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Congresswoman Castor Visits With Editorial Board
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
Housing, Education, Veterans Benefit and Healthcare are among her concerns
Congresswoman Kathy Castor visited with the Sen- tinel Editorial Board on Wednesday. She was accom- panied by office staffers Mar- cia Mejia, District Director, and Dwayne Mallory, Out- reach Advisor.
Congresswoman Cas- tor shared with the board members several concerns that she has for this commu- nity: veterans’ benefits, health- care for seniors, housing, education and transportation.
She is hopeful that the up- coming elections will bring in more Democrats who can con- centrate on what the commu- nity really needs.
Among the points she ad- dressed were:
Congresswoman Cas- tor would like to see a better
Congresswoman Castor with Sentinel Editorial Board members, from left: C. Blythe Andrews, III, President; S. Kay Andrews, Publisher; Cong. Castor; Gwen Hayes, Editor; and James Johnson, Office Manager. (Photograph by Terry Clark)
Secretary Ben Carson,
housing for low income fami- lies will get worse. He is pro- posing that those who receive housing vouchers pay 3 times more.
Of her disappointments this past year, Cong. Castor said the restoration of felons’ rights, and advocating for those without rights. She is going to have conversations to promote Amendment 4, which will need 60% of voters to pass.
She is most proud of the passage of the bill to have the statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune among the 100 U. S. statutes in the Capitol. Her statue will replace that of General Edmund Kirby Smith. There are 9 females currently there, but no African Americans. Dr. Bethune will be the first. Her statue will also be done by a female, Dr. Michelle Cohen.
Cong. Castor stated that former State Representative Ed Narain assisted with or- chestrating this bill.
minimum wage for workers in Florida.
Even though “it’s tough to get a referendum passed in Hillsborough County,” she will be meeting with neighbor- hoods about transit in the Tampa Bay community.
Board member Kay An- drews, Publisher, shared that
there needs to be a compre- hensive plan and more conver- sations about traffic. In these conversations, she said, the same plan needs to be shared so that the residents are not confused.
Cong. Castor is saddened about the “assault on public schools. We need to pay our
teachers and support staff more,” she said.
Instead of breaking up families and spreading them throughout the community, Cong. Castor says neighbor- hoods and families should be lifted up.
Ms. Andrews shared that with the proposal from HUD
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