State Rep. Tyrone Yates is warning Gov. Bob Taft that unless Cincinnati gets more money for summer jobs, the city will see "major disruptions" from the "teeming numbers of young men and women congregating on neighborhood street corners." Yates, a former Cincinnati city councilman, is asking Taft for $4 million for summer youth employment and adult job training programs. Yates sent a letter to Taft on June 2, saying that he was "sensing a terrible summer situation brewing in the poor and African-American community" in Cincinnati. Yates said he could feel palpable unrest and anger growing about a lack of employment. [more]
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