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Tenderfoot
- Dec 5, 2009
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- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
It is much more than treasure. Part of the plan says that if the remaining permit holders find the new, suffocating regulations to difficult, "they may wish to partner with a university or non-profit. This would turn over our history to the radical left-wing universities or non-profits of their choosing. Can you imagine, NOAA is delivering the crown jewel of shipwreck research into the hands of institutional archaeology and Marxist universities! That is just for starters. This plan will drive many if not all commercial fishermen out of business. It will institutionalize and redefine the American Experience in the Keys. The WORST part is this: the resulting economic and demographic displacement will shift the 26th Congressional District to the left, delivering into the hands of the Democratic Party, never to be undone.
Here is the other thing. This is not just about the Keys and shipwrecks. This is about the war that is being waged against all things American by the radical left. This is just an attack on our flank and flashpoint in that war.
There is so much more history to come out of these Keys that has been stifled, a lot more. The Issac Allerton, sank in 1854, partially salvaged in the 80's and since been held at bay by the threat of NOAA. There are projects that will be coming forward next year, which will shock the world. NOAA must be held in check. I am about to air some dirty laundry in the form of two e-mails sent this past week that focus on the corruption at NOAA. My intention is to inform and enrage you to action. Please sign our Petition : https://www.saynotonoaa.org/ and support these two FB pages: Sanctuary Alert! https://bit.ly/2NYyvWz and All Keys Boaters Alliance - Save Our Keys https://bit.ly/32AMlDI
Here is the NOAA dirty laundry, e-mail one to The Superintendent of FKNMS:
Hello Sarah,
It was a pleasure to meet you. I can see why everyone speaks so highly of you. Personally, I am once bitten, twice shy. I took so much grief from my colleagues for expressing my admiration for Brenda as a bright, ambitious young woman with whom, as an exhibition driven business model, I thought we had many shared values. As time passed and the Chinese Water Torture of obstruction wore on, we tried harder to prove our sincerity. It became apparent that she lacked any sincerity and had another agenda. My term for it was that "they are working from a secret playbook". She openly assigned second class citizenship to us as "treasure hunters" and an element from whom the public had to be protected. She explained that "treasure hunters" had dynamited concretions in the 1960's and we apparently bear that cross to this day because she has labeled us as "treasure hunters". I assume such a designation with its restricted civil rights is provided for in the Constitution she swore to uphold and defend. I did not bother to tell her, but as I explained to my friends, I was only ten years old in 1963, and my mother was very strict about no dynamite, plastic explosives or any of that. How absurd! I had a conversation with her once, where I was trying to convince her of our altruistic goals for any potential collection, i.e. exhibition versus the sale of artifacts (if we so chose)when she blurted out, "You still own it anyway". Having majored in Political Science, I am always irritated when people miss use the term "Communist" to refer to anything authoritarian, I was shocked when one of the permit holders came to me and said, "she's a communist". I told him it was the first time I heard the term used correctly since the Cold War, and yes, she is a communist. Having gotten to know her I am not sure she even knows what that means, she just is. Perhaps she was born with contempt for private property, free enterprise, free speech and the rule of law. She may have been born a communist and predisposed against core American values. That's fine, but she does not have the right as a Federal Employee to abuse my civil rights and break the law to inflict her off-script, extra-Constitutional agenda on FKNMS permit holders, her fellow Americans.
As you know, we are an Admiralty Case and while the Sanctuary cannot "terminate" such cases, Brenda XXXXXX sought to circumvent the jurisdiction of the US District Court and the rule of law to obstruct and sabotage our case. It is called , "Denial of Due Proces Under the Color of Law" and she has been arrogant, engaging in it. Everyone realizes that you assumed control of a totally corrupt local agency and I believe the community received you well as we should have. This plan, not of your doing has cast doubt. When I speak of corruption, I am referring to the Morton administration. However, repacing the Superintendent could never erase the culture of corruption born out of a "Noble Cause Corrupted" (it's a thing). To this day, myself, along with my colleagues are still dealing with the momentum of the Morton tenure.
I have a list of specific complaints to share.
First is the way in which my Survey and Inventory Permit renewal was handled
After a routine report and renewal request was submitted to FKNMS, we were issued a renewal of our Survey and Inventory Permit on 11/21/13. We had asked for two things, we asked that our Sanctuary permit area be expanded to match our recently expanded Admiralty search area, and we asked for the use of a two-inch venturi dredge. FKNMS did not grant or decline the request to expand our area, they ignored it. They granted the use of the pump. From the PDF:
“your permit has been renewed for an additional two years. The use of a Venturi- type water dredge system has been approved in accordance with the permit guideline” (attached)
By the Summer of 2015 we were already preparing another routine report and renewal request due in the Fall. Somewhere along the way, Brenda learned that we were talking to XXXXXXXXX of the Florida Keys History and Discovery Museum. She apparently and correctly got the idea we were about to exercise “Step 7” in our S&I permit. As you know, this step allows for the recovery of artifacts for identification purposes. It involved some onerous requirements in terms of having an archaeologist, biologist, conservation lab and local museum to display the items. In a moment where she could not control herself, she muttered almost under her breath, "A museum on the side of the highway is not on the side of the road is not what we had in mind." The hypocrisy was not lost on me when a short while later NOAA had an anniversary function at what is hardly, "a museum on the side of the road". It is just another example of her determination to halt the public study and title to its own history by individuals, in favor of the Marxist model of a more institutionalized, government-issued historical narrative for the "collective", not unlike the salient feature in Alternative 3.
The fact is, in 30 years no one has ever completed the S&I permit including “Step 7”. It was intended to be an obstacle to those permit holders who had Sanctuary only permits. It worked so well that it became apparent no one would even apply for a permit with “Step 7” as an up-front prerequisite. So in practice, “Step 7” was waived and held in abeyance to be exercised as the last step before the permit would have been successfully completed. If we had been so inclined and allowed to execute "Step 7" , we would have distinguished ourselves as the firsts.
She began talking about having us “reapply” for our existing permit instead of requesting a renewal. It made no sense and I asked her why. She said that it was so that NOAA could document any changes in our program, such as boats, equipment or personnel. Bear in mind no one had ever visited our site or asked us any questions about what we were doing. I even caught her not reading our reports.
I pointed out that we routinely included such information in red. She kept on long after her explanations descended to gibberish. It became clear that she was lying and she knew I knew she was lying. Being a congenital liar, she was unfazed, but it was very awkward for me. At times it felt like she was an undercover cop trying to dance me into position. I asked her, Am I about to step on to a trap door? Am I going to get my permit back? Don’t worry, Paul.
We applied for the permit renewal, here is what came back.
“NOAA has determined this project requires a Research and Recovery permit application due to the use of a Venturi operated water dredge and potential limited test excavations.” (attached)
I hope it is clear as to how insane and lame, stupid and lazy that is. In one permit FKNMS allowed the use of the pump. In the very next renewal, the permit is declined due to the use of the very same pump! How did NOAA determine anything? No one had ever been out there, no one asked any questions. Where are the rules? What happened to the requirement of successfully completing the S&I Permit before getting a R&R Permit? This a direct, naked attack on our Admiralty Case, clearly visible from the moon or in court.
While I was denied the honor of being the first ever to complete the S&I Survey including "Step 7", I have the dubious distinction of being the first permit holder to be directed to pursue (No chance in this life of being issued) a Research and Recovery Permit, with extra layers of government packed on like a rented burrow, WITHOUT EVER HAVING IDENTIFIED ANYTHING TO RECOVER.
How does one reconcile the two yellow lines? I would love to hear any good faith explanation for this. I would love for someone to explain how this is not a crime. What is the standard of due process at FKNMS? Is there any, or is everything arbitrary? I tried to bring the matter up with the investigators during the Sean Morton scandal, pointing out that it would be naive to think that with corruption in management, that there would be no collateral damage to the permit holders and the public through negligence or mismanagement. Then I brought it up with Ed Lindelhof. It was like being in an episode of Wagon Train and the Indians were about to attack. I thought Sean Morton was a stooge just from my observations, I never spoke with him. I spoke with Ed Lindelhof and it was like talking to a chimp. Sean Morton could have run over me with his car and he would have justified it.
As for the FOIA request, I may have discovered a flaw in the process. My request was intended to shed light on deliberations surrounding the irregularities (understatement) in the administration of my permit. However, in the first traunch of 134 e-mails, there is NOT ONE WORD related to the issue. I did see where she sent a link to Morton about an article I had written in the local paper. It was after the permit episode, in defiance of her policy of no free press. I am left with one of two explanations; either changes to my permit came from a burning bush with no human input, or the human element has failed us and there is some sort of cover-up in the works.
I will follow up with other examples of the civil rights abuses we have suffered, later. I am in a hurry and do not want to put too much work on your desk. You really do seem to be a nice person and I have handed you a snake. I regret that but this is a very serious issue and I must move forward or endanger the nearly 50 years and no small fortune my family and others like it have invested. Will follow up.
Sincerely,
E-mail number two, the follow-up:
Hello Sarah,
You will recall that on Nov. 6th, I mentioned an episode involving the National Association of Black Scuba Divers and Brenda.
We invited NABSD to join our project at American Shoal and had an agreement in principle. Out of the clear blue, one of the Directors, we will call him KS, called me to say that he regretted having to say it, but NABSD would not be working on our project. He said that they "could not afford to get caught in the middle of the war between the treasure hunters and the archaeologist". My first thought was, "you just became a casualty" , exactly what he was hoping to avoid. He made it perfectly clear than Brenda had threatened NABSD with its good standing if they had anything to do with us, her permit holders.
There are so many things wrong with this on so many levels. To begin with, when a Federal officer threatens a Black civic group, it brings up images of decades past and screams racism to me. I am sure they felt an element of racism as well. It was an act of extortion without a doubt. How does she go from the administration of our permit to the sabotage of the permit and the project? What about the civil rights abuses against both parties? These include the right of assembly, speech, due process and discrimination against both groups. That is just for starters. These are all crimes.
The next basket of complaints might be described as anecdotal, but I will swear to all of them:
1. Brenda warned me that if I did anything in the media to "glamorize treasure hunting" there would be negative consequences. As I have said, the article in the Keys News was placed in defiance of Brenda as a message to say that I was done with her and her abuse of my civil rights and the sabotage of my Admiralty Case. https://bit.ly/2NupSUI
2. I was warned against the use of the word, "treasure" or any mention of Mel Fisher. That may seem like a small thing to some but not to me or any of that Greatest Generation who put their lives on the line for freedom of speech. You could hardly overstate how seriously I take it, especially having been deprived of it by NOAA.
3. We had a plan in the works with FKCC similar to the one with NABSD. Out of the blue, Brenda said, the college should be "wary" of working with you because any archaeologist or aspiring archaeologist might be blackballed and suffer difficulties in finding speaking engagements, and so on. Furthermore, the college itself might suffer in its then-current effort to acquire college accreditation. She said that the effort could be torpedoed by an archaeologist in any given university. Strangely enough, the effort fizzled shortly after that. I have no direct knowledge of any involvement by her. A more suspicious person might have jumped to an unflattering conclusion.
At every turn, Brenda has worked to isolate us from the public, prevent any cultural heritage to be shared with the public and "starve our project and the others for oxygen". The tortious interference and all of the obstruction have extracted an unknown opportunity and economic costs on our project. She routinely obstructed the Sanctuary only permit holders but paid special attention the thwart the Admiralty Cases. Under her tenure, the Submerged Cultural Resources Program has become a Racket Influenced and Corrupt Organization. Bringing Mathew Lawrence in to carry water for institutional archaeology over the rights of the existing and future permit holders is nothing more than lipstick on corruption. As one of my friends put it, "a lead blanket has been placed over the cultural heritage of the Keys". Brenda has cheated and abused an entire community and nation through us and the other permit holders.
Now then, I am not particularly religious, but I think I saw the hand of God enter my vlife last night. Once again out of the blue (that happens a lot), I received a text that described an incident that was EXACTLY the same fact pattern as my NABSD episode with Brenda. It is also common knowledge that she pulled a similar stunt with XXXXX, although he does his best to play it down for his own survival. I am all over this text case and will soon chase down everyone involved.
I was struck by the fact that in the credits section of the Blueprint, Brenda was not listed or I just missed it. There was some speculation that NOAA was trying to "hide a dirty cop". I don't know.
I don't care if Brenda labels us "treasure hunters" or "fuzzy Easter chicks" she does not have the right to deny us our civil rights or due process. This is something that is not going to go away. Brenda has been labeled "a serial abuser" in our circle. It does not carry the stigma of reduced Constitutional protections as the designation of "treasure hunter", but it is accurate and she must be held accountable. I am appalled that not only did she have enablers and co-conspirators all along the way, but no one at NOAA has shown any concern. It is what I have to call the AOC phenomenon, the most bug-eyed radical liberal leads the charge and no one has the courage to speak up.
Sincerely,
Here is the other thing. This is not just about the Keys and shipwrecks. This is about the war that is being waged against all things American by the radical left. This is just an attack on our flank and flashpoint in that war.
There is so much more history to come out of these Keys that has been stifled, a lot more. The Issac Allerton, sank in 1854, partially salvaged in the 80's and since been held at bay by the threat of NOAA. There are projects that will be coming forward next year, which will shock the world. NOAA must be held in check. I am about to air some dirty laundry in the form of two e-mails sent this past week that focus on the corruption at NOAA. My intention is to inform and enrage you to action. Please sign our Petition : https://www.saynotonoaa.org/ and support these two FB pages: Sanctuary Alert! https://bit.ly/2NYyvWz and All Keys Boaters Alliance - Save Our Keys https://bit.ly/32AMlDI
Here is the NOAA dirty laundry, e-mail one to The Superintendent of FKNMS:
Hello Sarah,
It was a pleasure to meet you. I can see why everyone speaks so highly of you. Personally, I am once bitten, twice shy. I took so much grief from my colleagues for expressing my admiration for Brenda as a bright, ambitious young woman with whom, as an exhibition driven business model, I thought we had many shared values. As time passed and the Chinese Water Torture of obstruction wore on, we tried harder to prove our sincerity. It became apparent that she lacked any sincerity and had another agenda. My term for it was that "they are working from a secret playbook". She openly assigned second class citizenship to us as "treasure hunters" and an element from whom the public had to be protected. She explained that "treasure hunters" had dynamited concretions in the 1960's and we apparently bear that cross to this day because she has labeled us as "treasure hunters". I assume such a designation with its restricted civil rights is provided for in the Constitution she swore to uphold and defend. I did not bother to tell her, but as I explained to my friends, I was only ten years old in 1963, and my mother was very strict about no dynamite, plastic explosives or any of that. How absurd! I had a conversation with her once, where I was trying to convince her of our altruistic goals for any potential collection, i.e. exhibition versus the sale of artifacts (if we so chose)when she blurted out, "You still own it anyway". Having majored in Political Science, I am always irritated when people miss use the term "Communist" to refer to anything authoritarian, I was shocked when one of the permit holders came to me and said, "she's a communist". I told him it was the first time I heard the term used correctly since the Cold War, and yes, she is a communist. Having gotten to know her I am not sure she even knows what that means, she just is. Perhaps she was born with contempt for private property, free enterprise, free speech and the rule of law. She may have been born a communist and predisposed against core American values. That's fine, but she does not have the right as a Federal Employee to abuse my civil rights and break the law to inflict her off-script, extra-Constitutional agenda on FKNMS permit holders, her fellow Americans.
As you know, we are an Admiralty Case and while the Sanctuary cannot "terminate" such cases, Brenda XXXXXX sought to circumvent the jurisdiction of the US District Court and the rule of law to obstruct and sabotage our case. It is called , "Denial of Due Proces Under the Color of Law" and she has been arrogant, engaging in it. Everyone realizes that you assumed control of a totally corrupt local agency and I believe the community received you well as we should have. This plan, not of your doing has cast doubt. When I speak of corruption, I am referring to the Morton administration. However, repacing the Superintendent could never erase the culture of corruption born out of a "Noble Cause Corrupted" (it's a thing). To this day, myself, along with my colleagues are still dealing with the momentum of the Morton tenure.
I have a list of specific complaints to share.
First is the way in which my Survey and Inventory Permit renewal was handled
After a routine report and renewal request was submitted to FKNMS, we were issued a renewal of our Survey and Inventory Permit on 11/21/13. We had asked for two things, we asked that our Sanctuary permit area be expanded to match our recently expanded Admiralty search area, and we asked for the use of a two-inch venturi dredge. FKNMS did not grant or decline the request to expand our area, they ignored it. They granted the use of the pump. From the PDF:
“your permit has been renewed for an additional two years. The use of a Venturi- type water dredge system has been approved in accordance with the permit guideline” (attached)
By the Summer of 2015 we were already preparing another routine report and renewal request due in the Fall. Somewhere along the way, Brenda learned that we were talking to XXXXXXXXX of the Florida Keys History and Discovery Museum. She apparently and correctly got the idea we were about to exercise “Step 7” in our S&I permit. As you know, this step allows for the recovery of artifacts for identification purposes. It involved some onerous requirements in terms of having an archaeologist, biologist, conservation lab and local museum to display the items. In a moment where she could not control herself, she muttered almost under her breath, "A museum on the side of the highway is not on the side of the road is not what we had in mind." The hypocrisy was not lost on me when a short while later NOAA had an anniversary function at what is hardly, "a museum on the side of the road". It is just another example of her determination to halt the public study and title to its own history by individuals, in favor of the Marxist model of a more institutionalized, government-issued historical narrative for the "collective", not unlike the salient feature in Alternative 3.
The fact is, in 30 years no one has ever completed the S&I permit including “Step 7”. It was intended to be an obstacle to those permit holders who had Sanctuary only permits. It worked so well that it became apparent no one would even apply for a permit with “Step 7” as an up-front prerequisite. So in practice, “Step 7” was waived and held in abeyance to be exercised as the last step before the permit would have been successfully completed. If we had been so inclined and allowed to execute "Step 7" , we would have distinguished ourselves as the firsts.
She began talking about having us “reapply” for our existing permit instead of requesting a renewal. It made no sense and I asked her why. She said that it was so that NOAA could document any changes in our program, such as boats, equipment or personnel. Bear in mind no one had ever visited our site or asked us any questions about what we were doing. I even caught her not reading our reports.
I pointed out that we routinely included such information in red. She kept on long after her explanations descended to gibberish. It became clear that she was lying and she knew I knew she was lying. Being a congenital liar, she was unfazed, but it was very awkward for me. At times it felt like she was an undercover cop trying to dance me into position. I asked her, Am I about to step on to a trap door? Am I going to get my permit back? Don’t worry, Paul.
We applied for the permit renewal, here is what came back.
“NOAA has determined this project requires a Research and Recovery permit application due to the use of a Venturi operated water dredge and potential limited test excavations.” (attached)
I hope it is clear as to how insane and lame, stupid and lazy that is. In one permit FKNMS allowed the use of the pump. In the very next renewal, the permit is declined due to the use of the very same pump! How did NOAA determine anything? No one had ever been out there, no one asked any questions. Where are the rules? What happened to the requirement of successfully completing the S&I Permit before getting a R&R Permit? This a direct, naked attack on our Admiralty Case, clearly visible from the moon or in court.
While I was denied the honor of being the first ever to complete the S&I Survey including "Step 7", I have the dubious distinction of being the first permit holder to be directed to pursue (No chance in this life of being issued) a Research and Recovery Permit, with extra layers of government packed on like a rented burrow, WITHOUT EVER HAVING IDENTIFIED ANYTHING TO RECOVER.
How does one reconcile the two yellow lines? I would love to hear any good faith explanation for this. I would love for someone to explain how this is not a crime. What is the standard of due process at FKNMS? Is there any, or is everything arbitrary? I tried to bring the matter up with the investigators during the Sean Morton scandal, pointing out that it would be naive to think that with corruption in management, that there would be no collateral damage to the permit holders and the public through negligence or mismanagement. Then I brought it up with Ed Lindelhof. It was like being in an episode of Wagon Train and the Indians were about to attack. I thought Sean Morton was a stooge just from my observations, I never spoke with him. I spoke with Ed Lindelhof and it was like talking to a chimp. Sean Morton could have run over me with his car and he would have justified it.
As for the FOIA request, I may have discovered a flaw in the process. My request was intended to shed light on deliberations surrounding the irregularities (understatement) in the administration of my permit. However, in the first traunch of 134 e-mails, there is NOT ONE WORD related to the issue. I did see where she sent a link to Morton about an article I had written in the local paper. It was after the permit episode, in defiance of her policy of no free press. I am left with one of two explanations; either changes to my permit came from a burning bush with no human input, or the human element has failed us and there is some sort of cover-up in the works.
I will follow up with other examples of the civil rights abuses we have suffered, later. I am in a hurry and do not want to put too much work on your desk. You really do seem to be a nice person and I have handed you a snake. I regret that but this is a very serious issue and I must move forward or endanger the nearly 50 years and no small fortune my family and others like it have invested. Will follow up.
Sincerely,
E-mail number two, the follow-up:
Hello Sarah,
You will recall that on Nov. 6th, I mentioned an episode involving the National Association of Black Scuba Divers and Brenda.
We invited NABSD to join our project at American Shoal and had an agreement in principle. Out of the clear blue, one of the Directors, we will call him KS, called me to say that he regretted having to say it, but NABSD would not be working on our project. He said that they "could not afford to get caught in the middle of the war between the treasure hunters and the archaeologist". My first thought was, "you just became a casualty" , exactly what he was hoping to avoid. He made it perfectly clear than Brenda had threatened NABSD with its good standing if they had anything to do with us, her permit holders.
There are so many things wrong with this on so many levels. To begin with, when a Federal officer threatens a Black civic group, it brings up images of decades past and screams racism to me. I am sure they felt an element of racism as well. It was an act of extortion without a doubt. How does she go from the administration of our permit to the sabotage of the permit and the project? What about the civil rights abuses against both parties? These include the right of assembly, speech, due process and discrimination against both groups. That is just for starters. These are all crimes.
The next basket of complaints might be described as anecdotal, but I will swear to all of them:
1. Brenda warned me that if I did anything in the media to "glamorize treasure hunting" there would be negative consequences. As I have said, the article in the Keys News was placed in defiance of Brenda as a message to say that I was done with her and her abuse of my civil rights and the sabotage of my Admiralty Case. https://bit.ly/2NupSUI
2. I was warned against the use of the word, "treasure" or any mention of Mel Fisher. That may seem like a small thing to some but not to me or any of that Greatest Generation who put their lives on the line for freedom of speech. You could hardly overstate how seriously I take it, especially having been deprived of it by NOAA.
3. We had a plan in the works with FKCC similar to the one with NABSD. Out of the blue, Brenda said, the college should be "wary" of working with you because any archaeologist or aspiring archaeologist might be blackballed and suffer difficulties in finding speaking engagements, and so on. Furthermore, the college itself might suffer in its then-current effort to acquire college accreditation. She said that the effort could be torpedoed by an archaeologist in any given university. Strangely enough, the effort fizzled shortly after that. I have no direct knowledge of any involvement by her. A more suspicious person might have jumped to an unflattering conclusion.
At every turn, Brenda has worked to isolate us from the public, prevent any cultural heritage to be shared with the public and "starve our project and the others for oxygen". The tortious interference and all of the obstruction have extracted an unknown opportunity and economic costs on our project. She routinely obstructed the Sanctuary only permit holders but paid special attention the thwart the Admiralty Cases. Under her tenure, the Submerged Cultural Resources Program has become a Racket Influenced and Corrupt Organization. Bringing Mathew Lawrence in to carry water for institutional archaeology over the rights of the existing and future permit holders is nothing more than lipstick on corruption. As one of my friends put it, "a lead blanket has been placed over the cultural heritage of the Keys". Brenda has cheated and abused an entire community and nation through us and the other permit holders.
Now then, I am not particularly religious, but I think I saw the hand of God enter my vlife last night. Once again out of the blue (that happens a lot), I received a text that described an incident that was EXACTLY the same fact pattern as my NABSD episode with Brenda. It is also common knowledge that she pulled a similar stunt with XXXXX, although he does his best to play it down for his own survival. I am all over this text case and will soon chase down everyone involved.
I was struck by the fact that in the credits section of the Blueprint, Brenda was not listed or I just missed it. There was some speculation that NOAA was trying to "hide a dirty cop". I don't know.
I don't care if Brenda labels us "treasure hunters" or "fuzzy Easter chicks" she does not have the right to deny us our civil rights or due process. This is something that is not going to go away. Brenda has been labeled "a serial abuser" in our circle. It does not carry the stigma of reduced Constitutional protections as the designation of "treasure hunter", but it is accurate and she must be held accountable. I am appalled that not only did she have enablers and co-conspirators all along the way, but no one at NOAA has shown any concern. It is what I have to call the AOC phenomenon, the most bug-eyed radical liberal leads the charge and no one has the courage to speak up.
Sincerely,
