Teamsters want DOT secretary canned over Mexican truck pilot
-- Today's Trucking News
Teamsters air campaign against Mexican trucks
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 2 hours ago
By Paul M. Krawzak
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
3:46 p.m. February 6, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Teamsters have launched a blistering radio
and direct-mail campaign calling for the firing of U.S.
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, who they blame for
continuing a program that allows Mexican trucks to travel
throughout the United States.
The campaign marks the latest effort to end the
controversial, five-month-old, cross-border trucking project
promoted by the Bush administration.
In the radio ad, which will start running Thursday on the
self-described "progressive" Air America radio network, the
blaring of a horn and sound of a crash precede a call to
"fire" Peters.
The ad proclaims that Peters has ignored a law passed last
year to end the program. The ad is expected to run one week.
Teamster leadership said it is firing off 250,000 letters to
union members who live along the U.S.-Mexican border or haul
freight to generate opposition to the program.
The union also is targeting Peters in her home state of
Arizona, where the transportation chief has been mentioned
as a possible gubernatorial candidate in 2010.
"Part of what we want to do is make it clear that there is a
political price for doing this," said Teamsters spokeswoman
Leslie Miller.
Brian Turmail, a Department of Transportation spokesman, was
dismissive of the attack.
www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20080206-1546-cnsmextruck.html
Teamsters Launch Major Campaign to Fire US Transportation
Secretary
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I wonder if Air America's Thom Hartman's vigorous
Campaign against Mexican immigration has something
to do with this?
Thom Hartman, like talk radio for smart people.
--Doug
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PURE Republicanism?? It's now clear.
Six years of PURE Republicanism - BOTH houses
AND the Prez. Pure as it gets.
So?
Are you better off now than seven years ago?
Are you proud with what they have done to
America and her reputation? ...Your reputation?
...all that sleaze, lies and bribery? Proud?
If actions speak louder than rhetoric, then
name ONE good thing about Republicanism.
Just one.
Just one *real* thing.
Can't do it?
So? Your Republicanism more like a bad habit then?
Pure empty feelsgoodism?
Sunday, February 10, 2008
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Peters is mocking her office, her title, and slapping the American people around by allowing these very unsafe trucks and non-trained drivers to work throughout the United States.
It is time for her to go!
Nothing at all unsafe about these trucks nor the drivers.
Simply more protectionism, xenophobia and thinly veiled racism.
As a spokesman for the FMCSA countered, "This is what you do when the facts are not on your side and you keep losing in court"!
Get over it people!
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