Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, who is running for a second term in office, on Tuesday 14 Elul 5773, unveiled his plan. At present, Barkat will be running against Moshe Leon, who is being backed by Likud/Beitenu and Shas.
The mayor announced that heading his list is City Hall�s commitment to create 100,000 new jobs in the capital in the coming five years. He shared some of the points of his five-year plan in addition to creating the new jobs, a plan that calls for the completion of a business district near the entrance to the city, which he predicts will create 40,000 new jobs.
Education ranks high in his plan too, with the mayor promising a longer school day at a subsidized rate. Other projects include expanding the light rail to reach N�vei Yaakov and Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital and the cable car to the Kosel.
(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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100K new jobs would close to double the city’s population and would create a gigantic housing shortage on top of one that already exists. It would be like a candidatge for mayor of New York offering to create one million new jobs in the city. We would ask what he’s been smoking.