Urgently Needed: A Public Jobs Program

Recent murders in this city are a reminder that Bridgeport can still be a violent place, and it's going to take a lot more than beefed-up law enforcement and a few jobs provided by new retail development to change that fact. People were shocked when a popular storeowner in the city's Hollow section was shot for no apparent reason after he turned over cash to two hooded gunmen who entered his store in the middle of the afternoon on Saturday, April 11. Jose Salgado, 57, who ran the store "Sapiao's Grocery" on Lexington Avenue with his wife Maria for 24 years, was shot after complying with the demands of the robbers.

via Bridgeport Newswire http://ift.tt/1dFez7i