I was pleased to join Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini and Lawrence Mayor Michael Sullivan yesterday for the announcement of the Mayors Summer Jobs for Youth Initiative for 2008. This initiative, run through the Career Center of the Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board, will employ a minimum of 175 young people to work this summer. With a difficult economy it has never been more important to have programs like this. My congratulations to Executive Director Fred Cardbury and the entire staff over at the WIB for this outstanding program.