Inland Empire Progressive

According to some residents, the city of San Bernardino is a populated by pimps, prostitutes, and panhandlers. But as I walk through the city, it's not as bad as people make it out to be. We are a tough, yet proud people that hustle hard just to rub two nickles together. Sometimes I think this bad mouthing is political. I know why outsiders would bad mouth us, it's because it will economically benefit them if our citizens increase their sales tax revenues. These elitist cities would economically vulturize our community for their own gain. But our own folk? Where's the end game? I just don't see the benefit.

San Bernardino has a shortage of professional class employees and entrepreneurs that is keeping our city from improving upon our median income. I watched this video and give full throated support for the need of more programmers as well as engineers and other STEM folks. In addition, in most cases it's free to learn to code! We just have to apply ourselves and make a dedicated effort in this area because it is not easy. However, this is not to disparage our need for blue collar folks, but we need to get them out of the construction trade. We need more mechanics, truckers, and electricians for people who feel college is not the right fit for them.