{"id":329755890,"date":"2015-06-14T14:51:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T14:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=329755890"},"modified":"2015-06-14T14:51:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T14:51:30","slug":"kristerfer-burnett-is-running-for-city-council-in-baltimores-8th-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=329755890","title":{"rendered":"Kristerfer Burnett is running for City Council in Baltimore\u2019s 8th district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via Afro,<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>\nImproving the city\u2019s workforce preparedness will also require improving Baltimore\u2019s public transportation infrastructure. Having companies like Under Armour or Amazon in South Baltimore will not be an economic boon if residents cannot get there in a reasonable time-frame on public transportation, says Burnett. A subpar public transit system is also having an effect on school attendance, something that has ripple effects on the city\u2019s workforce preparedness. \u201cWhen we talk to teachers and administrators [about] why attendance rates are so low, part of it is the buses are late, or they\u2019re not showing up at all, and so a lot of kids are like, \u2018I\u2019ll just stay home,\u2019\u201d said Burnett.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: https:\/\/www.afro.com\/holton-opponent-challenges-focus-of-balto-politics\/#sthash.EouHajce.dpuf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Afro, &#8230; Improving the city\u2019s workforce preparedness will also require improving Baltimore\u2019s public transportation infrastructure. Having companies like Under Armour or Amazon in South Baltimore will not be an economic boon if residents cannot get there in a reasonable time-frame on public transportation, says Burnett. A subpar public transit system is also having an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=329755890\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kristerfer Burnett is running for City Council in Baltimore\u2019s 8th district&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329755890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329755890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329755890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329755890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329755890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329755890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329755890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}