Mexico Trucker Online

We have a New Year before us. Soon to have a new President that folks are pinning their hopes and dreams on, an economy in the crapper, the nativists or whining and dreaming of a White America, and new challenges await!

The original intent of this site was to debunk all the bullshit about Mexico and the Cross Border Pilot Program, and for that, we were extraordinarily successful. As foretold, what the protectionists predicted would be chaos and calamity, has gone on for 16 months without a hitch. Told you so!

The future of the program? Who knows, and the truth be known, I continue not to care one way or the other. It hasn’t effected my life, my job, my company in the least, nor has it impacted anyone in the trucking industry on this side of the border.

The opposition has been quiet about it since the election, mostly. Perhaps they’re being smug thinking that with Obama in office, it is a slam dunk to have it shut down. Maybe, maybe not! Whatever happens though, there will continue to be more than 800 Mexican companies with full access to the US. The Mexican companies who participated in the program have positioned themselves to be able to continue to have unrestricted access to the US, not under the Cross Border Rules, which were more stringent than normal DOT rules. Most of them have established US subsidiaries.

The losers? American companies who have invested into opening up markets south of the border.

But this year, I’m kicking back a little more. Spending more time in Monterrey with the family who I have neglected severely, (Sorry CeCe)

I’m planning to do more traveling south of the border as time and money permits. After reading my friend Richard Grabman’s new book God’s Gachupines and Gringos, there are new places I want to discover and old places I have been that I want to see through new eyes and the new knowledge I acquired from the book.

The new site design, as of today, I’ve received more than 120 emails complimenting me on it. Thanks to all. I was tired of the old look, and wanting something more minimal. I think I’ll keep this for now.

So the Mexican issue is dead for the most part. The 9th Circuit has yet to rule on the frivoulous lawsuit OOIDA, Teamsters and others filed that was supposed to be on the “fast track”.

I plan on making this more of a personal diary, of course keeping the Mexican flavor since that is my adopted home. But I want to keep it towards more of a human interest side instead of getting too political. 

With more than 5000 hits a day on the site, I’ve been doing something right and plan on continuing to do that.

Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous 2009. Stranger things have happened you know