BESTOWING A “fat long-term contract” on the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad essentially privatizes the commuter rail system and would indeed be “hard to swallow,” as the Globe points out (“Longer contract would ease woes of T’s commuter rail,” Editorial, Jan. 4).
After the MBTA board said that as many as 25 companies would be competing for the contract, it is shocking that only MBCR and one other company are in the running. Other firms reportedly perceived that MBCR had the inside track and dropped out. Massachusetts commuters and taxpayers deserve better.
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Human rights violations are really in the eye of the beholder, aren't they. The anti-Israel letter writer makes a big jump to concluding this firm is bad, and bad enough not to let them compete. If they can do it more cheaply and efficiently (and really, who couldn't in comparison to the status quo), why not let them bid?