Charlie Crist takes time to hear from small business owners
Running for political office after a (not intended) six-year exile, Charlie Crist conducted a one-hour listening session with a group of approximately 20 Pinellas County small businessmen and women on Wednesday afternoon in Clearwater. Among the things he learned was how onerous it is to file the paperwork for a Small Business Administration loan, and how difficult it is for some small businesses to get credit, nearly a decade after the financial meltdown of 2008. “You’re all small business people and owners, and…