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Teamsters file frivolous lawsuit seeking to stop Mexican Truck Program

Sep 022011

02/09/2011 Posted by PMC at 22:34 on 02/09/2011 Comments Off

Teamsters file frivolous lawsuit seeking to stop Mexican Truck Program

At the 11th hour today, Teamsters, along with Public Citizen filed a lawsuit in 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco seeking to stop implementation of the Mexican Cross Border Program. The suit was filed against the US Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration alleging that the pilot program sets standards that aren’t stringent enough for Mexican trucks and drivers. For example, the program waives a law requiring trucks to display proof of meeting federal safety standards, said Jonathan Weissglass, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. An official for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the Teamsters ….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

FMCSA releases Independent Panels analysis of Mexican Cross Border Program

Nov 062008

06/11/2008 Posted by PMC at 17:37 on 06/11/2008 Comments Off

An independent evaluation panel’s report on the U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking demonstration project prepared at the request of Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters, definitively shows that Mexican domiciled trucks can operate safely and in compliance with all US laws and USDOT regulations. The report was prepared by Mortimer L. Downey III, chairman of the board of PB Consult Inc., James T. Kolbe, senior advisor at McLarty Associates and a professor in the college of business at the University of Arizona, and Kenneth M. Mead, a special consultant at Baker Botts LLP and former inspector general of the Department of Transportation.

U.S.–Mexico NAFTA Transportation Agreement Imperiled?

Jul 252008

25/07/2008 Posted by PMC at 18:52 on 25/07/2008 4 Responses »

U.S.–Mexico NAFTA Transportation Agreement Imperiled?

The governing idea behind [cref nafta-for-dummies NAFTA] is to remove trade restrictions so as to encourage the free-flow of goods and services across the North American continent. Along the U.S. – Mexican border, however, the reality is that the ground transportation of such goods remains highly congested and drawn out. Long-haul trucks from Mexico are restricted from operating in the U.S. except within designated commercial zones located in border-cities such as San Diego, El Paso and Brownsville. At these sites, the contents of a truck must be unloaded and transferred onto a domestic carrier in order to continue to their ….Read More

Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program – 10th Month Assessment

Jul 122008

12/07/2008 Posted by PMC at 10:41 on 12/07/2008 Comments Off

Yesterday was the tenth month of the Mexican Cross Border Pilot Program and an assessment of the performance of the participants reveals no surprises, at least for me. For those who oppose the program, the results might be an eye opener disputing Jimmy Hoffa’s claims of “dangerous Mexican trucks”. Ironically, it coincided with Byron Dorgan’s ultimately futile attempt to stop the program. Methodology Obviously, we took the USDOT numbers assigned to the participants and ran them through the FMCSA SAFERSYS database. All records are current through 6/20/2008. Next, we choose the date range (09/11/2007) which was the date the first ….Read More

Dorgan attempts to stop Cross Border Program once again

Jul 122008

12/07/2008 Posted by PMC at 08:33 on 12/07/2008 Comments Off

Dorgan attempts to stop Cross Border Program once again

Senator Byron Lesly Dorgan, jumping at the command of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, offered an amendment to the 2009 Transportation Appropriations Bill aimed at shutting down the successful Mexican Cross Border Demonstration Truck Program. Of course, Hoffa and OOIDA are praising the efforts, but the effort at what? The current Cross Border Program is slated to end on September 11, This amendment would not take effect until October 1 at the earliest. But it still must go to conference and be reconciled with the HOuse version of the appropriations bill, voted on by the House and the full Senate and ….Read More

OOIDA – Good for a laugh on occasion

Jun 022008

02/06/2008 Posted by PMC at 16:24 on 02/06/2008 4 Responses »

I couldn’t help but break out laughing, or as Stevie Sommers puts it, “chuckle”, listening to OOIDA and LandlineNow on XM-171 last Thursday, I think it was, when they brought up the almost dead subject of the Cross Border Program. I think Mark Reddig was talking with their Washington lobbyist about the status of the program and the comment was made; All of us at OOIDA are working full time to see this program is stopped in it’s tracks! Yep, 10 months into the program, and they’re working full time to stop a program that has been successful beyond even ….Read More

Why comments in opposition of the Cross Border Program were seemingly ignored!

Apr 182008

18/04/2008 Posted by PMC at 06:45 on 18/04/2008 Comments Off

Has anyone ever wondered why it seemed that FMCSA ignored the comments posted concerning Cross Border Program when making their decision to continue with the program? Did anyone with a brain read some of the 2300 comments posted, most in opposition to the program? Here is an example of a comment posted on the FMCSA website during the comment period. FMCSA did read the comments and came to the correct conclusion that none of them gave any concise or reasoned argument against implementation of the program. This comment here shows just how misinformed and prejudiced the commenter is. All of ….Read More

AVOMEX International newest participant in Cross Border Program

Mar 152008

15/03/2008 Posted by PMC at 15:21 on 15/03/2008 Comments Off

OOIDA immediately responds with unsupported allegations against the company. In what has become a common practice with OOIDA, they have once again gone on the attack against a participant in the Cross Border Program, citing statistics not in existence to further their fear mongering about non existent safety issues. The latest target of their attack is AVOMEX INTERNATIONAL SA de CV, an importer of avocados, and other agricultural products. This is not the first time OOIDA has selected this company to spotlight with erroneous information. They were after them while the initial PASA’s were being performed. OOIDA makes this claim. ….Read More

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