Our thanks to the guests on our program this past week, including:
- OOIDA Director of Regulatory Affairs Rick Craig;
- U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state;
- University of Maryland law professor and former Deputy Associate U.S. Attorney General Michael Greenberger;
- Tom Weakley, director of operations at the OOIDA Foundation;
- U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota;
- Mark Cooper, director of research for the Consumer Federation of America;
- Mike Joyce, Melissa Theriault and Laura O’Neill of OOIDA’s Washington, DC, office.
- U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota;
- Con-Way Truckload President Herb Schmidt;
- Marine Lance Cpl. Zechariah Barnes;
- OOIDA member and trucking journalist Diesel Dave Sweetman;
- Kenny Vieth, partner and senior analyst at America’s Commercial Transportation Research;
- OOIDA member Andy Schmidt;
- Illinois State Police Lt. Luis Gutierrez;
- Registered dietician and president and CEO of Diabetictrucker.com Debbie Latham;
- Kern County, California, Sheriff’s Detective Eric Fennel;
- Truck stop owner Vincent Gramuglia;
- Lt. Dena Gray-Fisher of the Iowa DOT;
- And all of you who called our listener comment line.
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Our stories this past week on hauling rare cars, SuperRigs, speed limiters and pay, soldiers in Iraq, the economy and truck sales, work zone enforcement, and state legislation were all the work of Reed Black, who also writes and voices our daily newscast.
Terry Scruton reported this week on energy market manipulation and low-carb diets. He also spoke with Diesel Dave Sweetman, and offered up some Roses and Razzberries.
Mark Reddig reported on a Pennsylvania press conference, a congressional hearing on financing infrastructure investments, speed limiters in Canada, the highway trust fund, and the week in Washington.
Copy editor Elizabeth Andersen offered her thoughts on bridge repairs.
Our theme music is performed by Webb Wilder and his band out of Nashville, Tennessee.
And we’d like to thank the other members of the Land Line Magazine Staff who write and research stories used on our show, including:
- Managing Editor Sandi Soendker;
- Senior Editor Jami Jones;
- Copy Chief Coral Beach;
- State Legislative Editor Keith Goble;
- And staff writers David Tanner, Clarissa Kell-Holland and Charlie Morasch.
Thanks also to the lady who keeps the trains running on time, our own traffic coordinator, Sherry Murry, and to our engineering crew, Producer and Senior Sound Engineer Barry Spillman and Second Engineer James Fetzer.