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| The Plight Of The Ex-Convict Continues |
| By newsherald.com |
| Published: 06/07/2010 |
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PANAMA CITY — Paul Antonelli started looking for work as soon as he got out of jail in 2006. Five years later, he still hasn’t landed a full-time job in Panama City. “I’m actually a miserable son of a gun,” Antonelli said. “I quit drinking and smoking and cleaned up. I am ready to piss in a cup for anyone for a job.” Even if Antonelli didn’t have an assault conviction in his background, finding a job during a recession that has pounded the housing market and squeezed manufacturing would be difficult. Bay County’s unemployment rate surged last year to the highest rate in about 16 years and has remained above 9 percent for more than a year. Ex-convicts used to get construction jobs, but those dried up as building ground to a halt statewide, officials said. Read More. |
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