{"id":5681,"date":"2011-12-06T08:39:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T13:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/2011\/12\/06\/5681\/"},"modified":"2011-12-06T08:39:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T13:39:43","slug":"5681","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/5681\/","title":{"rendered":"Grooms: Ports 1st!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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South Carolina\u2019s ports system is\u00a0vital to our economic future<\/span>.\u00a0And today, we face an issue with our neighbor, Georgia, on the deepening of our shared border \u2013 the Savannah River.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s why I’ve now set up\u00a0a new ports section of my website<\/a> devoted to this issue, to keep you up-to-date. Take a moment to visit this page, and while you’re there, sign the online petition in support of our South Carolina ports.<\/p>\n

Our ports are indispensable to our economy, facilitating nearly\u00a0$46 billion in economic output\u00a0and supporting\u00a0260,000 jobs across the state. While competition serves the marketplace well, no business owner would ever voluntarily give a competitor an unfair advantage. We must do all we can to protect the interests of our state and\u00a0put our ports first.<\/p>\n

Here are some recent stories that I know will be important to you, including my guest editorial that appeared in Thursday’s edition of\u00a0The State<\/em> and thePost and Courier<\/em> editorial on this river dredging issue.<\/p>\n