1 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: This is America's Trucking Network with Kevin Gordon. 2 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 2: Welcome Bore, Thanks for tuning in on this Wednesday morning. 3 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 3: Well, we are in. 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 2: What the third day or whatever officially the government shutdown. 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 2: Actually this is the third business day, but the shutdown 6 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 2: actually started Friday night, and of course over the weekend 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 2: Saturday Sunday, not. 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 3: A whole lot of activity. 9 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 2: They were expecting maybe that they'd get the government back 10 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 2: open on Monday. 11 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 3: But here we are. 12 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: Also with that we have delays in terms of any 13 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 2: economic data that will be coming out from the different 14 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: federal agencies. So that kind of frees us up to 15 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 2: talk about some other things, which there's been a couple 16 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 2: of things that I've wanted to get out there and 17 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 2: talk about as far as what's going on in the 18 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 2: trucking industry and lo and behold. Over the weekend, a 19 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: couple of news stories came up that are wins for 20 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: the good guys. So let's dive right into it. Get 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 2: this Illinois judge rules that two hundred and forty three 22 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 2: million dollars of transportation funds was miss or were misspent. 23 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 2: A Circuit court judge and Illinois ruled this week that 24 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 2: Cook county misspent hundreds of millions of dollars in transportation dollars, 25 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: a win for the trade associations representing construction firms nationwide. 26 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 2: Judge Allison Conlin ordered that on January the twenty eighth, 27 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 2: that the county's use of two hundred and forty three 28 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: million in transportation tax revenues during the twenty twenty three 29 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: fiscal year violated the Safe Roads Amendment to the state Constitution. 30 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,839 Speaker 2: The county unsuccessfully argued that it could spend the tax 31 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 2: dollars on other expenses tied to enforcing the rules on 32 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 2: the road at offices such as the sheriff, state's attorney, 33 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 2: public defender, and Circuit Court clerk. The Illinois Road and 34 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:02,639 Speaker 2: Transportation Builders Alliance, the IRTBA trade group representing construction, design 35 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: and maintenance firms, originally filed a suit in twenty eighteen 36 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 2: opposing that policy. Now there's a little confusion here as 37 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: far as I'm concerned, is that the tax revenues are 38 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: talking about being spent in twenty twenty three were in 39 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: violation of this. But this lawsuit was filed back in 40 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, which means that it is taken between seven 41 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 2: to eight years for this case to actually be resolved. 42 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 2: So what happened in twenty nineteen, twenty twenty one and thereabouts. 43 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: Has these misspent of these figures been done during that 44 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,239 Speaker 2: period of time. They don't go into that detail here, 45 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 2: but fights the suit filed in twenty eighteen posing the policy. 46 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 2: They hope to bar the county from using tax revenues 47 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 2: it expected to collect from gas, parking lots, garages, and 48 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 2: car purchases on anything but direct transportation projects. The counties 49 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 2: diversion of those dollars threatened their livelihoods. 50 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 3: This is not unusual. 51 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 2: You take a look at the National highway transportation funds, 52 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 2: the national highway funds that are collected based on the 53 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: excise tax that you guys pay out in the trucking 54 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 2: industry on tires on the various trucks, the excise tax 55 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: that you pay on the cabs. 56 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 3: Let's not forget that. There's what is that there's like. 57 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 2: Six seven thousand dollars in excise taxes paid every time 58 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 2: you buy a tractor, and that is supposed to go 59 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 2: to highway. The taxes you pay the highway tax or 60 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 2: the federal tax you pay on diesel. As I mentioned, 61 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 2: the tires and other excise taxes that you pay, as 62 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 2: far as the gas cars and so on, the federal 63 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: highway tax or the federal tax on gasoline. 64 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 3: That we pay are supposed to go to the roads. 65 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 2: Now, I've talked about this before, back in twenty thirteen 66 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 2: years ago we shooting out Gosh is that twelve years 67 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: ago the a bunch of group of what they called 68 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: build our New Bridge now suddenly decided that they needed 69 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: to replace or do a companion bridge to the Brent 70 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 2: Spnch Bridge that runs between Ohio and Kentucky, which is 71 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 2: in the area where I live. And this had been 72 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 2: on the drawing board. In fact, this had been on 73 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 2: the drawing board as far back as the late seventies 74 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 2: and early eighties, where they wanted to build a new 75 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 2: bridge or a companion bridge because the bridge technically was 76 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 2: carrying more cars than what it was designed. 77 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 3: To do and there's traffic backups and so on. Well, 78 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 3: they came up with this brilliant idea. 79 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 2: Well, first of all, back up back in the late 80 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 2: seventies early eighties, there were when earmarks were available. A 81 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 2: local congressman from northern Kentucky secured the funding for that. 82 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 3: To build that bridge. 83 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 2: But the genius is over in Cincinnati decided that, well, 84 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 2: we don't know what we're going to do with the riverfront. 85 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: We are talking about getting rid of Riverfront Stadium due 86 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 2: a separate stadium for the Bengals and then a stadium 87 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 2: for the Reds, and we don't know what we're going 88 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,720 Speaker 2: to do. So they couldn't figure out where the footprint 89 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 2: on the Ohio side was going to be, so they 90 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 2: kept delaying, delaying, delaying. Plus they had this economic endeavor 91 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 2: that they wanted to build restaurants and bars in an 92 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 2: entertainment district down there. Said, I didn't know where that 93 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 2: was going to go. The funds were about to expire. 94 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 2: The funds for that went to fund a bridge down 95 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 2: in Maysville, Kentucky. So they got the money down there 96 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 2: and we were left shorthanded. Then in twenty thirteen, suddenly 97 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 2: a bunch of group of businessmen, they said, we need 98 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 2: to put pressure and we need to build this bridge now. 99 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 2: So they signed this petition and said, let's build a bridge. 100 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 3: Now. 101 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: We've got the support of all these different companies that 102 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 2: want to do that. Well, what they didn't tell them 103 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 2: was that part of the process of building that bridge 104 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 2: was going to involve tolls. So now you got all 105 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: these businesses that have signed on to something that is 106 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: going to cost the taxpayers here commuting back and forth 107 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 2: money as far as tolls. They needed legislation to go 108 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 2: through the state of Kentucky in order to get this passed. 109 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 2: A group of us got together and said, no this 110 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 2: tolls or taxes. We got petitions signed, We got resolutions 111 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 2: signed by the various local cities, counties, and so on 112 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 2: opposing this. 113 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 3: Got the thing defeated. 114 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 2: But in the process of that, being the numbers guy, 115 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:29,119 Speaker 2: being a recovering accountant, I dug into the numbers to see, well, 116 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 2: why are they whining about not having enough money? And 117 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 2: what I found out was that the National Highway Trust Fund, 118 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 2: thirty three percent of that money is spent on non transportation, 119 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: non highway issues. We are funding out of that. You 120 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 2: are funding out. 121 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 3: There with your excise taxes, et cetera. 122 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: The Northern corridor of Amtrak that a lot of commuters 123 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 2: use between New York, Connecticut, Delaware, et cetera. That's the 124 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: same hand tract that Joe Biden used to ride every 125 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 2: night back from Washington back to his family. He was 126 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 2: only paying like two three bucks a trip when it 127 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 2: should have cost him more like fifteen. But we the taxpayers, 128 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: the driving public that are driving on crumbling roads, bridges, 129 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 2: et cetera, are funding that. Also, out of those funds 130 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 2: came grants for hiking and biking trails. Now again I'm 131 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: not opposed to hiking and biking trails, but if they're 132 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 2: going to tell us and as you're out there driving 133 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 2: and going across toll bridges, toll roads, et cetera, and 134 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 2: costing your company, costing you as an independent truck driver 135 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 2: money out of your pocket on a daily basis, when 136 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 2: you find out that these roads instead of the money 137 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 2: that you're paying on tolls, instead of going to that 138 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 2: that is funding other projects within the state, they misuse 139 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 2: that funds there and the tolls that are supposed to 140 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 2: be on these roads. And it's supposed to be a 141 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: sunset clause which means that the tolls end after a five, ten, 142 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 2: fifteen year period time when the bridge is paid off 143 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 2: or the road is paid off. No, they renew that 144 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 2: contract and keep going and keep extracting more money. And 145 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 2: we find this time. I found this time and time 146 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 2: again going back to the whole idea when they say, well, 147 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 2: you know, it's. 148 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 3: A user fee. Tolls are a user fee. If you 149 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 3: use it, you pay for it. 150 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 2: If you don't want to use it, if you don't 151 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 2: want to if you don't use it, you don't have 152 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 2: to pay for it. Well, the same thing should hold 153 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 2: true for biking and hiking and biking trails. Why should 154 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 2: that money come out of the Highway Trust Fund to 155 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 2: fund that? Why can't they tax helmets, bikes, tires, all 156 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 2: the different gear that goes on with hiking and biking 157 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 2: and that sort of thing and take maybe a one 158 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 2: percent tax on that and fund that. If it's a 159 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 2: you know, if it's a user fee, you use it, 160 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 2: you pay for make the hiking trails and biking trails 161 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 2: toll hiking and biking trails. 162 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 3: See how how well that goes over? 163 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 2: But again, finding out that thirty three percent of our 164 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 2: money out of this Highway Trust Fund we're going to 165 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 2: things other than transferred to a highway transportation no wonder. 166 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,599 Speaker 2: I mean if you took thirty three percent of the 167 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: amount of money that you earn on an annual basis 168 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 2: and spend it on anything other than your family, food, clothing, housing, 169 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,360 Speaker 2: et cetera. Would you have enough money to survive and 170 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 2: would you constantly say, well, g whiz, I don't have 171 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: enough money. 172 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 3: Well, hell no. 173 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 2: If you're taking away thirty three percent of that and 174 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 2: spending on other than what your family needs, of course 175 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 2: you're going to be out of money. We'll pick this up. 176 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 2: I'm coming, We'll pick this up further. 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Getting back to 196 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 2: the story, Illinois judge rules two hundred and forty three 197 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 2: million dollars of transportation funds were misspent. I was talking 198 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 2: about some of the stuff that I've discovered or discovered 199 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 2: when a group of us were opposing the tolls on 200 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 2: the Companion Bridge of the Brent Spnz Bridge. They kept 201 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 2: telling us at the time that all the state legislators 202 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 2: got to pass this, you know, immediately, they got to 203 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 2: do it right here, right now, because we'll never get 204 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 2: this bridge paid for. And there's no way you're going 205 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 2: to get that bridge paid for by the federal government 206 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 2: because without tolls, and so you might as well bite 207 00:10:58,400 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 2: the bullet now because you're not going to win this. 208 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 2: Right Well, we won the fight in twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen, 209 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 2: and twenty fifteen to the point where they just stopped trying. 210 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 2: Then in the infrastructure bill that was passed during the 211 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 2: Biden administration, funds were set aside for that, And what 212 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 2: was it? I think it was in November of was 213 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 2: it as far back as November of twenty twenty two 214 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 2: when they said that the groundbreaking that we could have 215 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 2: groundbreaking ceremonies for the companion Brent Spence Bridge by November 216 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 2: of twenty twenty two. Well, folks, we are now into 217 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six and there hasn't been a shovel full 218 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 2: of dirt that has been turned over, even though what 219 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,839 Speaker 2: is it now going on? Thirteen years ago they were 220 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 2: telling us it was an emergency situation that this bridge 221 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 2: had to be built right here right now. 222 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 3: We just can't afford it because of safety. 223 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 2: And here the city of Cincinnati still hasn't figured out 224 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 2: where they want that bridge to fall, what they want 225 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 2: to do down in that area. 226 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 3: In fact, they keep. 227 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 2: Mudding the waters and saying, well maybe we could do 228 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 2: this entrance ramp heer, this exit ramp here, and so 229 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 2: on and so forth. So how important was this bridge? 230 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 2: So getting back to this particular story, let's give you 231 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 2: an idea of how money is. And it's outrageous how 232 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 2: this money that is collected for certain things then is 233 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 2: spent on something else. Well, we shouldn't be surprised to 234 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 2: look at the Social Security fund because that was supposed 235 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: to be set aside in a lock box for retirees. 236 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 2: But we know where that money went from, had got 237 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 2: pulled out of there in a little paper slip of 238 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 2: an IOU put in there. But that's a story for 239 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 2: another day. So getting back to the story. In January 240 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 2: twenty eighth interview, John Fitzgerald, the attorney for IRTBA, which 241 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 2: is the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Alliance, declared the 242 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 2: order a total, absolute victory that shows the county never 243 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 2: came close to meeting the constitutional obligation to spend these 244 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 2: transportation funds in line with this Safe Roads Amendment. It 245 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 2: is a victory for not just the roadbuilders, but for 246 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 2: everyone who uses roads, streets, and public transit. In Cook County, Illinois, 247 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 2: voters overwhelmingly approved the so called lock Box Amendment mandating 248 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 2: transportation related revenues be spent only for transportation related purposes 249 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: in twenty sixteen. So back in twenty sixteen, they passed 250 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 2: this law that said transportation funds are put in a 251 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 2: lock box and only spent for transportation related items. Backer 252 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 2: said it was necessary to ensure Illinois governments were building 253 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 2: and maintaining roads and railway infrastructure. Critics said the language 254 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 2: was too vague, potentially exacerbating budget budget problems by making 255 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 2: certain revenues too inflexible. In an emailed statement, Kara Yee, 256 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 2: a spokesman for Cook County Board of Presidents Tony pre Preckwinkle, 257 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 2: said the county was disappointed with the ruling and had. 258 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 3: Budgeted in good faith. 259 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 2: That is always the term that is used as far 260 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,559 Speaker 2: as these governmental agencies when they're caught with their hands 261 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 2: in the cookie jar. Give you a little example in 262 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 2: northern Kentucky, we had a situation back in I believe 263 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 2: twenty twelve, twenty fourteen thereabouts where the county board that 264 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 2: was in charge of the library decided that they were 265 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 2: going to raise the property tax collected for libraries by 266 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 2: twenty seven percent twenty seven percent to build a brand 267 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 2: new library somewhere in the county, even though based on 268 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 2: their statistics that we dug into and found out, we 269 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 2: were already over saturated with county libraries per the amount 270 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 2: of population we had. But that wouldn't dissuade them, because 271 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 2: when you have a governmental agency that has access to money, 272 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 2: all they want to do is build a bigger and bigger, 273 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 2: not better regime for themselves so that they can expand 274 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 2: their efforts. So a group of us got together and 275 00:14:57,160 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 2: decided we were going to fight this and going to 276 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 2: try to get put on the ballot. We found out 277 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 2: that the way the libraries had been established was the 278 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 2: fact that in order for them to either raise or 279 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 2: lower rates on property, the amount of property taxes they 280 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 2: were collecting had to go before the taxpayers to vote 281 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 2: on that. They had not done that since nineteen seventy eight, 282 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 2: and so a lawsuit was filed in order to try 283 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 2: to reverse that and say, Okay, you can't do this 284 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 2: unless you put it on the ballot. Well, they were 285 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 2: up in arms and saying, well, gee whiz, that's going 286 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 2: to throw us back to nineteen seventy eight revenues and 287 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,440 Speaker 2: we're going to go bankrupt and all this sort of stuff, 288 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: when in fact, the actuality is when you you know, 289 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 2: when the federal when a governmental agency sues you, they 290 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 2: can sue you as far back as they want. They 291 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 2: can go back ten fifteen years if they want. But 292 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 2: if you're suing the government, you can generally you might 293 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 2: be able to go back four years and collect. But 294 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 2: the bottom line is you may be able to only 295 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 2: go back two years. So the part that they put 296 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 2: out was a lie. The local judge said, you guys 297 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 2: are in violation of this and you have to not 298 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 2: only not put this tax through, but you're gonna have 299 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 2: to put through any of these others on the ballot. Well, 300 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 2: of course they appealed. That went to the appeals court 301 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 2: in the state of Kentucky, and just like this lawsuit 302 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 2: is going to go before the appeals court in Illinois. 303 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 3: And what's going to happen is that the. 304 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 2: Appeals court is going to look at that because they're 305 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 2: all a bunch of political hacks. They're going to look 306 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 2: in favor of the government. They're going to look in 307 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 2: favor of the governmental agencies or the non governmental agencies. 308 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 2: They're not going to be looking out for you and me. 309 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 2: They're going to say, well, this is going to disrupt 310 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 2: their revenue flow. And because this is one county out 311 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 2: of one hundred and twenty that is established this way, 312 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 2: that the other one hundred and twenty counties are done, well, 313 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 2: forty of them are done one way, eighty of them 314 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 2: are done one way, and forty are done this way, 315 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 2: so these other forty two counties are going to have 316 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 2: to revamp their taxes and that's just going to disrupt 317 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 2: these governmental agencies too much, and we can't have that. 318 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 2: So they ruled in favor of the library. Then it 319 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 2: goes to the Supreme Court of the State of Kentucky, 320 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 2: and they're even bigger political hacks. There are a bunch 321 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 2: of left wing nut jobs there. And when they came back, 322 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 2: they said, well, we're going to rule in favor of 323 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 2: the county and that no, they can't have the twenty 324 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 2: seven percent increase. But yes, they voluntarily said that they 325 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 2: would put this on the ballot and hopefully in the. 326 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 3: Future they will do this. 327 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 2: But they did this in good faith, even though we 328 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 2: showed them that the former Attorney General who had wound 329 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 2: up being governor and his son now is governor of Kentucky, 330 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 2: said at the time to them that you were in 331 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:49,120 Speaker 2: violation of the way this library situation was set up 332 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 2: and you're going to be hammered by it. They said, well, 333 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,640 Speaker 2: that's just a suggestion. We've got other people that say 334 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 2: that's not true. So again, you know, this whole business. 335 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 2: They made a good faith effort. Well, that's you know, 336 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 2: that's the lies that they always tell, and that's what 337 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 2: they get away with. So it'll be interesting to see 338 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 2: how this goes about, because I'm sure that the county 339 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 2: Cook County in Illinois is going to turn around and 340 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 2: try to take this and appeal it. Cook County initially 341 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 2: argued that the home rule unit of the government was 342 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 2: essentially exempt, but the Supreme Court decided against them in 343 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two. Even though they were decided against the 344 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 2: twenty twenty two they said, well, you know what, it 345 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:32,199 Speaker 2: doesn't matter what the Supreme Court does. We'll just go 346 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 2: ahead and keep doing it the way we've been doing 347 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 2: it just unbelievable. After that, the county came up with 348 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 2: a methodology to justify spending a percentage of the transportation 349 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 2: dollars at several publicly public safety departments, a process that 350 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 2: included sampling how many young people were in the detention 351 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 2: center for road violations, the number of States Attorney investigations 352 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 2: related to traffic offenses, and the number of rules of 353 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 2: the road cases going through the clerk, circuit clerk, the 354 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 2: clerk and courts compared to the officers over all caseloads, 355 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 2: So they wanted to spend this on all kinds of 356 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 2: spend some of this tax payer money for bridges and 357 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 2: roads on data collection to find out how many people 358 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 2: were in a jail as a result of traffic violations. 359 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,359 Speaker 2: That's on them, not on us, the driving public. To 360 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 2: fit sterial surprise, the judge did not grant that kind 361 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 2: of budgetary wiggle room, instead finding that every penny IRTBA 362 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 2: the Illinois that is, the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Alliance, 363 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,640 Speaker 2: every dollar they said was ineligible that they had talked 364 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 2: about of applying that way, But column did not grant 365 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 2: IRTVA a permanent injunction banning future diversions to transportation revenue Act. 366 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 2: She said she believed the county when it pledged in 367 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 2: court to comply with her ruling. So they have agreed 368 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 2: to comply with the ruling in the future, which they 369 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 2: probably won't do. So she's not going to mandate in 370 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 2: her order that they continue to comply. 371 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 3: How stupid is that? 372 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 2: Well, anyway, I'm Kevin Gordon, America's Truck and Network seven 373 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 2: hundred WLW. 374 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 4: News Traffic and Weather News Radio seven hundred WLW, Cincinnati. 375 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 5: The White House slams a federal judge for blocking mass 376 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 5: deportations here in Ohio, while Democrats in Congress call for 377 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 5: the heads of those responsible with the twelve thirty report. 378 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 5: I'm Travis Laird breaking now. The Department of Homeland Security 379 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 5: is vowing to appeal a ruling that saved the legal 380 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,400 Speaker 5: status of fifteen thousand Haitians in Springfield. A spokesperson called 381 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 5: the ruling lawless activism, but opponents say the administration's tactics 382 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 5: are criminal. California Representative Robert garcias as officials must face 383 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 5: consop quins is seven one hundred WL. 384 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,359 Speaker 2: We're seeing the results of policies set by powerful people 385 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 2: of no respect for the constitution, no respect for the law, 386 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: no respect for basic humility. 387 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 5: Governor Mike DeWine says stripping workers of their status would 388 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,960 Speaker 5: be a mistake for the Ohio economy. 389 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 4: Now, the Ladies forecast from the Train Heating and Cooling 390 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:25,679 Speaker 4: Weather Center on News Radio seven hundred WLW heading. 391 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 7: For daybreak for Wednesday, overcast and a morning low of fifteen. 392 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 7: The rest of our Wednesdays of mix of clouds and sun, 393 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 7: a high of twenty five at night partly cloudy, and 394 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 7: a low of nine from your severe weather station. I'm 395 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 7: nine first warning, Chief Meteorologist Steve Rawleigh, News Radio seven 396 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 7: hundred WLW. 397 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 5: Right now just twenty four degrees at historic Lunkan Airport. 398 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 5: It feels more like negative four if you're heading to 399 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 5: Kenwood Town Center. The mall has reintroduced paid parking for 400 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 5: premium spots that now costs two bucks an hour a 401 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 5: park in about one hundred preferred spaces near the Nordstrom 402 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 5: and Restoration hardware entrances. Mall officials say the majority of 403 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,639 Speaker 5: the lot remains free, but shoppers have mixed reactions to 404 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,199 Speaker 5: paying for the convenience. Police and New Richmond are issuing 405 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 5: a stern warning to stay off the frozen Ohio River 406 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 5: despite the appearance of thick ice. The current undercurrent, the 407 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 5: current underneath, excuse me, makes it extremely unpredictable. Police say 408 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,199 Speaker 5: rescue boats cannot easily launch due to iceed over ramps, 409 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 5: meaning if you fall in, help might not reach you 410 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 5: in time. And in Boone County, a cold shelter partnership 411 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 5: is saving lives. The county is working with nonprofits to 412 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 5: house homeless residents in hotels and connect them with mental 413 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 5: health services. During this freeze. Now, Lee Mallen, would you 414 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 5: like to talk about sports? 415 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 8: Seven one hundred WLW Sports College basketball Xavior falls the 416 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,080 Speaker 8: number three Yukon ninety sixty two, number twenty three Miami 417 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 8: now twenty three to zero after defeating Buffalo's seventy three 418 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 8: seventy one and Dayton knotsas Saint Bonaventure's seventy two to 419 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 8: seventy a. Uhenio Suarez officially signing is one year, fifteen 420 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 8: million dollar contract Tuesday with the Reds Cyclones announcing the 421 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 8: signing of Ford Brydon's Stannard one day after Ford Lincoln 422 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 8: Griffin was straighted to Jacksonville for defender John Spates. Since 423 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 8: now he visits Kalamazoo Wednesday evening at seven o'clock. 424 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 3: Thank you as always, Lee Mawen. 425 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 5: You can hear from Lee Mawen again in our next update, 426 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,679 Speaker 5: which is at one o'clock Breaking News anytime. I'm Travis 427 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:30,880 Speaker 5: Lair News Radio seven hundred WLW. You save and save 428 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 5: for retirement, then a financial advisor shaves one percent off 429 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 5: the top every year for the rest of your life. 430 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 2: For what. 431 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: Here's your trucking forecast for the tri State and the 432 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,120 Speaker 1: rest of the country. In the tri State over night, 433 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 1: mostly claudy, the low down to thirteen both Wednesday and Thursday, 434 00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: partly sunny hies in the upper twenties, a slight chance 435 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: of early snow Friday, otherwise mostly claudy the hind year 436 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: forty sunshine Saturday, but temperatures back below freezing hies only 437 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: in the mid twenties. National heavy rain and thunderstorm seen 438 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: in the Southeast, with light wintery precipitation. In the mid Atlantic, 439 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 1: light snow and witchery precipitation to the northern plains midweek, 440 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: while the Great Lakes region we'll see heavy snow Thursday, 441 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: above average temperatures continuing out west. 442 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 2: Seven hundred wlw IM Kevin Gordon is as America's struck 443 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 2: A Network. You know, I went through that particular story 444 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 2: where Illinois Judge rules two hundred and forty three million 445 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 2: dollars of transportation funds were misspent, and I talked about 446 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,400 Speaker 2: the different examples that I have encountered in Campbell County, Kentucky, 447 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 2: not only with the way the Federal Highway Trust Funds 448 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 2: are spent, which, by the way, when the Highway Trust 449 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 2: Fund was set up and the original highway system was built. 450 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 2: Ninety percent of that was paid for by the federal 451 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 2: government because they realized the importance of that. 452 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 3: Not only well, originally. 453 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 2: The thought was so that they could move troops from 454 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 2: one end of the country to the other quickly, because 455 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,160 Speaker 2: it was in in the middle of the Cold War 456 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 2: and they didn't want to have this situation where it'd 457 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 2: take to get troops from Washington, d c. To California 458 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 2: to take a month this way. With a highway. With 459 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 2: the highway system that was being done during the Eisenhower years, 460 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,919 Speaker 2: they could move troops from one end of the country 461 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 2: in a matter of days, a couple of days as 462 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,959 Speaker 2: opposed to an entire month. That was the original purpose 463 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 2: because the original bill was part of a defense bill. 464 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 2: But then they caught it the Highway Highway bill. And 465 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 2: so even though you know it was originally ninety percent 466 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,880 Speaker 2: funded by the federal government because they recognized the importance 467 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 2: of that. The byproduct of that was to us the 468 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 2: driving public to industry, commercial businesses being able to transport 469 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 2: food from areas that were with fresh produce, fresh seafood 470 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 2: and get that food into the middle of the country 471 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 2: without its spoiling. And so that it was now those 472 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 2: aren't markets were open to people in the center of 473 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 2: the country. So it was great for commerce, great for 474 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 2: the Defense Department, but all this other stuff that they've 475 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 2: taken and wasted throughout the years is kind of an 476 00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 2: indicative of what happens when you have a pot full 477 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 2: of money. Same things apply here because there should basically 478 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 2: be no toll roads in this country, because all of 479 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 2: the money that has collected for transportation purposes through gas 480 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 2: taxes and whatever these states, county cities and whatever collects 481 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 2: should go to that and not some sort of overhead 482 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 2: type of thing. I mean, for crying out loud, you're 483 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: going to take money that's supposed to be spent for 484 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,480 Speaker 2: highway use, and you're going to spend that in terms 485 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 2: of instead of fixing. 486 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:40,680 Speaker 3: Your roads, your bridges or whatever that. 487 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 2: You're going to spend that tax money on public safety departments. 488 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 3: A process includes. 489 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 2: Sampling how many young people were in the detention center 490 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 2: over road violations. 491 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 3: How much money does that cost. 492 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 2: I got to do was say, okay, you know how 493 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 2: many people are in the jail and because of road defenses. 494 00:26:58,200 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 2: I mean I could do that in about a five 495 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 2: minute period of time. That's not going to take thousands 496 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 2: of dollars a process that included sampling how many young 497 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 2: people were in the detentions for road violations, the number 498 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 2: of states attorneys investigations related to traffic offenses. Well, that 499 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,879 Speaker 2: is part of the government job anyway. That is what 500 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 2: should have been part of their budget, and not part 501 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 2: of the Highway Trust Fund anyway. So digging into these 502 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 2: things is where you see how some of this money 503 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 2: is diverted and why we have a situation where our 504 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 2: roads and our bridges are crumbling because all this money 505 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 2: was misspent and the deferred maintenance was done. There shouldn't 506 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 2: be any toll roads. Going back to the days of 507 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 2: the Eisenhower administration, ninety percent of that was paid for 508 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 2: by the federal government because they recognized the importance of commerce, 509 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 2: and that is what should be the driving force behind this, 510 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 2: not some sort of make work project for some sort 511 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 2: of government bureaucrat. So again, you know, all these things 512 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 2: is some of the stuff that I rail about. Important 513 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 2: to note that has emerged the regional transport. Oh, I 514 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 2: love this one of the comments from the people. Of course, 515 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,719 Speaker 2: when they're trying to cover their tach tracks. It's important 516 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 2: to note that the county has emerged as a regional 517 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:08,800 Speaker 2: transportation leader with a focus on equitable transportation investment. This 518 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 2: is that what is her name? 519 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 3: Yee? 520 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 2: She's one of their spokespeople. May go back here and 521 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,919 Speaker 2: see what her name is. Kara Yee, a spokesman for 522 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:25,919 Speaker 2: the Cook County Board President Tom Preckwinkle. Anyway, in her comments, 523 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 2: she says a regional equitable transportation investment, including spending one 524 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 2: point three to six billion on multi modal projects, securing 525 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 2: hundreds of million dollars in grants, funding for roadway, bike 526 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 2: and transit improvements, and helping pass last year's massive transit 527 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 2: reform bill. Again, they are applying for roads and applying 528 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 2: for grants for hiking and biking trails out of the 529 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 2: Federal Highway Trust Fund, which, in other words, instead of 530 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 2: instead of investing in that through you, the people that 531 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 2: use it, paying a little bit more for a bike 532 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 2: helmet or a hiking boot or something along those lines, 533 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 2: instead of them paying the toll, paying the fee, well 534 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 2: basically call it the toll. We the people who out 535 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 2: there on the driving public that spend our money on 536 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 2: gas taxes, that's what we get to spend our money 537 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 2: on so that they can have hiking and biking trails 538 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 2: for free. Judge denies a bid to make California issue 539 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 2: non domiciled CDLs. Now this is again a win for 540 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 2: the good guys. A federal judge refused a request by 541 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 2: Chinese American truckers to force California Department of Motor Vehicles 542 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 2: to resume issuing non domiciled commercial truck driver license. 543 00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 3: Judge Haesus G. 544 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 2: Bernal in the US District Court for the Central District 545 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 2: of California on January twentieth denied an emergency motion sought 546 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 2: eight days earlier by attorney Michael chen On, behalf of 547 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 2: a group called the Chinese American Truckers Association or SA, 548 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 2: originally CAATA, brought a case against the California DMV and 549 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 2: its director, Steve Gordon no Relation in his official capacity, 550 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 2: as well as the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration and 551 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 2: Derek Bars in his roles as the agency administrator. CATA 552 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 2: had challenged both the FMCSA's regulatory enforcement halting California's issuance 553 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 2: of non domiciled CDLs and the DMV's subsequent pause. The 554 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 2: court action asserted that some of the members have valid 555 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 2: California non domiciled CDLs that will soon expire and cannot 556 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 2: be renewed due to the pause, while others cannot place 557 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 2: their replace their lost or stolen valid licenses. My question is, 558 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 2: and as it was turned out, that are these valid 559 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 2: to begin with? Were they issued to them? Because there 560 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 2: were these of CDLs mills that said these people had 561 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 2: passed the course and people paid off at the DMV 562 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 2: that said, yes, all this paperwork is in order and 563 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 2: we'll go ahead and administer or allow the CDO license, 564 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 2: which we saw was done with some of these drivers 565 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 2: that caused that accident down in Florida and then another 566 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 2: one on the California Highway back last year when we 567 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 2: found out that a lot of these at the time 568 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 2: they were Indian drivers from the country of India, which 569 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 2: had not really couldn't speak English, hadn't took them ten 570 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 2: actually they failed that one of the guys failed to 571 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 2: test like ten times, and that he was still grabbing 572 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 2: a CDL license and was out on the road and 573 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 2: killed well three people in Florida, and I think it 574 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 2: was three people in California as well. So were these 575 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 2: valid driver's licenses to begin with? COATA dropped the action again. 576 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 3: Now get this. 577 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 2: Okay, you're an attorney and you're gonna go file You're 578 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 2: gonna file a lawsuit. 579 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:01,880 Speaker 3: Okay. 580 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 2: Wouldn't you think as part of your job that you 581 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 2: would know who you're allowed to sue and who you're 582 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:10,240 Speaker 2: not allowed to sue. 583 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 3: We'll get this. 584 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:16,959 Speaker 2: CATA dropped the action against the FMCSA after the agency 585 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,120 Speaker 2: refuted in a twenty one page court document, in other words, 586 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 2: wasting the FMCSA's money their attorneys in order to draft 587 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 2: this twenty one page document that pointed out the obvious 588 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 2: that several legal issues contained in the court request. FMCSA 589 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 2: said the planets quotes challenged the wrong agency action in 590 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 2: the wrong court when any such requests should have been 591 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 2: put before the Court of Appeals. Another legal action against 592 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 2: FMCSA for the revised non domiciled CDLs is stalled in 593 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 2: the US Court of Appeals, So they filed a lawsuit. 594 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 2: Say this brilliant attorney filed a lawsuit against the wrong 595 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 2: agency in the wrong court. I would say that the CATA, 596 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 2: the Chinese American Truckers Association, need a different attorney. The 597 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 2: agency also took issue with the CATA, including FMCSA when 598 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 2: it sought court relief to force the issuance of new 599 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 2: domicild licenses when only the states like California actually issue 600 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 2: these driver's license FMCSA doesn't issue driver's licenses, and you 601 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 2: would think that these attorneys would know that. CAAT then 602 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 2: revised its request to only target that the California Department 603 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 2: of Motor Vehicles. Unbelievable. Despite Attorney General J. C. Russell 604 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 2: said the requested orders sought to renew or extend expiring 605 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:47,160 Speaker 2: or lost non domicild license but omitted mentioning the CDL 606 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 2: holders whose licenses DMV determined were deficient under California law. 607 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,480 Speaker 2: So again, going back to what I was saying before, 608 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 2: these CDLs were deficient, and so now now they're forcing. 609 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 2: They want to force the DMV to renew a license 610 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 2: that was determined deficient or if they lost their license 611 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,360 Speaker 2: then it should be replaced. 612 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 3: Unbelievable. Pick this up. 613 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 2: I'm Kevin Gordon, America's Trucking Network seven hundred Wlwright. 614 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:23,400 Speaker 1: News Radio seven hundred WLW, and iHeartRadio Station Guarantee Human 615 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,520 Speaker 1: seven hundred WLW. 616 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 3: I heard radio. We'll hear the radio ads about the irs. 617 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 5: They tell you to be afraid to be scared, and 618 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,480 Speaker 5: they try to frighten you into calling I'm not here 619 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 5: to do that. 620 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 3: Tax Relief Advocates is shut up. 621 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 2: This story about the judge denies bid to make California 622 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 2: issue non domicile CDLs. Okay, you're telling these regulatory agencies 623 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,920 Speaker 2: what they can on and can can and cannot do 624 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 2: for people that are probably not going through the necessary 625 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 2: paperwork in order to do and apply for these licenses properly. 626 00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 2: So again, let's protect the criminals, I guess. But anyway, 627 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 2: if you miss any part of this program or any 628 00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 2: of the previous segments or any of our shows, hit 629 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 2: up that iHeartRadio app brought to you Buyer Friends at 630 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,520 Speaker 2: Ust Truck Centers. Ultimately, the judge in Riverside, California, denied 631 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 2: the motion after January twentieth hearing. Reviewing case documents bro Now, 632 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 2: the judge noted CAATA failed to demonstrate a temporary restraining 633 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:26,400 Speaker 2: order basic requirements to avert quote immediate and irreparable injury 634 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 2: loss or damage, and show legal grounds exist to prevail 635 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 2: in court to obtain a permanent order requiring the DMV 636 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 2: to resume issuing non domicile licenses, so they have to 637 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,360 Speaker 2: look at you know, before you when you file an appeal, 638 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 2: you've got to prove that there's some sort of an 639 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 2: immediate and irreparable injury that's going to occur and that 640 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 2: the likelihood if this does go to court, that you're 641 00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 2: going to win. So they they try to get rid 642 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,279 Speaker 2: of all the bs ahead of time, before they tie 643 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:03,279 Speaker 2: up the courts with all these nonsense lawsuits and so on, 644 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,440 Speaker 2: not that they always are very successful at that. And 645 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 2: the judge explaining PLANEFFS list nine members who are affected 646 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:13,720 Speaker 2: by the non domicile CDL issuance pause. While the court 647 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 2: is sympathetic to those individuals who are allegedly impacted by 648 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:20,319 Speaker 2: the pause, it cannot be that the interests of those 649 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:24,880 Speaker 2: nine individuals and even many more non domicile CDO holders 650 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 2: seeking to replace a renewal outweighs the state and public 651 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:33,719 Speaker 2: interest to continue issuance capacity for all CDL drivers in 652 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 2: the state, along with more than three hundred million dollars 653 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:41,319 Speaker 2: in highway funding. So the fact that these CDLs were 654 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 2: being issued illegally in the state, and that the process 655 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 2: that the that the issuers in California had done this wrong, 656 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,920 Speaker 2: and that the federal government was going to withhold federal 657 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,319 Speaker 2: funds from them. They said, well, I guess we better 658 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 2: clean up our act. The fact that they could lose 659 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,839 Speaker 2: that funding and the fact that they were issuing these 660 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 2: CDL licenses incorrectly is more interest. 661 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,040 Speaker 3: Than just these nine individuals. 662 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,840 Speaker 2: So again they're putting the safety and the welfare of 663 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:13,279 Speaker 2: the people of California. Big surprise ahead of these nine individuals, 664 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 2: but again a win for the good guys. Now look 665 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 2: at this particular story. South Carolina deploys virtual way stations 666 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 2: using sensors. Two separate agencies in South Carolina have partner 667 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:30,839 Speaker 2: to launch a virtual way stations to improve efficiencies in 668 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,799 Speaker 2: freight transportation when they come up with phrases like that 669 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 2: watch out. The state recently unveiled a technical capability using 670 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:42,120 Speaker 2: some of the way in motions acronym being WIM, so 671 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:47,160 Speaker 2: WHIM sensors located within roadway payment to act as virtual 672 00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:51,600 Speaker 2: way stations. Normally, WHIM systems are not used directly for 673 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 2: inspections or regulatory enforcement, but mostly deployed by states to 674 00:37:56,719 --> 00:38:00,800 Speaker 2: collect commercial vehicle weight data while truckers are. 675 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:01,880 Speaker 3: Moving on the highway. 676 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 2: So they get this grant, they get the pass they 677 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,920 Speaker 2: want to All they want to do is just to 678 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,319 Speaker 2: check different well, how they say, using some way in 679 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,680 Speaker 2: motion sensors lokay, let me see, deployed by states to 680 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 2: collect commercial vehicle weight data while truckers are moving on 681 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,200 Speaker 2: the highway. This is more of a statistical sampling to 682 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:27,520 Speaker 2: find out what's going on possibly, but instead now we're 683 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:33,720 Speaker 2: using this for enforcement purposes. Remember that's always the case. 684 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 2: When they want to do something. They will get their 685 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:40,439 Speaker 2: nose inside the tent, the camel's nose inside that tent, 686 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 2: and then all of a sudden this goes well, you know, 687 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 2: it's just for this small area. But then once that happens, 688 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,200 Speaker 2: finally the camel is in the tent, similar to what 689 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,959 Speaker 2: we see. Like in the state of Kentucky several years ago, 690 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,799 Speaker 2: they have they put the state legislator puts in this 691 00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:00,480 Speaker 2: bill that says that okay, you know, because of eighty 692 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:05,440 Speaker 2: and because it's so important that now seat belt violations 693 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:09,480 Speaker 2: are going to be a violation, but it can't be 694 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 2: the primary reason you pull somebody over. If you pull 695 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,840 Speaker 2: somebody over for a red light, stop or stop sign, 696 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,839 Speaker 2: or speeding or something along those lines, you can then 697 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,359 Speaker 2: if they're not buckled up, you can then issue them 698 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:22,200 Speaker 2: a new citation. 699 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 3: Well lo and behold. 700 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,320 Speaker 2: A couple of years after that, well they got the 701 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,480 Speaker 2: camel with the nose inside the tent. And then suddenly 702 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,680 Speaker 2: it became well yeah, that now becomes a primary offense, 703 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,799 Speaker 2: and we can pull people over for seat belt violations. 704 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 3: Now. 705 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,640 Speaker 2: I know of several instances where people who have had 706 00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,719 Speaker 2: their seat belts on, but the cops have done U 707 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:46,600 Speaker 2: turns U turns on a busy highway to come after them, 708 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,239 Speaker 2: saying that, well, as I was passing you, it looked 709 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,200 Speaker 2: like you didn't have your seat belt on. How are 710 00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:54,440 Speaker 2: you being How can you judge that you're driving forty 711 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:57,440 Speaker 2: forty five miles in one direct per hour in one direction, 712 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,640 Speaker 2: and this other car is approaching you forty five miles 713 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 2: per hour and you can see that they don't have 714 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:08,560 Speaker 2: their seat belt on. You know, is it possible that 715 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,279 Speaker 2: maybe the seat belt is the same color as the 716 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:14,879 Speaker 2: jacket that they have on, or the tinting a little bit. 717 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,239 Speaker 2: I mean I have tried, I mean, you know, and 718 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 2: I have tried driving down the road just because I've 719 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 2: had friends that have told me about this, and I said, 720 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,200 Speaker 2: you know, I'm going to, you know, try to check 721 00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 2: on that sometime, and you know, when you're driving down 722 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:32,080 Speaker 2: the road, it's damn near impossible. Now these guys say, whoa, 723 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,919 Speaker 2: we know we're trained to spot this. Oh yeah, right, 724 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,200 Speaker 2: like you know that that's a valid offense. So again 725 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:42,719 Speaker 2: they put these things in with the safety and just 726 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:46,640 Speaker 2: datea statistics that we want to get and then later 727 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:50,440 Speaker 2: on they use that for actual enforcement. Let's see a 728 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,520 Speaker 2: new application of WHIM systems is being hailed as the 729 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:57,320 Speaker 2: nation's first virtual way stations thanks to partnership between the 730 00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:01,920 Speaker 2: South Carolina Department of Transportation South Carolina Department of Public Safety. 731 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:06,600 Speaker 2: Now again, these were originally put in place to deployed 732 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,760 Speaker 2: by states to collect commercial vehicle weight data while truckers 733 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,040 Speaker 2: are moving on the highway. Not talked there about any enforcement. 734 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:19,440 Speaker 2: South Carolina law DOT currently has nineteen wave motion sensors 735 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:22,719 Speaker 2: that are embedded across roadways in South Carolina, both on 736 00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:27,360 Speaker 2: the interstate and off the interstate. According to Lieutenant Thomas White, 737 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:33,359 Speaker 2: SCDPS Law Enforcement Technology Program Manager, we're using a technology 738 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,440 Speaker 2: and coupling it with high speed cameras and computer that 739 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,680 Speaker 2: is mounted on and installed on the shoulder of the road. 740 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,040 Speaker 2: He called the state's new virtual stations capability of partnership 741 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:47,720 Speaker 2: between let's see ensure that the roadways are safer. Yeah, safer, 742 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 2: that's always the buzzword that they use when they're trying 743 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,319 Speaker 2: to ramrod something down our throats. Virtual systems relies on 744 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:58,000 Speaker 2: whim sensors to collect commercial vehicle ways in less than 745 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:02,120 Speaker 2: a second, and overhead camera next to the highway captures 746 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:03,000 Speaker 2: the image. 747 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:03,480 Speaker 3: Of that vehicle. 748 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:08,480 Speaker 2: If the vehicles identified to be potentially overweight, the computer 749 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,840 Speaker 2: can then send notification to a vehicle photo to the 750 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:18,359 Speaker 2: State Transportation Police officer stationed nearby to initiate. 751 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,600 Speaker 3: A traffic stop. Well, I thought these cameras are in. 752 00:42:19,640 --> 00:42:23,560 Speaker 2: These sensors were only to determine weight notifications to get 753 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:25,440 Speaker 2: an idea if there is a problem. 754 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,600 Speaker 3: No, they're putting this in just to basically it's a 755 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:30,279 Speaker 3: revenue grab. 756 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:33,360 Speaker 2: The new screening tool enables South Carolina the Department of 757 00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:38,560 Speaker 2: Transportation Police officers to work more efficiently and identify unsafe 758 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:43,000 Speaker 2: vehicles without interrupting flow of traffic. Colonel Wayne Wilson, commander 759 00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:47,480 Speaker 2: of SCSTP, said that the virtual way stations will benefit 760 00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:51,280 Speaker 2: the motoring public, truck drivers and other companies. Now drivers 761 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,240 Speaker 2: can have their trucks weighed while carrying their loads without 762 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:58,120 Speaker 2: interruptions or having to stop at physical way stations. How 763 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:02,160 Speaker 2: nice not having to come off the highway. They're being 764 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,120 Speaker 2: able to get their product from point A to point 765 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,880 Speaker 2: B on time, make their deliveries on time, saving the 766 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,680 Speaker 2: fuel because they're not having a weight in line. Okay, 767 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,200 Speaker 2: once this is now in place, or once this has 768 00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:16,880 Speaker 2: become effective, now watch out for the speed sensors that 769 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:20,160 Speaker 2: are coming next to start taking people for speed. 770 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:21,279 Speaker 3: Unbelievable. 771 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,359 Speaker 2: It's like every time they want to control something, every 772 00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,279 Speaker 2: time they want to ramrod something down the throats, they 773 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,640 Speaker 2: always talk in terms of well, it's all about safety. 774 00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:34,800 Speaker 2: It's all about we are concerned about the driving public. 775 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:39,520 Speaker 2: How many things do we seeing here currently where apparently 776 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:44,640 Speaker 2: the federal government was not concerned about safety of individuals, 777 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,520 Speaker 2: And I'm talking about the southern border. You know, if 778 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,480 Speaker 2: we can just stop one person from being killed, or 779 00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,359 Speaker 2: if we can stop just one traffic accident, we can 780 00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,879 Speaker 2: put these sensors in. But god forbid we do any 781 00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,160 Speaker 2: of that in other areas. But anyway, that's a story 782 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,520 Speaker 2: for another time. Hey, folks, we're up against clock here, 783 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:02,600 Speaker 2: stay tuned for red Eye Radio at the top of 784 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:07,000 Speaker 2: the hour. 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