Friday, July 29, 2011

Putting Jobs in Leesburg First

Yesterday was the first Leesburg Jobs Symposium, sponsored in part by Supervisor Kelly Burk. The businesses involved came together to discuss questions and ideas by which the county can help businesses grow to the point where they need and want to hire more local employees. This is a concrete way for business and government to work together to serve the needs of the people, in this case the need for more long-term, well-paying jobs.

To his credit Coucilmember Reid was at the Symposium, having been invited there by Supervisor Burk along with all the other members of Town Council. It would have been wonderful for Councilmember Reid to provide his own input on what it will take for his own company, for example, to grow to the point where it will hire some more people from his District. That would have been an excellent contribution to the conversation.

Instead of doing that, however, Councilmember Reid spent his time during the Symposium composing a press release for his campaign. Given the opportunity to add to the conversation about solutions for his constituents, Mr. Reid chose instead to serve himself and his ambitions.

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