Right here in my hometown birth city we are beginning to become something more than the capitol of our state. We are cleaning up our blight while building a more inclusive city. Lately we just got contracts to build modern trains and may soon become the hub of rail innovation and production. Sacramento has long been just a city on the map that denotes our being the capitol while other cities in our state have garnered much more attention. Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego have all held sway as destination points for travelers. Well now Sacramento is going to join those high powered cities as a desired location. We are a hot in the summer cold in the winter valley but it is seasonally normal to our state's overall climate.
I have never been one to push our city to the forefront but I do take some pride in being born in the capitol city. With the state government firmly established here the movers and shakers of our state are often our guests. Well it seems that they are now as perceptive as I have been in noticing that there is potential here in not only labor and land but in strategic placement. Our location to the Ocean, desert, mountains and fertile valleys is undeniable and with all points able to be accessed from here the fact of our Metro airport's recent expansion underlines this. From rail car to airfields to Interstate highways, we are perfectly placed without even considering we have a deep water, non container, port here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Sacramento#/media/File:Sacramento_Deep_Water_Ship_Channel.png.
All this to say is that even our often neglected capitol city is getting geared up to become a national and international player. This rarely happens in cities and states where progress is downplayed and stifled in the name of maintaining the status quo. Most non progressive states are still on the back burner with technology and innovation creeping along at a snails pace. We here in California have a tremendous amount of leaders who are proud to help build our state into the greatest state in America. We tax fairly, but progressively, with an eye toward our shared futures while trying to close the enormous income inequality gap. We do this by creating new and exciting ventures that inspire our citizens to participate and grow ourselves. We Californians are a model for the future and it is our wish that the other states and territories of America join with us.
I have never been one to push our city to the forefront but I do take some pride in being born in the capitol city. With the state government firmly established here the movers and shakers of our state are often our guests. Well it seems that they are now as perceptive as I have been in noticing that there is potential here in not only labor and land but in strategic placement. Our location to the Ocean, desert, mountains and fertile valleys is undeniable and with all points able to be accessed from here the fact of our Metro airport's recent expansion underlines this. From rail car to airfields to Interstate highways, we are perfectly placed without even considering we have a deep water, non container, port here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_of_Sacramento#/media/File:Sacramento_Deep_Water_Ship_Channel.png.
All this to say is that even our often neglected capitol city is getting geared up to become a national and international player. This rarely happens in cities and states where progress is downplayed and stifled in the name of maintaining the status quo. Most non progressive states are still on the back burner with technology and innovation creeping along at a snails pace. We here in California have a tremendous amount of leaders who are proud to help build our state into the greatest state in America. We tax fairly, but progressively, with an eye toward our shared futures while trying to close the enormous income inequality gap. We do this by creating new and exciting ventures that inspire our citizens to participate and grow ourselves. We Californians are a model for the future and it is our wish that the other states and territories of America join with us.
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