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Dear Governor [insert appropriate name] …
During the changeover in administrations for elected offices won in November, making your voice heard is incredibly important, and it’s valuable for the incoming officials to hear it.
December 19, 2016
Business
Owner-operator Robert Gray loses Mississippi gubernatorial bid
Election returns from Mississippi show upstart Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Fancy Horse Transportation independent owner-operator Robert Gray losing soundly.
November 4, 2015
Channel 19
Owner-operator Robert Gray wins Democratic primary vote for Mississippi governor
Gray’s CB handle, “Silent Knight,” is evidence he’s not much of a people person, he says. If he truly hopes to win, that will have to change. The Terry, Miss., native has his work cut out for him.
August 6, 2015
Business
Atlanta-geddon, part two
“Well here we go again. There’s an ice storm predicted for the greater Atlanta area, and this time, they’ve decided to prepare by asking big trucks to avoid the area.”
February 12, 2014
Channel 19
‘Mobile mansion’ bus build for Band Perry on TV
A Hemphill Brothers coach conversion, featuring a mobile recording studio, was featured on the Travel Channel Sunday, Nov. 11, at 9 p.m. ET. More on the outfitter here.
November 10, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operator on the guv’s blog
Owner-operator Paul Ahles utilized the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s program for low, 4 percent financing of auxiliary power units to purchase the APU on his truck today, and as a participant in the program he was featured recently on Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton’s blog, available at this link. Ahles called the choice to purchase the PowerCube […]
April 6, 2012
Channel 19
Divine intervention at its best: A truck accident in Guam
What happens when a loaded straight dump loses its brakes on a downhill run and collides head-on with a tanker truck loaded with jet fuel? Not what you might expect. Reporter Brett Kelman, writing in the Pacific Daily News, reports that Guam Governor Eddie Calvo (pictured) was proclaiming the relatively ho-hum aftermath, with mostly minor […]
January 23, 2012
Channel 19
‘Sexiest trucker alive’ goes to the Himalayas; more from Alaska
According to an interview published at the website of Esquire magazine, Ice Road Truckers star and Alaskan Dalton Highway hauler Lisa Kelly (pictured; photo by Rick Gershon of the History Channel) is not only the “sexiest trucker alive.” What’s more, she was speaking w/ Esquire writer Erik Price on sat phone from the Himalayas in Southeast […]
June 23, 2010
Channel 19
Truck driver for governor: “Singin’ Sam” Little’s Alaska campaign song
Since I blogged about “Singin’ Sam” Little’s campaign launch for the governship of the northernmost U.S. state, Little (pictured, left, with his wife, Denise, and Pat Holt) has been laying the groundwork for the run, part of which included a visit to my home city of Nashville, Tenn., where he met Tennessee’s Lieutenant Governor, recorded a new campaign record […]
April 20, 2010
Channel 19
Owner-operator ‘Singin’ Sam’ Little launches campaign for governor of Alaska
“Singin’ Sam” Little has dedicated one of the Kenworths in his Little Country small fleet to pull parade floats and other materials during his own 2010 campaign for the governorship of Alaska. The sometime country singer Little has also issued a new record, “Truck Driver for Governor,” that features a tune updated from his original […]
January 8, 2010
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