By Joe Angelino

Sun Contributor

Martin Shkreli. Just reading that man’s name invokes deep-seated feelings of anger. In case you forgot, Mr. Shkreli is the man with the boyish face flaunting the most infuriating grin that has ever deserved slapping. He is also the pharmaceutical businessman who raised the price of the drug Daraprim 1300% overnight, just because he could. Soon after his dubious business decision, the FBI arrested, and then convicted Shkreli for unrelated charges of securities fraud resulting in a collective cheer that was heard across America.

There is a new businessman attempting to reach the depths of Shkreli by tainting New York’s Adirondack Park, legally, because he can. The man is named Edward Ellis and he is the President of Iowa Pacific Holdings of Chicago. Iowa Pacific owns a half dozen short-line railroads in the US, one of which is the Saratoga and North Creek Railway which has track in Saratoga, Warren and Essex counties north of Albany. A portion of the Saratoga and North Creek Railway extends into the forever wild Adirondack Park.