Joseph Ficara writes that past congressional investigations of Hillary Clinton have turned up no evidence of criminal behavior.
To the Editor:
The Hillary Clinton emails again? When will Republicans in Congress stop calling for more investigations after spending millions of taxpayer dollars, despite the lack of evidence found against her in the past? What exactly do they hope to find?
Donald Trump accuses Hillary of "pay to play" with the Clinton Foundation and wants it to stop taking donations from foreign sources now, not wait until she becomes president, if elected. Why doesn't Trump stop his branded items from being manufactured in foreign countries, some of them communist. One major source is China, which he criticizes for our trade deficit.
Also, a Manhattan office building on the Avenue of the Americas, of which Trump is part owner, carries a $950 million loan. Reportedly, among the lenders are the Bank of China and Goldman Sachs, a Wall Street financial institution that Trump has said controls Mrs. Clinton. How will this work out with China, our so-called economic foe, if Trump becomes president?
What about Trump's claims about his own charitable donations, such as veterans groups for which he said he collected $5 million, but that didn't receive a nickel until Trump was embarrassed by a reporter into making his own donation. You can see what the Clinton Foundation has given because of years of public tax returns. Where is the disclosure of Trump's tax returns, which would show how much charitable giving he has done?
I would like to see our Republican-controlled Congress do some real work on the economy, wage inequality, taxes and the cost of prescriptions. How about investigating the company that raised the cost of a single EpiPen from about $57 to a pocket-emptying $300 or more. How about investigating why it costs us so much more for prescription medicines than in European countries?
Joseph N. Ficara
Gibbstown
Multiple probes surround DRPA
To the Editor:
Two former Delaware River Port Authority commissioners -- John Estey and union chief John Dougherty -- have been in the news recently for being the subjects of federal investigations.
Estey, a former aide to former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, pleaded guilty in a $20,000 pay-to-play operation (that did not involve the DRPA).
Johnny "Doc" Dougherty's situation is just getting interesting. Offices of the union he heads, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, were recently raided by the FBI, as were other sites related to the union or its leaders. Dougherty continues to serve as an alternate DRPA commissioner.
No results have been announced from a federal investigation about how the DRBA disbursed "economic development" funds to outside agencies. The probe began in 2013 and apparently is still ongoing.
For the commuter's sake, I hope the scenario where the DRPA would provide project Management on a proposed Glassboro-Camden light rail line won't proceed until this federal investigation is completed.
I see "project management" as a quaint euphemism for "money grab." It would be just another way to use toll and fare revenue to enrich the power brokers who control the appointed DRPA commissioners.
Carol Rhodes
Barnsboro
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