{"id":19822,"date":"2013-04-02T13:03:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=19822"},"modified":"2013-04-02T13:03:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:03:20","slug":"amtrak-haters-bullies-with-no-public-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/amtrak-haters-bullies-with-no-public-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak haters: Bullies with no public purpose","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following article was written by Railway Age columnist and former UTU Director of Public Relations Frank N. Wilner.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative columnist and American Enterprise scholar Michael Barone, with degrees from Harvard and Yale, is a smart fellow. But a recent column about Amtrak suggests his research consisted of wandering into the posh Capitol Grill in Washington, D.C., and sitting at Amtrak baiter-in-chief Rep. 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