February 16, 2023

Where the GOP is now on Trump

https://morningconsult.com/2024-gop-primary-election-tracker/ Surveys show that around 47% of Republicans support Donald Trump for the nomination and the rest support other candidates. Ron DeSantis is coming in at around a third of the surveyed Republicans. This indicates that a narrow majority of Republicans want someone else as their 2024 nominee besides Trump. DeSantis’ strategy is simple. He […]

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Our port challenge

https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/local/2023/02/16/officials-push-forward-with-wilmington-harbor-deepening-project/69881068007/ This story says that Savannah takes in 5.9 million containers a year, compared to around 300,000 in Wilmington. Savannah, Charleston and Norfolk have deeper channels than Wilmington, which is trying to get a dredging project through the corps. It may be the end of the decade. From the story: “And the Georgia port, like

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California Leaving

California has been losing population, 500,000 the last couple of years. NC has gained 259,000 during this time. I think one problem is housing. I remember driving around San Jose around 25 years ago, and looking at neighborhoods that were like 900-square-foot tract housing dating probably from the 1950s and ’60s. They were going for

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