ST. PETERSBURG — Zaundra Goner always suspected it wasn't normal to have a $300 electric bill and an $80 water bill in a one-story, two-bedroom home....City Council member Karl Nurse, who helped get the project off the ground, recently went door to door in Bartlett Park to make homeowners aware of the grants.
Several of his initiatives on the council have aided struggling residents. He launched a program to educate residents about avoiding foreclosure, and he worked with banks to offer low-cost checking accounts to low-income residents. He has pushed for more jobs and more effective code enforcement and crime fighting in troubled neighborhoods.
Nurse also has sought more transparency in city government. He cajoled the City Council into agreeing to televise its subcommittee meetings, where much of the work of the council is done. And he spoke against the secrecy involved in the award of tax incentives to businesses.
