If Lloyd Flem, executive director of All Aboard Washington, would “roll through a curve at 30 mph to save the taxpayers $200 million,” someone should explain to us spending $181 million to save 10 minutes (The Seattle Times story “State had warning about rail curvature,” Jan. 3, The Columbian).
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Letter: Train derailment was avoidable
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