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St. Petersburg: Local law to favor local workers draws big crowd at City Hall

An overflow crowd fills a St. Petersburg City Council workshop Thursday at City Hall in support of a proposal to require construction firms to hire Pinellas County workers to perform at least 50 percent of work hours on high-cost projects.

Mark Puente
Former Times Reporter

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