Pueblog USa
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Jobs and the expansion of the Convention Center
Pueblo needs high paying jobs
Jobs and the Expansion of the
Convention Center
It can safely be said that the expansion to the Convention Center will have very little direct impact on the creation of jobs. It has been made public that the expansion to the Convention Center would only require two or maybe three additional staff. The reason for stating this small staff increase is to indicate that the continued operations deficit will not be increased substantially.
The type of jobs needed to support the tourist industry are low paying jobs with very few exceptions. These jobs are service oriented primarily in the lodging and food industries. It is important to consider that the Convention Center would need to be booked with large out of town conventions on an almost weekly basis or most of the jobs would only be part time jobs with no health and retirement benefits.
Priorities need to be set in the areas of education and the creation of high paying jobs. The people of Pueblo want their educated sons and daughters to be able to find the kind of jobs they have worked hard towards here in Pueblo. Help, keep families together and enrich all of Pueblo. Vote NO on ballot questions 2C and 2D.