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Opinion: 'Amtrak an important cog in economy'
(The following opinion column, "Amtrak is an important cog in a healthy U.S. economy," was written by F. Jay Seegmiller and appeared Aug. 21, 2005, the Salt Lake City, Utah, Tribune. Seegmiller is assistant Utah state legislative director of the United Transportation Union.)
I read the Aug. 7 Salt Lake Tribune article titled "Amtrak going off the rails?" with interest. It has always perplexed me how Utah's Sen. Bob Bennett could be so against Amtrak passenger trains servicing Utah communities.
Sen. Bennett has stated on several occasions that any money supporting Amtrak should not go to trains running through Utah, but should be kept in the northeastern United States. Just whose interest is Sen. Bennett looking out for?
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(The following opinion column, "Amtrak is an important cog in a healthy U.S. economy," was written by F. Jay Seegmiller and appeared Aug. 21, 2005, the Salt Lake City, Utah, Tribune. Seegmiller is assistant Utah state legislative director of the United Transportation Union.)
I read the Aug. 7 Salt Lake Tribune article titled "Amtrak going off the rails?" with interest. It has always perplexed me how Utah's Sen. Bob Bennett could be so against Amtrak passenger trains servicing Utah communities.
Sen. Bennett has stated on several occasions that any money supporting Amtrak should not go to trains running through Utah, but should be kept in the northeastern United States. Just whose interest is Sen. Bennett looking out for?
UTU News
