GoLocal looked at Taveras' record and found a number of tangible ways Taveras should have been able to grow thousands of jobs specifically for Providence residents:
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During Angel Taveras' tenure as Mayor of Providence, the unemployment rate ballooned. According, to US Department of Labor statistics, Providence hit a 12.5% unemployment level in the spring on 2014.
Hispanic unemployment is among the worst in the United States. GoLocal looked at tangible, revenue neutral ways Taveras' Administration could have grown jobs.
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