Hillary Clinton likely to be cleared of wrongdoing in passing classified information via her personal server while Secretary of State? If that happens, it insults every veteran and service member of the military branches ever tasked as custodian of their unit’s classified material and being responsible for its security and leaves the level of the […]
John R. Davis
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John Davis: Proposal would take trains down the wrong track to L-A
In her letter of March 26, Margaret Craven labeled me a naysayer, throwing cold water on proposals to bring back Portland-to-Lewiston passenger train service. How wrong she is. From a long, hands-on involvement with the former Grand Trunk Railway’s Portland to Montreal line and as a recognized authority on its history, I possess an infinite […]
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J.R. Davis: A waste of taxpayers’ money
In response to Tony Donovan’s letter (March 21), I do not profess to be an “expert” on railroad development, but I daresay my hands-on experience in railroad operations goes back long before he drew breath. Donovan reveals Jared Golden’s and Nate Libby’s plan, which somewhat misleads those familiar with the line by omitting that, in […]
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J. Davis: Pork barrel construction project
This is in response to the guest column by Charles Morrison (March 8). It is bad enough that Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority’s Patricia Quinn seeks $12 million in federal taxpayer dollars to build an unnecessary layover barn at Brunswick, large enough to simultaneously house three trainsets. Now comes Rep. Jared Golden with a […]