Representatives from Truckers and Citizens United won't have to wait for a deadline they set of Tuesday to find out if local officials will meet their demands in order to call off a convoy protest scheduled for Friday, Nov. 28 in Skaneateles.
"In this day and age, they should know better than to try threats," Owasco Supervisor John Klink said Thursday after a meeting of the Upstate Safety Task Force -- which includes representatives of municipalities from Cayuga, Onondaga and Tompkins counties -- local haulers, truck companies, the state Motor Truck Association, and Truckers and Citizens United, the national organization planning to roll hundreds of tractor-trailers through Skaneateles on Route 20 the day the village's Dickens' Christmas celebration begins.
Protest organizer Vincent Gramuglia told the task force he wanted to resolve the issue of what he called overzealous truck enforcement so he can call off the protest.
He demanded the village of Skaneateles, which has become the icon of this truck traffic issue, park indefinitely the commercial vehicle enforcement truck the village bought in September with state grant money.
Secondly, Gramuglia told the task force to table the proposal the Department of Transportation drafted that would keep the trucks off certain rural roads and on highways, except when making local delieveries.
He told the task force they had until to Tuesday to meet the demands, or else the protest would proceed.
Task force member Barb Clary said the task force and government leaders have worked too hard to find a solution to reduce the amount of garbage trucks traveling along scenic byways and side roads throughout the Finger Lakes to stop their efforts now.
For more from Thursday's meeting, read Friday's edition of The Citizen.
Protest organizer Vincent Gramuglia told the task force he wanted to resolve the issue of what he called overzealous truck enforcement so he can call off the protest.
He demanded the village of Skaneateles, which has become the icon of this truck traffic issue, park indefinitely the commercial vehicle enforcement truck the village bought in September with state grant money.
Secondly, Gramuglia told the task force to table the proposal the Department of Transportation drafted that would keep the trucks off certain rural roads and on highways, except when making local delieveries.
He told the task force they had until to Tuesday to meet the demands, or else the protest would proceed.
Task force member Barb Clary said the task force and government leaders have worked too hard to find a solution to reduce the amount of garbage trucks traveling along scenic byways and side roads throughout the Finger Lakes to stop their efforts now.
For more from Thursday's meeting, read Friday's edition of The Citizen.
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Farmer's Gal wrote on Nov 21, 2008 8:50 AM:
But that's just fine with me. "
brew1234 wrote on Nov 20, 2008 11:55 PM:
james_13021 wrote on Nov 20, 2008 8:52 PM:
nature lover wrote on Nov 20, 2008 6:20 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Nov 20, 2008 5:35 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Nov 20, 2008 5:35 PM:
You know, my ex was living in NYC when I met him, and you'd see these truck drivers on the streets -- and hear the stories of how they bullied and threatened -- and followed through with beatings and vandalism and worse -- to extort businesses. It was understood and accepted as an evil with which you just had to live -- you had to pay off hauler and you had to use them for your business and not try to use anyone else (like someone honest). This was back in the 80s. Sounds like it's business as usual and they think they can export their way of doing "business" up here the same as they ship out their refuse.
A sharp come-uppance is sorely overdue. "
nature lover wrote on Nov 20, 2008 4:55 PM: