Posted on 11/03/2012 1:53:07 PM PDT by lowbridge
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, it seems to be pretty clear that residents of New York City and the surrounding areas could use all the help they can get.
However, a Davisburg man said some people in the area are more interested in protecting their turf than in distributing those supplies to the masses.
Mike James, an independent trucker, said he and three other truckers were told to haul a load of transformers to the city to replace equipment anticipated to be lost in the storm.
James, two men from Holly and a Flint man arrived in the city Tuesday night and slept in their trucks before attempting to deliver the 144 transformers to emergency workers.
When they arrived Wednesday, they were turned away by Con Edison employees because they were not union workers.
(Excerpt) Read more at theoaklandpress.com ...
Thanks for the reply, I hope that many people get their eyes opened about obama. They are all in my prayers.
My daughter and family live in Westchester County NY and they still do not have power. Luckily they are doing ok, survival mode.
We have also been through many hurricanes. FEMA has never helped. But WalMart, that evil corporation, gave water and ice to everyone who came there. GAVE IT. Yes, you read that correctly.
I'll bet the unions are all agaga about pulling in the overtime by extending the repowering process as long as they can....
talk about creepy ungodly people....
In 1984-85 I drove for a trucking company that had bought out McGraw Edison's truck fleet. McGraw Edison is a huge manufacturer of transformers for utilities from pole mounts to slab mounts, substations etc.
The load would either be owned by the manufacturer or the recieving party depending on their purchasing contract. The driver gets paid usually for loads delivered. Meaning he needs paperwork. My guess is they were being paid. Most truckers in the USA especially ones hauling things like transformers are Non Union drivers. So that part would be true.
Secondly, the article refers to the driver in this story as an "independent trucker," but the story at the link says his boss told him to return to Michigan after he couldn't deliver the load.
You can be an Independent Trucker {AKA Owner/Operator and still haul for named trucking companies. That is very common. As for the transformers? Likely the truckers were from Michigan. But the transformers could come from McComb , Illinois, Zanesville, Ohio, Allentown, PA, etc where ever the plant was. I hauled transformers from the above stated places and even as far away as a McGraw Edison plant in Southeastern, Texas. I can't spell Nachadoishes, Texas LOL.
The one saying return to Michigan would be a Dispatcher the Independent was contracted with to haul loads.
I will say this. I loathed loads going into New Jersey or worse NYC. The people are OK but the Da** Rules and regulations aren't. Nor was accidentally going into Harlem at 1:00am LOL.
If ONLY the people NEEDING this stuff would be able to READ these articles....Romney would WIN in NJ and New York!!
I will make this comparison. Whatever damage Katrina did to New Orleans....which had no union issues....you can figure twice the amount of time to restore New Jersey and New York compared to New Orleans.
I’ll also suggest that a quarter of the Staten Island population will pack up within four weeks and leave permanently. They will collect their insurance check....look at the lack of support, lack of power, and quotes to repair what they have left, and then just give up.
By spring of 2013, New York papers will grasp the population shift and ask political figures to respond. Nothing much can be said. The union guys? They helped to make this population shift possible. Look for Staten Island to become like Memphis in the next ten years....just a low-lying region full of crime and corruption.
WE dont need your stinking transformers!!!!!!!!!”
Youve got to understand peoples frustration, the mayor said. Theyre cold, theyre tired, they lost a lot. Sometimes we all get a little bit overanxious, if you will. Nanny
Right on!
LLS
What state is Davisburg in?
Governor Cuomo offered to call up the New York National Guard. Bloomberg turned them down because “They Might Be Armed”!!!!!
This falls on Bloomberg-—again!!
Sorry for the late “thank you” to you. I just got to my computer at this hour.
It just kills me to see what these unions have done to our country over the years. Since they buy our crooked politicians, nothing will be done.
Thank goodness Panama finally has an honest president. He had never been in politics. Like Romney, he made his wealth in business and not through stealing. He is extremely rich and does not need “outside help.”
As a matter of fact, he gives his precedential salary to 3 charities. His VP also gives his salary away to a good cause.
Thank you again for your comments.
yep!
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