Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the Florida National Guard to go to ports affected by the longshoreman strike.
DeSantis said:
At my direction. The Florida National Guard and Florida State guard will be deployed to critical ports affected. To maintain order and, if possible, resume operations which would otherwise be shut down during this interruption.The Florida deployment transportation is coordinating calls with seaport rail and trucking partners to ensure that all are prepared and positioned appropriately to limit disruptions to the supply chain and other areas should this continue.I’m also directing Florida Department of Transportation to temporarily waive the collection of tolls and other fees for commercial vehicles using public highways in Florida and waiving the size and weight restrictions normally governing vehicle transportation for the duration of this emergency.This will help expedite the movement of goods that have been impacted from seaports to intermodal logistics centers, distribution centers, and delivery points. And very well may help offset additional costs incurred by operation during this period.Finally, I’m directing the Florida Highway Patrol to manage the flow of traffic from all floor to seaports and adjacent roads and highways as needed to further expedite the flow of goods that are currently being held up. This will include the provision of law enforcement escorts for commercial motor vehicles by SHP officers upon request.And I would say that this is something that would have significant impacts on the nation’s economy anyways. But to have this happen in a way that could negatively impact people that are reeling from a category four hurricane…that is just simply unacceptable.So it really is incumbent upon the Biden Harris administration to do everything in their power to ensure that these goods are where we need to be, that people are not left hanging out in the cold waiting for these goods if they’re sitting in the ocean somewhere and they’re not being able to be used here in the state of Florida or in Georgia or North Carolina or where people are going to desperately need this.We need to accelerate. We have no time for delays. Biden, Harris has a responsibility to stand up for the storm victims, stand up for the people who’ve had their homes damage or who’ve lost their homes and make sure they have what they need to get back on their feet.
The port strike is in its third day. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have yet to come to an agreement.
The union boss is just what you expect. He has a 7,000-square-foot mansion, Bentleys, Cartier sunglasses, etc. The works:
The posh compound is nestled in a picturesque section of the Garden State near the Delaware Water Gap, where five-bedroom homes list for as much as $6 million, according to Zillow.One realtor who spoke to The Post said that Daggett put the four-bedroom, six-and-a-half bathroom property on the market in 2004 at a listing price of $3.1 million before reducing it to $2.9 million. He eventually took it off the market.
Mafia ties? No way. I’m totes shocked:
Daggett, who fought back federal accusation of having Mafia ties, became president of the International Longshoremen’s Association in 2011, a job that comes with a salary of $728,000 annually on top of an additional $173,000 from ILA-Local 1804-1.In 2005, he was accused of steering union benefits contracts to firms that paid kickbacks to organized crime at a Brooklyn trial, The Wall Street Journal reported.Daggett took the witness stand that year after federal prosecutors charged him and two others with racketeering.He described himself as a target of the mob – though a turncoat Mafia member had testified Daggett was a member of the Genovese crime family, The New York Times reported.During the course of the trial, one of Daggett’s co-defendants – Lawrence Ricci, an alleged Genovese associate – disappeared. His body was found weeks later decomposing in the trunk of a car outside a New Jersey diner.Ricci’s death remained unsolved, though speculation circulated that he was killed after refusing to plead guilty to avoid news reports of the trial.Daggett was acquitted, along with the other co-defendants.
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