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Program Updates – June / July 2014

The CCTA scholarship committee and CCTA staff is proud of Teddi and sharing in the joy of her success. Teddi is the recipient of several CCTA scholarships over the past four years. This young lady is not only daughter of Doug and Mickie Nichols, who are very active within the association, but Teddi attends scholarship […]

C.B. Rambo’s, Electronic Media and the Loss of Civility

Regardless of how you parcel-out these issues and find one word to explain it all – “disingenuous” keeps coming to mind. Let’s review the recent events I’m talking about: 1.) A call for FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro’s resignation and a letter from a group of owner-operators opposing the effort; 2.) a push in the U.S. […]

Another Great Board Meeting

I read both Susan and Lee’s articles about the Board meeting and didn’t really want to repeat anything that they had already reported on. Yet, I do want to congratulate all our board members and guests who made the Summer Board Meeting in Sacramento a success. So much work goes into planning these meetings as […]

Good News from the Summer Board Meeting

We had a rather full agenda at our Summer Board Meeting in Sacramento, as it was again dominated by CARB regulation issues and a host of legal theories involving legal actions and as usual our attempts to decipher CARB’s regulatory chaos. One theme that was common through the discussions was just how screwed-up and confusing […]

Watching CCTA Grow

What a wonderful Board meeting we had Saturday June 21st in Sacramento! Once again your Association went all out, inviting fantastic speakers who presented a variety of information from insurance issues to CARB regulations and related legal strategies of all shapes and sizes. One thing is for sure; CCTA continues to grow in size, reputation […]

CCTA (CDTOA) v. CARB & EPA – Lawsuit Updates (6-14)

The CCTA appeal of Judge England’s ruling is still pending in the Ninth Circuit Court. Briefing on that case was completed in August, 2013, so it has been pending for about 10 months. This is not particularly unusual; our counsel has seen cases pend for close to two years. In one recent F4A case they […]

Association Members Recognized by TA and Petro

Named 2014 Citizen Driver Award Winners TravelCenters of America and Petro Stopping Center recognized association members Bob and Linda Caffee of Silex, MO. with the second annual Citizen Driver Award by renaming the Petro Stopping Center in North Las Vegas the “Bob and Linda Caffee Petro Stopping Center.” They were one of seven drivers selected […]

The Affordable Care Act for O-Os Update

The Act also known as ObamaCare created new options for owner-operator independent contractors in trucking to purchase health insurance, though it also poses some important questions. Owner-operators and independent contractors are classified as “self-employed” and as such have not qualified for employer-provided health coverage. While some receive coverage through a spouse’s employer, others are turned […]