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in our state to do away with the motor
vehicle excise tax and reduce licensing CALENDAR OF EVENTS
fees, which eliminated that funding
source. NOVEMBER SAVE THE DATE
“What we do now when projects
are recommended, they’re presented NOVEmBER 22-23 mAY 8-10, 2013
to the legislature for funding each ses- ATA OffIce clOsed – ATA BusIness cOnfeRence &
ThAnksgIVIng
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sion,” he said. “For the most part we’ve Peabody Hotel
been able to achieve funding, but in the JANUARY Little Rock, Arkansas
last few years the number of projects mAY 30-JUNE 1, 2013
diminished quite a bit. We still have a JANUARY 14, 2013 ATA TRuckIng chAMpIOnshIps
backlog of projects that have been iden- ARkAnsAs legIslATuRe John Q. Hammons Convention Center
cOnVenes
Rogers, Arkansas
tified as good projects; a lot of them are
just hung up on funding.”
There was also the challenge early
on of getting multiple state and local
entities, each of which had been in
charge of their own specific area, to
work together. But the results have been The Reasons Are Simple
beneficial. JOST is recognized around the world for high
“It’s been good at bringing the quality durable products. You can rely on JOST for
focus to freight, and now at the federal personal, flexible service that meets your schedule.
level with MAP-21 they’re certainly With two manufacturing plants in the U.S. along
bringing a much stronger emphasis for- with seven other plants and distribution centers
ward,” said Holtgeerts. outside of North America, you can count on JOST
to have the products you need.
Giving stakeholders not just an
advisory seat at the table but an actual
hand in the decision-making process
was actually proposed during the cre-
ation of MAP-21, said ATA’s Roth. U.S.
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) was
involved in sponsoring the bill and pro-
posed, unsuccessfully, to include such
language in it. Tractor-trailer financing for
“She tried to get something resem- Arkansas transportation companies
bling what Washington state has done
at the federal level, but it was shot
down,” said Roth. “However, she was Wells Fargo Equipment Finance offers:
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Based on the experiences with • Attentive, professional service
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“We think it’s good,” he said.
“Obviously the devil will be in the rules,
when they’re adopted. But as an adviso-
ry committee and so forth, I think it’s a wellsfargo.com/trucks
good thing. I’m not sure I would’ve put © 2012 Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Inc. All applications
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