It was a day to remember . . .

It’s Today that I am writing this . . . and today is Sunday, March 10th, and yesterday was “Tim Raines Day”. I awoke this morning with a dozen flashbacks of great moments that had happened just the day before.  So many memories of laughs, smiles, handshakes, hugs, old friendships rekindled, and new friendships forged, filled my consciousness as I awoke.  I took my time getting out of bed this morning, as I was recalling some of the many great conversations I had had the previous evening.  I had talked to classmates of Tim Raines and heard about many of …

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Current Thoughts July 2015

  Welcome to issue Number Five! We are very pleased to be receiving some decent responses to what we are putting out there. Thanks so much for joining us on our journey. Fives issues does not really make a landmark, but it still is pretty cool. It would have been really easy to fold this whole operation up a few times over the last few months . . . but honestly, we are enjoying putting this out and look forward to many more! New feature, weather! In our never-ending attempt to expand our appeal, we thought it would be nice …

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Current Thoughts Issue 4

  By Mike Smith (originally published June 2015) Well, Sunrail celebrated its one-year anniversary last month!  With that anniversary was the subsequent release of how it fared in its first year.  The nay-sayers rejoiced when it was announced that the fledgling rail system only recouped 20% of its costs.  They were delighted to be able to dust off the word “boondoggle” and gloat at the perceived failure of such a silly project. We feel that people who share that sentiment are short-sighted and/or don’t have a need for better public transportation as many in the area do.  This first leg …

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