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VOLUME XIII NUMBER 1 SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
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* Congressional News Briefs … Just days ago, Miami Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar, together with Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling and South Florida restaurant stakeholders, gathered for a roundtable discussion on the issues restaurant owners face. While the No Tax on Tips reform that Salazar supported plays a role relieving small-restaurant owners, operating on tight margins, of the extra cost of compensating servers, bartenders and other restaurant workers to pay their increasing household bills, restaurant owners still struggled to fill almost 900,000 positions nation-wide each month during 2025, according to the National Restaurant Association, and the projection is that about 1.7 million workers will be needed during the next 10 years. Yes, the roundtable focused on the need for a stable and legal labor force, and Congresswoman Salazar pointed out that “experienced workers who have lived here for years remain unable to work legally” in the absence of passage of her Dignity Act proposal, which would address staffing instability without furnishing federal benefits or a pathway to citizenship. As the Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, she also reports meeting with Pope Leo XIV and discussing her bipartisan Dignity Act proposal on immigration reform. She suggests that there was a meeting of minds because, while the Pope emphasizes the obligation of countries to control their borders and to respect the human dignity of migrants and families, the Congresswoman’s bill promotes border security, requires use of E-Verify, links an earned legal status with migrant accountability, and reflects sensitivity for the estimated one in twelve American Christians, for one, subject to deportation or who live with someone who confronts deportation. Representative Salazar says, “A nation can defend its borders without closing its heart.” With the National Association of Manufacturers and the National Restaurant Association among the groups endorsing the legislation, the Congresswoman asserts that House Bill 4393 is gaining support across the nation and in Congress. On his part, Senator Rick Scott has announced introduction of the Trade Deficit Elimination Bill, with Senators Tim Sheehy and Kevin Cramer as co-sponsors, to codify the Trump Administration’s America First trade principles. The legislative proposal would task the U.S. Trade Representative annually to identify which U.S. trading partners perpetrate bilateral trade imbalances in goods and to authorize tariff adjustments to close the trade gap with these countries. Beside authorizing the U.S. Trade Representative to negotiate trade agreements for the reform of trade practices, to buy more American products, or to limit exports, there would be exemptions for products critical to national security, vital supply chains, and products that cannot reasonably be produced in the U.S. Senator Scott elaborates: “Previous generations of Americans gave us an economic superpower [status]; it’s our job to preserve what they built and to leave America better than we found it for our children and grandchildren. That means we can’t let other countries rip us off. In recent years, our trading partners have taken advantage of access to American markets while unfairly crowding American products out of their own countries. Decline is a choice, and President Trump is taking action to restore American prosperity.” Acknowledging other developments, Senator Scott simultaneously extended his condolences to the President of Colombia for the earthquake in western Colombia that took almost 300 lives in August and congratulated President Abelardo de la Espriella on his inauguration and for opening a “new chapter in the close and enduring friendship between” Colombia and the U.S. The Senator referenced Colombia’s renewal of relations with Israel, that country’s earthquake aid, and the U.S. State Department’s own dispatch of a Disaster Assistance Response Team and emergency-relief funding for shelter, food, protection and post-earthquake structural assessments. Along with Senators Mike Lee and Marsha Blackburn and Representative Young Kim, the Senator has asked the Departments of Justice and of State to investigate the California administrations of Jerry Brown and of Gavin Newsom for misappropriating the foreign-policy authority of the U.S. government through their public and secret agreements with the Communist Chinese government, its agencies, and the Chinese Communist Party, in violation of Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which requires Congressional approval for such collaboration. Senator Scott and associates cite a recent National Association of Scholars report that documents an alleged years-long pattern in which the two Governors “tied California’s climate regulators to Beijing’s Party-State, embedded PRC-linked institutions inside the state’s regulatory apparatus, and deliberately structured these arrangements to circumvent President Trump’s decisions in climate diplomacy.” Senator Scott and associates stress that the Framers of the Constitution used the broadest possible language “to cut off all connection or communication between a state and a foreign power,” and, yet, Governor Brown signed an agreement with the head of China’s central planning agency in 2013 and flew off to China to circumvent President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement by signing agreements of his own with Chinese officials, and subsequently Governor Newsom, among other acts, signed the California-China Climate Institute into state law. Plus, Senator Scott has urged colleagues in Congress to approve a series of bills designed to reduce the regulations that operate as hurdles to Floridians seeking to open small businesses. On National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, Senator Ashley Moody, in turn, recognized the hundreds of thousands of lives “stolen” as a result of the opioid crisis. She informs that
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Florida reduced fentanyl-related deaths by 42 percent in 12 months and, while national performance must catch up with Florida, the state still needs to do more. The Senator records, in noting increasing support for the TRADES Bill (Senate Bill 4907) she has introduced, that those organizations endorsing the measure recognize that increasing Perkins Career Technical Education funding operates to overcome “(y)ears of under-investment in the nation’s career-and-technical-education programs [that] are one of the key reasons industries like construction face significant labor shortages that delay projects and increase the cost of construction.” The Bill would increase the tax on well-endowed Ivy League universities’ investment income to enable more Perkins Career and Technical Education grants–which already help to educate approximately 12 million students nationally–to better ensure that the national economy has the hundreds of thousands of additional electricians, plumbers, auto mechanics and other skilled tradespeople that will be needed in the future. Meantime, building on Florida’s Operation Outdoor Freedom program that has served 6,800-plus Florida veterans since 2009, Senator Moody has co-sponsored the $10-million annual Veterans Outdoor Rehabilitation Bill to increase the resources of states committed to increasing the outdoor-recreation options for veterans, including disabled veterans requiring adaptive and accessible assistance.
* State Government News Briefs … Governor Ron DeSantis announces that, previously Florida’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) barred use of the EBT card for alcohol purchases, transactions at adult-entertainment establishments, pari-mutuel wagering facilities, slot-machine locations, commercial-bingo establishments and casinos and gaming rooms. Now, the Governor informs, “Florida has become the first in the nation to set guardrails on our TANF State Plan to stop these taxpayer-funded benefits from being used to purchase inappropriate, luxury, and non-essential goods and services. Taxpayer-funded assistance should help families put food on the table, keep the lights on, purchase clothing, provide for their children and overcome barriers on the path toward independence.” The new changes mean that recipients will not be able to purchase tobacco, nicotine and vaping products; intoxicants and drugs; pornography; video games, entertainment tickets, theme-park admission and entertainment subscriptions; tattoos, spa services, tanning and other luxury services; and psychic and fortune-telling services. At the same time that Florida’s Healthy SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) initiative does not subsidize purchases of soda, energy drinks, candy or ultra-processed prepared desserts, the Governor’s Administration reminds that the state connects individuals to training, credentials and apprenticeships designed to build their earning potential, increase stability, nurture independence and expand opportunity. In addition, conscious of the need to train the next generation of emergency managers for preparedness in the face of natural disasters and other emergencies, the Governor has initiated the first official rollout of the Coalition for Operational Readiness in Education, a cross-agency partnership intended to build pathways between classroom instruction and careers in emergency management. That way Florida continues to model for the nation proficiency in emergency response.
* County Government News Briefs … The Miami-Dade County Commission announces that the Department of Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces is promoting the 2026 International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, September 19, through more than 70 shoreline cleanups across the County. Organized world-wide by the Ocean Conservancy, VolunteerCleanup.org organizes local involvement. At its scheduled meeting on September 1, the County Commission is set to receive a report from the Aviation Department on the Future-Ready $12-billion Modernization in Action program at Miami International Airport, which includes improving passenger boarding bridges, as well as elevators and escalators, and envisions upgrading the North Terminal checked-baggage screening system to Transportation Security Administration standards, with construction expected to start in December, 2026 and to be completed in April, 2031. Furthermore, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has filed a report on the South Dade TransitWay Bus Rapid Transit service that shows 1.8 million trips taken during its seven-month history, run times stabilizing and on-time performance improving. The Commission is due to take up a proposed Ordinance amending the County Code’s noise regulation applicable to incorporated and unincorporated areas and pertaining to sound amplification in connection with tours provided from or on vessels; a Resolution approving the issuance of revenue bonds in an amount not greater than $155,000,000 for the benefit of the BH Wellness Foundation to fund a plan of finance including acquisition of Southern Winds Hospital; the matter of the Second Reading of an Ordinance relating to for-hire motor vehicles; an Ordinance relating to fire prevention, amending procedures for appeals of fire-code violations and addressing sundry other fire-associated matters; a Resolution authorizing the funding of $139,366 in grants from the Department of Cultural Affairs; a Resolution ratifying an estimated $216,320 agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for a one-year use of the Trail Glades Range facilities for training purposes; a Resolution tasking the Mayor or designee to develop an illegal-dumping and encampment plan for Commission District 2; and, among other County business, a Resolution directing the Mayor or designee to consider Agriculture Report recommendations to file an application to amend the Comprehensive Development Master Plan to encourage such closed agricultural production systems as vertical farming.
* City Government News Briefs … When the City of Miami Commission last met on July 23, the Commission took up a Consent Agenda including a Resolution authorizing City Manager James Reyes to accept a $65,150 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support Florida Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces during the 2025 fiscal-year. Public Hearings were scheduled to be held on a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to accept $2,211,782 in State Housing Initiatives Partnership funds for the strategies under the 2026-2027 Local Housing Assistance Plan; and a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate, at no cost to the City, an agreement with the Global H2O Initiative for the installation of hydro stations in high-foot-traffic public places. The City Commission also planned to consider Resolutions figuring a proposed City millage rate for the fiscal-year beginning October 1, 2026; supporting the Police Department’s participation in the U.S. Justice Department’s fiscal-year 2026 Model Cities Initiative and the City’s application for a Model Cities grant; approving the not-to-exceed $150-million lease/purchase of ambulance vehicles, general light and heavy fleet vehicles, motorcycles, sweepers, trailers and automobiles; and authorizing, if the requested $60,000 grant is awarded, the Virginia Key Dune Ecosystem Restoration Project. Likewise, the Commission had planned the Second Reading of an Ordinance revising enforcement procedures for violations of the prohibition of encampments on public property and of an Ordinance amending the City Code to provide for the naming of the Shenandoah Dog Park. There were no vetoes by Mayor Eileen T. Higgins for the Commission to consider, and the City Commission next meets on September 10 starting at 9 AM.
* School District News Briefs … The Miami-Dade County Public Schools District announces that Miami Norland Senior High School has partnered with D.A. Dorsey Technical College to establish the Dual Enrollment Medical Assisting Lab at the High School. When the School Board last met on August 19, the Board reviewed and considered approving the employment agreement for the next Superintendent of Schools, Rafael Villalobos, and considered approval of the proposed negotiated separation agreement with the current Superintendent, Dr. Jose L. Dotres.
* Weather … The National Weather Service reports that current conditions at Miami International Airport, as of 5:53 PM on August 27, are mostly cloudy, with a temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit, relative humidity of 72 percent, barometric pressure of 29.99 inches, calm wind, a dewpoint of 71 degrees, and visibility of 10 miles. The over-night forecast calls for a 20-percent chance of precipitation, a slight chance of thunderstorms, and a low temperature of 81 degrees. Look for likely thunderstorms or a chance of thunderstorms, with daily high temperatures of 91 degrees and a 20-percent to 60-percent change of precipitation, and, nights, a chance of thunderstorms, a 30-percent to 60-percent chance of precipitation, and low temperatures of either 81 or 82 degrees, through August 31. There is not much of a change in the forecast for September 1 and 2, given that the expectation is for a daytime high temperature of 91 each day and over-night low temperatures of either 81 or 82 degrees, with a 60-percent chance of precipitation both days, except for daytime, mostly-sunny skies.
* Sports …In Major League Baseball, the Marlins visit the Royals for a 7:40 PM game today. Over in the NFL, the Dolphins, after hosting the Falcons in a Preseason Game loss (17-12) on August 28, visit Las Vegas on September 13 for a 1:25 PM (Local Time) game against the Raiders to start the Regular Season. In Major League Soccer, Inter Miami CF hosts Atlanta United FC on September 5 for a match beginning at 7:30 PM.
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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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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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