Herron brings jobs tour to Weakley County

Dresden Enterprise

March 3, 2010

State Senator and Congressional candidate Roy Herron will bring his Jobs Tour to his hometown of Dresden next week.

Herron will meet with small business owners and local leaders to hear their ideas about what he should do in Congress to help grow and save jobs.

Weakley County's unemployment rate is 12.6 percent, according to December 2009 figures from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

"Families and business owners all across the 8^th District are hurting," Herron said. "It's time Washington focused on jobs instead of bailout of Wall Street. In Congress, my top three priorities will be jobs, jobs and jobs."

Herron is scheduled to be at Kountry Korner, located at 9308 Highway 22 in Dresden at 7:30 a.m. Monday, March 8.

Herron has already taken his Jobs Tour to Lauderdale, Haywood, Dickson, Humphreys, Benton and Shelby counties. He will visit all 19 counties in the district focusing on jobs.

Herron has supported policies that make Tennessee one of the top business-friendly states in the nation. He has worked to help existing industries and businesses expand and grow jobs. He has sponsored legislation that helps employers develop plans for training workers to meet future industry needs.

In addition, Herron fought for the West Tennessee Megasite that will bring 21^st Century jobs and industry to rural West Tennessee. He also advocated investments for the Hemlock Semiconductor plan in Clarksville and the Northwest Tennessee Port and Industrial Park in Lake County. Together, these new facilities will create thousands of jobs.

Herron supported Governor Bredesen's workers compensation reform to help small businesses.