Dear Editor: In Support of Mary Hensleigh

Dear Editor,

I’ve served alongside Mary Hensleigh for two years as Sanders County Director in the newly formed Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority, the newest and largest transportation district in the state. Mary is Jefferson County’s appointed Director and serves with 18 other Directors—one from each County along the route.

The Authority is organized under Montana State statute. Director Hensleigh has been a fundamental author of financial policy, budget rules, and methodologies. Conversely, Director Hensleigh has a positive and credible influence on Jefferson’s commissioners when it...