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Nightstand

By Piper Castillo, Times staff writer
Published January 13, 2008


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Before being elected to the Pinellas Board of County Commissioners in November 2000, Ken Welch served as a senior financial accountant and financial systems administrator for Florida Power Corp. now Progress Energy.

What is on your nightstand?

Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint. The book delves into the critical issues facing the African-American community, from education to parenting to absentee father issues. It offers concrete solutions.

Piper Castillo, Times staff writer, can be reached at pcastillo@sptimes.com.


 

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