Posted on 07/08/2022 2:05:36 AM PDT by RandFan
A local small business has gotten the attention of some bigwigs in Washington, D.C.
CoreTrans earned a visit from U.S. Senator Rand Paul Wednesday, as Paul brought business owner/CEO Brian Whitaker a certificate naming the trucking company the Senate Small Business of the Week.
Paul is the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and as such knows how difficult small businesses have it in this climate.
"There's a lot that goes into this," Paul told CoreTrans's employees, meaning an owner has to make sure there is enough money coming in to manage the salaries of the staff.
"Also something some people don't realize...is the risk people take to get something like this started," he said, meaning that many businesses only get off the ground because their owners have to borrow money to get started.
"Not every business makes it. One out of two, maybe one out of three businesses fail," and somehow, someone still has to make payments on that borrowed money, Paul said.
CoreTrans got its start in 2002 and has grown from a company with 25 semi tractor-trailers to one with more than 150 trucks and 200 drivers.
The headquarters of the fleet is located on Kit Cowan Road.
Whitaker told Paul that the business ships general commodities for other companies like Gordon Food Service, Nestle and Jim Beam.
"Our largest customer is Toyota in Georgetown. We've got a whole other dedicated operation where we run about 25 trucks... for Toyota," Whitaker said.
Paul said the "story of CoreTrans" has been put into the Congressional Record.
"This will become part of our nation's history, and I want to congratulate Brian and CoreTrans, and all of you for being a successful business," Paul said.
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Tell me I'm wrong...
It’s a sad commentary on 2022 that when I see a headline about a politician honoring something involving the word “trans,” my first reaction is dread. Pleasantly relieved to see that Rand hasn’t gone wobbly on us.
“Truckers = lifeblood of civilization
Tell me I’m wrong...”
Okay, you’re only half right. You forgot all the logistics involved, the mechanics, the department of transportation that keeps the roadways up, the Coast Guard which keeps navigable waterways of the United States navigable and well marked, the railroads and the infrastructure that keeps the trains running... one could write a book.
Are the truckers the pointy end of the spear? Perhaps. Or, perhaps a tine on the trident of shared transportation needs and logistical realities.
“It’s a sad commentary on 2022 that when I see a headline about a politician honoring something involving the word “trans,” my first reaction is dread.”
I take it you did not read about NASA’s recent launching of a cis-rocket. Not kidding...
Exactly what I thought when I read the headline. Oh, no, Rand....not you too? The evil left has such a profound impact that a normal word is completely hijacked, forever.
It crossed my mind too.. Amazing isn’t it. They have hijacked everything.
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