"The right wing and left wing belong to the same bird," said Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations. "And as an association that puts its members, industry and country first, we [of ATA] must always adhere to the value of working with anyone willing to work with us. We do that, and we soar." Politics, or more exactly politicking — how to work political levers to attain favorable policy outcomes — was a running theme of the speech Spear gave on Oct. 7 before a standing-room-only crowd in San Diego at the group's annual management conference and exhibition.
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