Goodbye Trucking and Hello Ocean Shipping

Here is something very interesting. On Monday last, your humble servant here attended the local Rotary International chapter in Crystal River, Florida, where his wife and he are first-time "snow birds." Next to me sat the head of planning for Citrus County, the County in which Crystal River is. We started to chat about the economic future of Citrus County, and he began to explain how it plans to build a seaport! We are on the Gulf of Mexico here, but people use the shorelines and bays for pleasure boating and fishing. Now, the County wants to create a seaport here - because it believes the price of oil will make transport of goods, materials by ship cheaper - and cleaner, too - than trucking. Citrus County, its proposed Port Citrus, wants to be the shipping hub for this part of Florida! Talk about looking ahead! The planner has invited me to visit with him at his office at the county seat of government. This is exciting for this writer, for he wants to learn more about Port Citrus, how the county came to this conclusion, and what plans are underway. Wow, for once, there is some good news to share! The message is: Do not wait for Washington or Wall Street to come to your rescue. Help yourself!