Angry And Scared: Stories of the 99% in St. Petersburg, Florida

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October 16, 2011 09:00 AM
Angry And Scared: Stories of the 99% in St. Petersburg, Florida

By Susie Madrak

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/angry-and-scared-stories-99-st-peters

At the Occupy St. Pete protest held yesterday in one of Florida's more liberal cities, almost 400 people turned out to the first Occupy event. They had their stories about why they were there, and what they hoped to accomplish.

Ogini Montaya, a tall skinny guy with a painted face, shook his head. "Yeah, I should have read the fine print," the 30-year-old electrician said. But when the work dried up along with the housing boom, it seemed like a good idea to go back to school.

Unfortunately for the husband and father of two, he chose a trade school whose counselor a/k/a sales rep assured him any credits earned at the school would transfer to a local college. "I even got it in writing," he told me, rueful. "They lied to me, dead to my face.

"I got a 3.5 GPA, spent $40,000 in two years. It's worthless." He said his wife was now supporting the family, "working 12 hours a day to keep us afloat. I called (Sen.) Bill Nelson's office and he said, "What do you want me to do about it?"



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