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In my view, the Alabama Republican Delegation should formulate a strong jobs-based economic coalition committed to working
together to revitalize the economic conditions in the State of Alabama.
It will be an important priority to convey
how this coalition can develop a strong plan for recruiting advanced technology companies into the 7th Congressional District,
as well as other Congressional districts throughout the state. I plan to present a comprehensive proposal to Senator Shelby,
Senator Sessions, and Representative Bonner on specific technologies to recruit for our economic revitalization plan.
One specific regional project in our economic plan is to involve Representative Jo Bonner in building a coalition
of Industrial Development planners to work on developing a “super port” in the Mobile area.
In my
view, the “homeport” could be an excellent location for developing a “super-port.” It would open the
floodgates for economic opportunity throughout central, southwest and northeast Alabama as well as northeastern Mississippi.
This port could handle all the increases in import /export traffic created under a statewide economic development program
initiated by the Alabama coalition of delegates.
Utilizing the homeport, our coalition could develop a reverse-NAFTA
economic revitalization plan. Under this plan, we could approach Mexico’s industries to provide heavy duty castings
for automobile and heavy equipment companies. Alabama industries could then machine refine these castings into final products
for these industries.
In less than a decade, a “super port” in Mobile would be the driving engine for
unprecedented economic growth throughout the region. We would see new business opportunities “spring up” throughout
Alabama; from Jackson to Birmingham, Selma to Demopolis, and Camden to Tuscaloosa, and cities all along the Tenn-Tom waterway.
Making a commitment to plan economic development on a regional basis could usher in a defining era for the Alabama
Republican Delegation and the Great State of Alabama.
Don Chamberlain
Republican Candidate
7th
Congressional District of Alabama
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