Well people, everything was rational and moving along nicely, even with the lies of James Hoffa and Todd Spencer clouding the issue, but they had to pay back the unions and stop the cross border program. As we know, tariff’s was immediately instituted, American trucks ejected from the country of Mexico and a minor trade skirmish began. This time though, Mexico is not going to sit back and be America’s lackey, taking whatever crumb the politicians throw to them in appeasement. Today it was learned that Mexican President Felipe Calderon will urge President Barack Obama at a meeting this week ….Read More
President-elect Barack Obama has named a national Latina leader to a top White House staff job. The Obama transition team today announced the selection of Cecilia Muñoz as his Director of the White House Office for Intergovernmental Affairs. That office directs White House outreach to state and local governments, as well as constituency groups. The Detroit-born Muñoz currently serves as senior vice president for the research, advocacy and legislation at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). She has been a prominent voice on civil rights issues, education and immigration. Muñoz, 46, is the youngest of four children of parents ….Read More
It was no surprise when FMCSA Administrator John Hill extended the Mexican Cross Border Program for another two years, thus beating the opposition at their own game. You see, FMCSA has been calling it a “demonstration program” while the opposition called it a “pilot program” which operates under different requirements, requirements that FMCSA has met. So John Hill, using the oppositions definition of the program, extends it to 3 years as is permitted for a “pilot program”, and Jimmy Hoffa is furious! I’m mad as hell about it, but I’m not surprised. – Jimmy Hoffa – What is Jimmy “mad ….Read More
