Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program officially underway as first Mexican truck arrives at Laredo

Oct 212011
 
 21/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 13:50 on 21/10/2011 1 Response »
Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program officially underway as first Mexican truck arrives at Laredo

An editorial caught me eye this morning, on this day that the first Mexican carrier to be granted authority to operate beyond the commercial zone enters the U.S. It reads in part; When a nation signs and ratifies a treaty with another, it is in effect a contract between those countries. And when one country later simply decides it does not like the terms of the treaty and unilaterally decides to stop abiding by those terms —- well, that nation isn’t behaving very honorably, is it? The roadblocks being thrown up by groups like OOIDA and the Teamsters that have ….Read More

Rep. Peter DeFazio follows OOIDA’s lead with letter “DEMANDING” answers

Sep 222011
 
 22/09/2011  Posted by PMC at 00:10 on 22/09/2011 Comments Off
Rep. Peter DeFazio follows OOIDA's lead with letter "DEMANDING" answers

Rep. Peter DeFazio, following OOIDA President Jim Johnston’s example sent a letter to FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro demanding she address his bogus concerns about the safety of Mexican trucks on U.S. roads. But this isn’t about this vile little man’s irrelevant letter to Ms Ferro. It’s to be expected. Despite the fact DeFazio was elected to represent the people of the 4th Congressional District in Oregon, he continues to be in the pocket of the unions, specifically representing the whims and demands of embattled Teamsters President James P. Hoffa. DeFazio’s claims of being concerned about the “safety, security and jobs ….Read More

Cross Border Agreement signed. OOIDA already in Court – Higher Tariffs possible as a result

Jul 062011
 
 06/07/2011  Posted by PMC at 15:25 on 06/07/2011 Comments Off
Cross Border Agreement signed. OOIDA already in Court - Higher Tariffs possible as a result

It didn’t take long after today’s announcement of the official signing of the Cross Border Pilot Program agreement in Mexico City for opponents to come out swinging with the lies, fear mongering and preying on the ignorance of those too apathetic to look for the truth for themselves. And as expected, OOIDA is headed to court. In a “Special Report” senior editor Jami Jones writes: The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association immediately filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The Association is asking the court to review the program and to “enjoin, set-aside, ….Read More

Teamsters President James P. Hoffa releases self serving and totally inaccurate statement on Cross Border Trucking with Mexico

May 162011
 
 16/05/2011  Posted by PMC at 15:11 on 16/05/2011 Comments Off
Teamsters President James P. Hoffa releases self serving and totally inaccurate statement on Cross Border Trucking with Mexico

Teamsters President James P. Hoffa, himself in hot water after caught using his position to offer union jobs, salaries, and pensions to bribe people for political support, released a “presser” giving his totally irrelevant and patently untrue rant in opposition to the upcoming cross border pilot program with Mexico. THE PUBLIC OPPOSES ILLEGAL, UNSAFE MEXICAN TRUCK PROGRAM is the title of this crapola presser released today which Hoffa continues to lie to his membership and the American public. Hoffa says; DOT’s proposal to open the border “fails to adequately protect our members, their families and the traveling public from the ….Read More

FMCSA denies TEAMSTERS request for comment period extension on Cross Border Trucking proposal

May 132011
 
 13/05/2011  Posted by PMC at 07:46 on 13/05/2011 Comments Off
FMCSA denies TEAMSTERS request for comment period extension on Cross Border Trucking proposal

Taking a page from his 2007 playbook, to delay and further mislead the public, James P. Hoffa on asked FMCSA head Ann Ferro to extend the comment period for FMCSA-2007-0097 another 30 days, citing 30 days to comment just isn’t enough time. Ferro denied the request, sending Hoffa into another juvenile temper tantrum. “Thirty days isn’t enough time for the public to voice its objections to this dangerous proposal,” Hoffa said. “Tens of thousands of Teamsters want to keep the border closed, as do most Americans and Congress. We want to make it clear that DOT should listen to the ….Read More

Bi-partisian gang of lawmakers to “DEMAND” end to Mexican cross border proposal

May 032011
 
 03/05/2011  Posted by PMC at 19:04 on 03/05/2011 Comments Off
Bi-partisian gang of lawmakers to "DEMAND" end to Mexican cross border proposal

It never ends. Citing bogus concerns over safety, security and cost, a bipartisan gang Congressmen, bought and paid for with Teamster funds is demanding that the federal Department of Transportation cancel plans to re-introduce a cross-border trucking program with Mexico. Taking the lead with a letter on 4/4/2011, Rep. Duncan Hunter (D-CA) along with Rep. Daniel Lipinski, (D-Ill), Rep. Rep. Bob Filner, (D-Ca) and 19 other Democrats along with 12 Tea Party Republicans, has a letter that is to be delivered to La Hood and made public on Wednesday afternoon, DEMANDING LaHood dump the plans for a renewed cross border program with ….Read More

Hoffa: Plan to Open Border to Unsafe Mexican Trucks Is Reckless

Apr 112011
 
 11/04/2011  Posted by PMC at 18:11 on 11/04/2011 Comments Off
Hoffa: Plan to Open Border to Unsafe Mexican Trucks Is Reckless

As expected, James P. Hoffa came out with the expected denouncement of FMCSA’s announced Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico late this after noon, and Hoffa didn’t disappoint using his tired worn out mantra of “unsafe” Mexican trucks to lead off his rant. And, as expected, he is using the targeted violence in Mexico as an excuse saying that his union members will vigorously oppose a dangerous plan to open the border to Mexico, a country ravaged by a drug war. “Vigorously oppose” we suppose means lining the pockets of the politicians he has in his pocket, er, corner, such ….Read More

CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin says cross-border trucking will be secure

Mar 312011
 
 31/03/2011  Posted by PMC at 20:12 on 31/03/2011 Comments Off
CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin says cross-border trucking will be secure

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin expressed strong confidence Wednesday in San Diego at a seminar to mark the 10th anniversary of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, most commonly known by its acronym C-TPAT, that Mexican trucks and the Mexican trucking program will be secure and successful. C-TPAT was started after the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York as a way to keep the global supply chain flowing and while securing the country from an outside attack. Seven companies were involved with the program when it began as a method in which global shippers share cargo data and enact ….Read More

DeFazio caves on Mexican Truck issue – Could be implemented in 6 months or less

Jan 222011
 
 22/01/2011  Posted by PMC at 01:37 on 22/01/2011 Comments Off
DeFazio caves on Mexican Truck issue - Could be implemented in 6 months or less

Consider the source before you get all excited, but the right wing moonbattery website WORLD NET DAILY is reporting that Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), a staunch opponent of allowing Mexican trucks access to the United States, has apparently seen the light and knows that further opposition to the inevitable is fruitless.

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