Although nobody in Washington believes that President Obama's jobs bill will be passed as originally proposed (in fact, a slimmed-down portion already failed in the U.S. Senate), supporters of the president continue to rally around him for political purposes.
Spending on infrastructure projects was a part of the president's original $447 billion proposal, and Thursday in Tampa, activist groups — led by organized labor — intend on demonstrating in front of the currently closed Platt Street Bridge to emphasize that point.
The rally is scheduled to be held from Thursday from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Organizers are telling those who want to demonstrate to meet at AIDS Memorial Park, which is to the immediate south of the bridge on Bayshore Blvd.
This article appears in Nov 10-16, 2011.