The Long Beach Chamber of Commerce issued a statement today praising Mayor Bob Foster's effort to award Long Beach-based businesses a greater percentage of city contracts. This wouldn't be especially significant news in many communities but generally liberal city politicians and the generally conservative chamber have rarely seen eye-to-eye on how to improve the local economy. Read about it at the Chamber Website, http://www.longbeachadvocacy.biz/strictlybusiness/052709.htm
