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VOLUME XII NUMBER 1 MAY 1, 2025
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* Congressional News Briefs … Atlanta Congresswoman Nikema Williams, along with Virginia Representative Jennifer McClellan and Maryland Representatives McClain Delaney and Jamie Raskin, is pushing the SERVICE Bill in Congress and, besides, the Ensuring Agency Service Quality Bill. She explains that the first-mentioned legislative proposal would bar an agency from cutting its work force by 5 percent or more during any fiscal-year without performing a full-impact analysis showing how the agency’s ability to fulfill its mission would be affected and without the U.S. Government Accountability Office confirming the accuracy of its evaluation. Meanwhile, the other bill would amend 5 U.S. Code Section 3101 to impose a “shall employ” obligation, rather than retain the “may employ” allowance, on the federal government and require agencies to justify their inability or refusal to comply. Representative Williams, without crediting the Trump Administration for ending the widespread use of tele-work and requiring federal employees to return to the office, says, “We all want a more-efficient federal government, but ripping the rug out from underneath federal workers who show up daily to serve the public is not the way to go about it.” She says that the two bills “would protect workers and keep … necessary federal agencies properly functioning and serving the people of this country.” Also, noting that the Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, Sr. devoted 29 years to pastoral service at the West Hunter Street Baptist Church, beginning in 1961, and figured prominently in the Civil Rights Movement, the Congresswoman has introduced legislation to designate the Church as a National Historic Site managed by the National Park Service, and Georgia Congressmen Hank Johnson and Austin Scott are co-sponsors of the bill. In other developments, Representative Williams has pressed Russell Vought, the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to reverse what she termed “unlawful actions being taken to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.” She demanded repeal of orders to stop work and plans to dismiss more than 1,500 employees. This pressure has come with a reminder that the Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, Maxine Waters, has sought a hearing for the Acting Director’s explanation of how his actions will not harm constituents. Senator Rafael Warnock, in turn, reports that he and his constituent-services staff, in advance of the summer-travel season, have hosted another Passport Services Day in Atlanta, working with the Atlanta Passport Agency. In 2023, to address a post-pandemic surge in passport applications responsible for delays and disruptions of Georgians’ international-travel plans, his Office aided more than 2,800 Georgians needing help navigating the passport-application process. Last year, during the first official Passport Services Day, his Office assisted more than 100 Georgians with passport renewals or first-time applications. This year, in coordination with the Atlanta Passport Agency, his Office served 163 Georgians recently. In addition, backed by 24 Democrat or Independent co-sponsors and by such organizations as Save the Children, Child Care Aware of America, and the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Senator Warnock and Senators Tina Smith, Patty Murray, Ron Wyden, and Jeanne Shaheen have introduced the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Bill, to make the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit permanent, to automatically peg increases to inflation, to offer low-income families a refundable tax credit, and to phase out the credit for families making more than $400,000 annually. The bill involves an expansion, as well, increasing the maximum tax credit to $4,000 per child or up to $8,000 per family, to offset up to $16,000 in child-care expenses. Of the measure, Senator Warnock observes, “It will help parents and caregivers afford care-taking costs in a time when margins are tight for many families across the country.” On his part, Senator Jon Ossoff, previously saying that he “sounded the alarm about the Trump Administration’s decision to house migrants … in Federal prisons already overcrowded and understaffed nation-wide, including FCI Atlanta,” adds that he is “continuing his work to ensure children are protected from human trafficking and exploitation,” and “(t)he Trump Administration’s order … removes protections that have helped unaccompanied children—some as young as two years old—get legal representation in immigration court, as mandated by law.” Some as young as two-years old? The Continental News Service has asked the Senator’s Office if two-year-old children weren’t human-trafficked to the U.S., how did they get here? And does his concern for them extend to the point of origin of human trafficking? Also, would he support circulation of their photos at the possible origins of their trafficking to the U.S.—that is, their possible homeland governments—so relatives, if not parents or guardians, exercise moral responsibility to take them back into their care? In other developments, Senator Ossoff has contested a Congressional Republican budget proposal to cut billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which benefits almost 1.5 million people in Georgia, and last year, he charges, Governor Brian P. Kemp declined tens of millions in federal aid to help Georgia children afford lunch during the summer months. This year, the Senator numbers among members of the Georgia Congressional Delegation who have pressed the Governor to apply for that summer EBT program.
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Moreover, citing a report by the Association of American Medical Colleges that the median education debt of graduates is $200,000 and that 73 percent of medical-school graduates report having debt, he recommends the bipartisan Resident Education Deferred Interest Bill, both to defer their student-loan payments without interest if they serve in a medical or dental internship or residency program and to reduce Georgia’s shortage of doctors. Note: Senator Ossoff has not answered The Cascade Summit questions to which he was asked to respond.
State Government News Briefs … Governor Brian P. Kemp has announced that he has signed, into law, a bill to reform the state’s law on tort—an act or failure to act that results in injury or harm to another and amounts to a civil, not criminal, wrong, for which courts impose responsibility—by holding property owners responsible only for injuries on their property that they could prevent, requiring evidence of medical bills that are settled below original charges, allowing separate trials to determine whether the defendant is liable for injury and to determine the amount of damages, eliminating the so-called anchoring of pain-and-suffering damages to artificial standards, making seatbelt-use admissible evidence, ending court shopping by plaintiffs, eliminating double recovery of attorney fees, thwarting hostile foreign adversaries from financing court complaints to obtain trade secrets or promote their own political interests, and amending the Georgia Civil Practice Act to permit a defendant to file a motion to dismiss in place of a response to the complaint, so unnecessary discovery expenses are reduced while the court is reviewing the motion to dismiss.
* County Government News Briefs … The Fulton County Board of Commissioners, when it last met on April 16, received Commissioner nominations to such Commissions as the County Commission on Disability Affairs, the Fulton County Homeless Continuum of Care, the Fulton County Veterans’ Empowerment Commission Inc., and the Fulton County Citizens Commission on the Environment. In addition, County Commissioners considered ratification of the March, 2025 Grants Activity Report; adjustment of the boundary lines for precincts having no assigned voters or those with similar districts, to streamline election processes; renewal, in the amount of $2,060,944.61, of a contract with Arbor E&T, LLC doing business as Equus Workforce Solutions, to furnish adult and dislocated career-center services for the period July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026; and approval of the 2025 Equitable Sharing Agreement and Certification with the U.S. Justice Department for the Fulton County Police Department, specifying the requirements for participation in the federal program, along with the restrictions on use of federally-forfeited cash, property, or proceeds. During the presentation of Proclamations, Board Chairman Robert L. Pitts was set to recognize an Appreciation Day for both the Holy Innocents Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys Basketball Championships, and Commissioner Mo Ivory was due to issue a Proclamation recognizing Law Day. With respect to County Manager Dick Anderson’s business items, County Commissioners were tasked with review of two proposals for County-wide Audio-Visual Services and Systems, each not to exceed $803,445.24 and with Atlanta’s AVI Systems, Inc. and the Norcross, Georgia firm of Summit Solutionz, to be effective on Board approval; approval of three separate $200,000 contracts for recurring environmental-education programming through December 31, 2025 with the Chattahoochee Nature Center Inc., the Bear Creek Nature Center Inc., and Hammonds House, Inc.; hosting the County Manager’s presentation updating the 2025 State Legislative Session; and, among other County business, approval of a Chairman-backed Resolution authorizing implementation of a pilot program for reimbursement of child-care expenses.
* City Government News Briefs … Mayor Andre Dickens has announced that his Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion has partnered with the City’s Women of Atlanta Advisory Council’s Memorializing and Celebrating Stories of Impact Committee, to release the first Moving H.E.R. (Historically Equitable Recognition) Forward List, which honors 25 trailblazing women who have helped influence life in Atlanta over the course of time. The List includes Coretta Scott King and other civil-rights champions, unnamed enslaved women, the 1881 striking Atlanta Washerwomen, mental-health advocate and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Olga C. De Goizueta and other philanthropic leaders, woman architect Leila Ross Wilburn, and African-American legislator Grace Towns Hamilton. The Mayor reports, as well, an expansion of the City’s WeatheRISE ATL program managed by the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience, based upon a $300,000 contribution from the technology firm, Google. The Mayor says that this contribution alone will enable contractors to add 15 trainees to the initiative, fund attic insulation and critical home repairs to improve safety and reduce energy costs in high-energy-bill neighborhoods, and bankroll 100 single-family households with an extra $1,000 or more to cover critical home repairs that are necessary for the households to be eligible for weatherization upgrades. Following Earth Day activities, the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience held a Sustainability in Action Day at City Hall on April 24 to spotlight such programs as AgLanta, which leases unoccupied City land to local growers. When the City Council last conducted business, on April 21, Council Members dealt with unfinished business; that is, a Resolution authorizing a donation to the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation to provide eviction-defense services to eligible City residents. Subsequently, the Council approved a Consent Agenda consisting of adoption of an Ordinance authorizing entry into an airport-use and lease agreement with Key Lime Air Corporation, doing business as Denver Air Connection, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for an initial term retroactive to December 1, 2024, with options for five-year renewals through June 30, 2036; adoption of an Ordinance to execute a not-to-exceed $515,000 contract with XPERTO Consultants LLC enabling the airport just mentioned to serve as host of the Air Service World Congress 2025; approval of Ordinances extending purchase or other agreements with Deloitte Consulting LLP, T-Mobile USA Inc., and Verizon Wireless Services LLC on a month-to-month basis; approval of numerous zoning changes across the city and special-use permits for a park, a nursing home, and a community center; adoption of Council Member Michael Julian Bond’s Ordinance proposal authorizing a not-to-exceed 20-year lease with Partners For Home to develop quick-delivery housing on public land in connection with the City’s Rapid Housing Initiative and waiving competitive procurement provisions; and, among other business, approval of a Resolution authorizing a not-to-exceed $232,908, 40-year special procurement agreement with Urban Forest Carbon Registry, doing business as City Forest Credits, to expand the City’s Carbon-Credit Program.
* School District News Briefs … The Superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools District, Dr. Bryan Johnson, announces that a Band Jamboree is scheduled for May 3 from 4 PM to 5 PM and that a Budget Community Engagement Meeting is planned for May 6 between 6 PM and 7 PM. Meantime, the Board of Education, led by Chair Erika Y. Mitchell, next meets on May 5 at 2:30 PM.
* Weather … The National Weather Service reports that current conditions at Fulton County Airport-Brown Field, as of 11:53 PM on April 26, are fair, with a temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit, relative humidity of 87 percent, calm wind, barometric pressure of 30.10 inches, a dewpoint of 61 degrees, and visibility of 10 miles. The over-night forecast calls for mostly-clear skies, with a low temperature of about 59 degrees and north wind of about 5 miles per hour. Except for a 10-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 PM on April 28, don’t look for a chance of precipitation again until April 30 and continuing into May 2, increasing from 10 percent to 40 percent. Day-time high temperatures are expected to range between 78 degrees and 84 degrees and over-night low temperatures are expected to range between 61 degrees and 64 degrees through April 30. Anticipate cloudy skies on May 1, a day-time high temperature of 82 degrees, with a 13-percent to 24-percent chance of precipitation, southwest or south-southwest wind of 9 to 15 miles per hour, and an over-night low temperature of 63 degrees. The forecast for May 2 calls for a daily high temperature of 79 degrees, a mix of clouds and sun, with scattered thunderstorms, an over-night low temperature of 58 degrees, and winds out of the west or northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour.
* Sports … The Braves return to action tomorrow when they host the Dodgers beginning at 7:15 PM. Meanwhile, the Falcons picked University of Tennessee edge rusher James Pearce, Jr. early in the NFL Draft.
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One of the questions Ralph Nader is yet to answer about his book, “Let’s Start the Revolution”:
“Can that ‘left/right coalition’ you mention hang together once formed on certain issues when one side fails to rein in its desire to initiate new spending programs and the other side objects that it’s their money that is to be spent?”
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* Proverbs (chapter 28/verse 22): “He that hastes to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.” hastes=hurries.
[A timely warning against get-rich-quick schemes]
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Marion, Montana News Edition
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VOLUME I NUMBER 1 AUGUST 17, 2022
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* Congressional News Briefs … Marion’s agent in the U.S. House of Representatives, Matt Rosendale, decided he was not going to sugar-coat House Bill 5376. While House Democrats said they were acting to pass the “Inflation Reduction Act,” the Congressman contended that legislation increasing the size of government, raising taxes on hard-working Americans and spending billions of taxpayer dollars on the Left’s Green New Deal was actually an “Inflation Acceleration Act” and he cast a vote against the bill. Warning that the spending would “cripple our nation’s budget,” he noted that the legislation “will also raise an army of 87,000 IRS agents to squeeze more taxes out of already-hurting American families. With frivolous spending and an enlarged, aggressive IRS, the only climate that will be changing over the next year will be the economic climate, and it will get worse.” He offered this solution: “To reduce inflation, Congress must freeze spending, a concept the Left does not understand. Reining in federal spending and reducing taxes to lower inflation will reaffirm confidence in those investing in our economy.” On his part, Senator Steve Daines, commenting on the $739-billion, so-called Inflation Reduction Act of President Joseph Biden and Senate Democrats that he opposed, asserted that Senate Democrats voted against Daines’ amendment to eliminate policies that would increase costs on Made in Montana energy and other amendments that would render the bill “less painful for Montanans.” He characterized, as “supersizing the IRS,’ the plan to hire more than 80,000 Internal Revenue Service agents “to audit small and medium-size businesses and assert control over the lives and finances of Montanans.” He termed a subsidy for “rich people” the provision to offer $7,500 tax credits to individuals making up to $150,000, so they can purchase expensive electric vehicles. Considering the bill “a slap in the face of Montana families,” the Senator added, “The Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend bill is bad for Montana families, bad for Montana energy jobs and bad for Montanans’ pocketbooks.” Working with Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth and Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono, Senator Daines has introduced bipartisan legislation, known as the BABES (Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening) Enhancement Act, to require the Transportation Security Administration to clarify and update guidance, every five years, on handling breast milk, baby formula, and other related nutrition products based on consultation with leading maternal-health experts. Calling the legislation a “Bill to Support Montana Moms,” Daines informs that companion legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives, and the measure is endorsed by such organizations as the March of Dimes and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Senator Jon Tester, in turn, as the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, announces that the $792.1-billion Defense Appropriations Bill earmarks almost $182 million for Montana priorities, saying, “This legislation will keep America safe by investing in Malmstrom Air Force Base, giving our troops a well-deserved pay raise [4.6 percent], ensuring our servicemen and women are well-equipped with the most up-to-date technology, and shifting resources towards programs that’ll maintain our fighting edge over adversaries like China and Russia.” For example, over in Columbia Falls, uAvionix is due to receive $7 million to develop Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System communications. In addition, he reports that, for Montana, the American Rescue Plan Act means $266 million to deliver high-speed Internet to rural areas of the state, something that is “one of the biggest keys to success for Montana’s students, families, and small businesses.”
* State Government News Briefs … Governor Greg Gianforte has expressed the view that the Montana Supreme Court, after upholding a district-court order temporarily blocking three pro-life bills he signed into law—the Court should not delay bringing into line its 1999 ruling in Armstrong v. State with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision finding that there is no constitutional right to abortion and that the states are entitled to restrict abortion. In other developments, the state legislature has highlighted a recent report by the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology that acknowledges findings of the Department of Environmental Quality that the ingestion of too much manganese through drinking water may be harmful, at the same time the Bureau notes that the mineral, naturally present in many common foods, is essential for proper nutrition and that too little may be harmful, as well. Some research shows that adults and children drinking water with high manganese concentrations for sustained periods may suffer from memory and attention problems and motor-skill deficits. But, since most Montanans tap groundwater supplies for their drinking water, they mainly avoid high levels of manganese. Those that do not? The Bureau’s Ground Water Assessment Program reports that 7 percent of the water samples it tested exceeded the recommended health-standard limit for
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adults and children older than 6 years of age. Checking 3,858 water samples from across the state, the Bureau gives assurance that manganese concentrations were low and safe for 85 percent of the well samples it analyzed and that lower concentrations were recorded in samples from western Montana aquifers; higher concentrations, in the eastern part of the state. Specifically, certain aquifers near Flathead Lake, north and west of Great Falls, and in the Missouri River Valley yielded more samples with elevated manganese concentrations. The Safe Drinking Water Act categorizes manganese as a secondary water contaminant, like iron, pH and sulfate, meaning it is safe to drink, but may damage water equipment and transmit an unpleasant odor and taste. The state legislature reports that 380 Montana schools, to date, have tested water fixtures for the primary water contaminant, lead and are implementing remedies for contaminated fixtures.
* County Government News Briefs … The Flathead County Board of Commissioners [Brad W. Abell, Pamela Holmquist, and Randy Brodehl], at its last meeting on August 11, considered six different lakeshore permits, including one at McGregor Lake, one at Flathead Lake, and another at Whitefish Lake; conferred with Erik Mack, of the Planning & Zoning Office, who reported an uptick in zoning violations; discussed giving authorization to publish a Notice of Public Hearing on Road Abandonment concerning an unnamed portion of road off Highway 93 West; took up the matter of authorization to publish a Call for Bids for the estimated $120,000 Fall, 2022 Pavement Striping Project; was due to hear from Liz Wood, of Mountain Climber Transit, on ridership increases, and from Ashley Cummins, Director of the County Library, who reported approximately 1,000 daily patron visits system-wide and who provided an update on the Library Board vacancy; planned to meet with Sheriff Brian Heino; and, among other County business, was tasked to sign a Behavioral Health Hospital Provider Agreement with Logan Health.
* School District News Briefs … The Marion Elementary School District, with the library closed during the summer due to remodeling, plans a Back to School Kick Off Event on September 1, with school starting on September 6. Earlier this month, the District posted a notice that it was hiring for full-time teaching positions in physical education and in the sixth-grade classroom. The School Board is scheduled to meet again on September 12. Meantime, in the Kalispell Public Schools District, Flathead High School announces that classes resume either on August 31 or September 1, depending on the grade level.
* Sports … The Flathead High School Boys Varsity Football Team is set to play Skyview on August 27 at 7 PM and is due to visit Gallatin on September 2 for a 7 PM kickoff.
* Weather … The National Weather Service reports that current conditions 17 miles west-southwest of Kalispell, as of 3:15 PM on August 17, are sunny, with a temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit, relative humidity of 15 percent, barometric pressure of 29.95 inches, visibility of 10 miles, wind out of the south-southeast at 3 miles per hour, and a dewpoint of 36 degrees. The over-night forecast calls for clear skies, northeast wind of 3 to 5 miles per hour and a low temperature of about 55 degrees. Tomorrow, look for sunny skies, with a daily high temperature of about 91 degrees, calm wind becoming east-northeast wind of about 6 miles per hour in the morning. Thursday night, expect mostly-clear skies, with a low temperature of about 56 degrees and northeast wind of 3 to 6 miles per hour.
* Community Calendar … August 19—Pachyderm Meeting of Flathead County Republicans (12 Noon-1 PM) at the Eagles (37 First Street W, Kalispell); August 27—Pheasants Forever Chapter #138 Banquet (5 PM-9 PM), at the Fairgrounds; September 16/17—Quilt Show, at the Fairgrounds; September 17—Glacier Rabbit Show, at the Fairgrounds; September 30—Kalispell Ski Swap, at the Fairgrounds.
Dry Tortugas [Reprinted and Updated] by Lee Snyder
Named “Las Tortugas” (the turtles) by 16th-century Spanish explorers who found the harmless reptiles nesting on its shores, the Dry Tortugas is a collection of several sandy spits and tree-dotted islands. Fort Jefferson, once famous as a 19th-century “American Devil’s Island,” remains one of the world’s largest brick structures. The red brick fort is most famous as the jail where Dr. Mudd was held after treating Lincoln’s assassin for a broken leg.
Fort Jeff, past National Monument, is now part of Dry Tortugas National Park, which, together with the water and island reefs, is one of this nation’s most remote and unique units of our National Park system. While sharks are still occasionally found swimming in the moat, tourists are more likely seen snorkeling around the fort’s outer boundary viewing a dazzling array of fish, coral and sponges. Today, the Coast Guard’s close scrutiny of increasing public pressure allows visitors to see what underwater Florida is supposed to be. Divers claim the park waters are the liveliest anywhere in the state. “Little Africa,” an unspoiled section of coral reef near Loggerhead Key, the largest island in the chain, boasts expanses of staghorn and elkhorn coral more like those found in Caribbean than in Florida waters.
Nearly 27,000 people—mostly fishermen, yachtsmen, and divers—visit the park by boat each year.
But, for a six-week period, the bulk of the visitors attend for another reason. Spring in the Tortugas is definitely a birdwatcher’s delight. Florida’s peninsular shape is like an appendage reaching out into the ocean. Its islands are the first safety offered travelers crossing the Gulf of Mexico…. The “funneling effect” allows for close inspections of the birds in their most colorful breeding plumage—an opportunity that draws enthusiastic birders from all over the world….On any given spring day in the Tortugas, birders with four, five and six hundred birds on their lists are found. Listers with seven and eight hundred on their lists are usually there as guides, having visited the islands years before. But, even so, an errant species from South America, the Bahamas or Cuba could fly by adding to all lists.
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