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TRUCKER FOR A DAY * USA - Ex-governor Schafer takes to truck in flood fight
The all-for-one effort that holding back a record flood requires puts a new spin on the old saw about politics
Fargo,ND,USA -INFORUM, by Dave Roepke -9 April 2009: -- Instead of putting politicians in bed with strange company, major floods can give them strange jobs. It happened to Ed Schafer, at least... The former North Dakota governor and U.S. agriculture secretary ended up pulling a shift driving truckloads of clay on March 28, the day the Red River hit its first peak. He slipped into the driver’s seat despite not having a commercial driver’s license, which is mandatory when driving trucks rated for 26,000 pounds or more... Schafer said he contemplated passing on the impromptu assignment due to his lack of a CDL, but he decided it was OK in the less-than-ideal situation... (Photo: Former North Dakota Gov. and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer poses with the Roers’ Construction truck he drove during the height of the flood fight in late March. Special to The Forum)Labels: truckers' stories
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