I imagine so. They really need to declare a national emergency and fix this.

Oct 14, 2021
11:52:11pm

jrifkin48 Troublemaker

Get the navy involved to get these ships docked and downloaded. Get the national guard to start moving containers out. But declaring a national emergency would be bad optics. So we will continue to dance around this mess.

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Talked to a trucker tonight. He told me another reason for dock issues

jrifkin48

10/14/21 8:32pm

CA is full of genius politicians.

zsmooth

10/14/21 8:39pm

Reason #5,000,000,001 California sucks.

byuluvr

10/14/21 8:40pm

Everything CA touches turns to crap

Backcountry

10/14/21 8:46pm

As an Oregon resident, I agree.

Born2Fish

10/14/21 9:28pm

It's not just that - the taxes and fees, major companies are avoiding it too. Plenty of work elsewehre and

molodyets

10/14/21 9:17pm

Will Utah's inland port help with stuff like this? Instead of unloading a

Megamind

10/14/21 11:39pm

I imagine so. They really need to declare a national emergency and fix this.

jrifkin48

10/14/21 11:52pm

Not going to lie, that sounds like an amazing idea.

LeonMarek

10/15/21 7:24am

Longshoremans union would start WWIII. No possible way for that to happen.

boogers

10/15/21 8:00am

This doesn't really solve the problem, though. Container ships need specific

morningcalmcougar

10/15/21 8:00am

True. But we spend $600bn+ a year on our military. We put a man on the moon

jrifkin48

10/15/21 8:08am

Easy start to this sounds like repeal AB-5.

septicpumper

10/15/21 8:53am

Good information. I’ve googled but no one give any reasons other than staffing.

septicpumper

10/15/21 6:39am

If the Idaho expansion ever takes hold are there any ports

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