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TRUCKERS' PROTEST * USA - Lawmakers express support in New York capital
Convoy's Happy end ... ???
Albany,NY,USA -Land Line Magazine, By Clarissa Kell- Holland, -June 19, 2008: -- Truckers in New York – fed up with high fuel prices, increasing toll costs and other taxes – proved on Thursday, June 19, that grassroots actions to wake up lawmakers and the media can work... On Thursday, more than 150 truckers converged on Albany, NY, where they rallied in front of the statehouse. Many New York lawmakers, including New York Gov. David Paterson, addressed the protestors. Paterson recently announced a plan – widely unpopular among truckers – to keep heavy trucks off certain roads in upstate New York... On the topic of fuel costs, Paterson said he would support a summer fuel tax holiday only if fuel companies promise to pass the savings on to consumers. But he said more needs to be done as well...For Bill Sutton, a flatbedder from Batavia, NY, said the convoy and rally in Albany was an “experience of a lifetime... Sutton said he happened to be in the right place at the right time after the rally. New York Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who spoke at the rally, talked to truckers afterward about some of the issues that led them to convoy to Albany... Sutton said Bruno is no stranger to the trucking world. Bruno told him his first job was delivering ice in a straight truck...
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