61.7 Howe Enterprise June 26, 2023

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Volume 61, Edition 7, Two individuals in South Grayson County have made it known they will be running for Grayson County Commissioner, Pct. 1. Terry Thomas of VA and Scott Renfro of Howe have announced.

There are conversations being held about at least one more interested candidate. Current Commissioner Jeff Whitmire has stated publicly that he will not seek another term. ***** The City of Howe made available the grounds at the east end of Davis Street for citizens of Howe to bring their brush from the storm.

However, a few have been dumping non-brush items such as trash and other items. The city said if this continues, the city will have to consider closing the drop-off location. Don’t ruin a good thing. ***** According to Zillow, the 75459 housing market shows a typical home value of $307,580 with 12 homes recently sold and 46 homes on the market. The one-year forecasted value increase is estimated at 4.8 percent. A year ago, the typical value was $294,701. ***** The House voted to impeach Joe Biden last week. Hardly anyone knows about it. When that happened to President Trump, it was wallto-wall coverage. Funny how that is.

EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an editorial column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.

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Patricia Cain, pg. 4 City storm debris info, pg. 6 CASA, pg. 7 1836 Café Review, pg. 8 All-Texomaland baseball, pg. 10 City info, pg. 11 Local Churches, pg. 12 History/Christian, pg. 13 Patriot Pony, pg. 14-15 Chamber members, pg. 16 Past front pages, pg. 17-24

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Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman claims to be a ‘whistleblower’, says Howe mayor is under investigation

Attorney Ed Richardson represented Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman and addressed the city council stating that Hudman was a whistleblower and that Howe Mayor Karla McDonald was under investigation. Staff photo.

With one glance at the Howe City Council agenda, one could get the feeling sparks could ignite the 130-year-old Summit Gardens—the venue for the monthly meeting for the first time since April 3, 1990, when Howe Police Chief Ken Vickers was fired with a 3-2 vote by the city council. There weren’t over 100 in attendance as in 1990, but it was most likely the highest attendance of (Continued on page 2)

HoweMayor'sattorneyreleasespublic statementregardingaccusationsofbeing underinvestigationbyHowePolice

Instructors at the camp were former camp attendees and recent graduates Austin Haley, Carson Daniels, and Ryan Hough. Parker Pecina,

Howe ISD poised to reduce tax rate significantly, but proposed property evaluations will raise overall burden

The following was submitted by Attorney Micah Belden.

Last night, the Howe City Council refused to directly investigate lawful complaints by elected Mayor Karla McDonald and to consider taking action on the illegal conduct of City of Howe (Continued on page 2)

Mayor Karla McDonald

Over 30 kids participate in Howe Bulldogs Baseball camp Around 33 participants took place in the Howe Bulldogs Baseball Camp last week. Howe Head Coach Cody Nitson said the numbers were down from last year which saw roughly 50 participants.

He thought it might have been the higher temperatures and vacations that kept some of the youngsters away.

Howe ISD board approves $19 million budget

Ready to hit! - Youngsters in camp sit just outside of the batting cage ready to take their cuts.

Staff photo. and Ethan Lopez, 2022 graduates were also instructors for Nitson and

assistant coach Justin Graham.

2023-24 Howe ISD Board of Trustees. Front row (left to right): Tamela Shadden—secretary, Clint Catching—president, Michael Doty—vice president. Back row: Jeff Dailey, Janie Finney, Charles Haley, and Brad Murphy.

After a June 13 budget workshop meeting, the Howe ISD Board of Trustees came away with a budget of $19,270,357 to which they approved on Monday night at the regular monthly meeting. This is an increase of 3.16 percent over the 2022-23 budget of $18,688,147.

Of that amount, $16,035,307 is slotted for the general fund which includes payroll.

Food services amount came to $773,675 while

“We hope that our debt service can be lowered more but I don’t want to make any promises I can’t keep,” Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson told the board. debt service is $1,654,110. Federal funds include $807,265.

The board set a proposed tax rate of $1.17 per $100 valuation of property. That rate could decrease even more depending on final valua(Continued on page 5)

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Police Chief Carl Hudman and Sergeant Keith Milks. Most puzzlingly, the council did not even call in its city attorney to the executive session, who was present to discuss the situation.

Hudman, who refused to attend the meeting as ordered and was therefore insubordinate, had his lawyer open the meeting by intimidating the city council with the threat of the frivolous whistleblower lawsuit that Hudman is attempting to manufacture for himself against the city. But I in fact personally blew the whistle to the Texas Rangers on June 8, 2023 regarding the illegal detention and interrogation of Mayor Karla McDonald by Hudman and Milks. I also notified the City Manager and requested public records.

I have received no report from the City Manager.

The interrogation of the mayor amounts to official oppression because the officers had no suspicion of criminal wrongdoing by Ms. McDonald and still cannot articulate any suspected criminal wrongdoing. Texas Penal Code section 39.03 states that a public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or a lien that he knows is unlawful. There should be a video of the custodial interrogation that we all look forward to seeing. It should show Hudman and Milks illegally detaining the mayor in a two-hour intimidation

session in which she was threatened with arrest if she left and was told that she was not in charge of the city, that Hudman was. They accused her of no crime, and they cannot accuse her of tampering with a governmental record when she and others accessed an apparent police department suspect list that was open and published to everyone with a city of Howe email. The document isn’t a governmental record, and nobody made any changes to the document. And, as Mayor and chief law enforcement officer of the town by law, it is perfectly lawful for Ms. McDonald to access the document.

The mayor previously requested a copy of the last 24 months of financial accounts on May 22, 2023, a roster of city employees and their pay scale, copies of contracts with any city employees, and other documents which are not being provided despite being public records. It appears to me that Hudman and others are trying to intimidate elected mayor Karla McDonald and other city councilmen out of taking employment action against them for violations of the law and multiple violations of the city policy manual that are well documented and easily proven. The City of Howe needs to be investigated from top to bottom by the city council and the Texas Rangers especially those who have been on the job for years - compared to Ms. McDonald who has been on the job for one month. Ms. McDonald has committed no crime and is not reasonably suspected of committing any crime.

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any council meeting in many years.

Mayor Karla McDonald opened the meeting at precisely 6 pm and opened the forum to the public for comments.

Immediately, Attorney Ed Richardson of Sherman made his way to the podium and told the council that he represented Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman and City Administrator Jeff Stanley, each of which’s positions were on the agenda to be discussed during executive session. Richardson told the council that Hudman would not be in attendance and that he was a whistleblower. He made a statement that Mayor McDonald was under criminal investigation but made no claim to a

crime committed or law violated.

The council convened into executive session at 6:38 pm, but prior to advancing to a separate room, Councilman Joe Shephard made a comment to the public that he was against the executive session.

“I think it’s certainly unethical and borders on the illegal,” said Shephard.

That drew a response from Mayor McDonald’s attorney Micah Belden from the audience asking under what section or law is it unethical or illegal.

Shephard responded that he didn’t know. Former Mayor Bill French stated to Belden that the public forum was over. Belden then asked French (Continued on page 3)

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whether or not he was the mayor.

After nearly an hour and a half in executive session, the council returned at 7:59 pm. Mayor Pro-tem Sarah Myrick announced that no action would be taken on the items discussed in executive session.

“In the future, if there are any future executive sessions regarding this, Michael Hill and Mayor Karla McDonald will excuse themselves from the session and any of those following,” said Myrick to the audience. However, action was not taken by the council on that statement.

Under the last item listed on the agenda stating “Mayor Comments”, McDonald thanked the crowd for showing up at the new location and looked forward to everyone showing up next month.

In the public forum, Debbie Nicholas addressed the council about a storm drain next to her house on Tiffany Court that has caused curb damage and a sinking sidewalk.

Marie Curtis addressed the council about the possibility of purchasing weather sirens.

Item 2 on the agenda stated, “Discuss, consider and act upon removing Bill French and Brett Bearden from all city bank accounts and add Mayor Karla

McDonald and Mayor Pro Tem Sarah Myrick.”

Joe Shephard did not initially raise his hand when the call for vote took place.

McDonald asked him if he wanted to vote. He then stated that he would vote in favor of it, but the agenda item should’ve been worded much nicer than it was.

The council then approved an expenditure of up to $6,000 from the Collins Memorial account for repairs to Summit Gardens. The Howe Area Chamber of Commerce will match up to $6,000 for the repairs which will be for the porch railing system, leaking bell tower, and two other small projects. Work on the railing is to begin today.

The council then was presented by Economic Development Director Monte Walker a change to the bylaws of the Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation (HCFDC) to match the board member eligibility governance according to the State of Texas. It was determined that the HCFDC board would need to amend the bylaws and then bring forth a resolution to the council for approval.

Walker is trying to adopt the Texas statute that would allow for cities with a population under 20,000 to be able to place board members either from the city limits or from the county. The item was tabled.

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Patricia Ann Cain, 1957-2023 Patricia Ann Cain, of Howe, TX; went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at her home in Howe.

Patricia was born May 7, 1957 in Belleville, IL; to John and Louis Davis MaHaffey.

She was a graduate of Tom Bean High School. Patricia was a loving and caring person who never met a stranger.

She loved spending time with her family especially her grandchildren Joshua and Faith. Patricia will be missed by all who knew her.

She is survived by daughter Sarah signer of howe, TX; and fiancé Kerry Davis, grandchildren Joshua and Faith signer, sister Donna Jones and husband Jerry Jones of Dorchester, TX; niece Tysie Jones and nephew Jeremy Jones, sister Nancy Graves of Tom Bean, TX; and niece Macy Graves and numerous great nieces and great nephews. Patricia was preceded in death by her parents, son Tony Cain and her

Patricia Ann Cain husband David Cain.

A memorial graveside service will be held at 10:00AM Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at Akers Cemetery, in Sherman, TX; with Otis McClain, officiating.

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Howe Police Sergeant Keith Milks led off departmental reports as he stated the HPD had 204 calls to service, generated 12 incident reports, made four felony or misdemeanor arrests, issued 36 citations, and responded to 10 motor vehicle accidents.

Mickey Phillips, public works director, said the department carried out 122 service orders for a total of 114.5 hours performed.

Howe Code Enforcement Officer Benjamin Fuhr reported 27 doors tagged for code violations with an additional seven verbal warnings and two were corrected via phone calls, and one in-person warning. He said Pradera is taking bids to repair the fence along Highway 5 and removing the trees and opening the access to Highway 5.

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City Administrator Jeff Stanley said the court generated $15,585. He said the June total utility bill was $280,836.

Fire Chief Robert Maniet reported 60 calls for service in May. He said they responded to many mutual aids calls for Sherman, Van Alstyne, and Tom Bean. He invited anyone interested in becoming a volunteer fireman to come to training night on Mondays at 7:30 at the fire station.

Economic Development Director Monte Walker reported a sales tax income of $55,958 which was the most for any June month—an increase of $12,000 from the previous June. He said he’s met with a group interested in a downtown ground-up project on city -owned property downtown. He thanked Rick Owens for patching a leak in the bell tower and Jared Coffey for donating a lawn mower to the property.

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School Board

A slide at Monday’s meeting showing the increase in property values for Howe ISD. Staff photo.

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tions. The proposed rate is reduced from last year’s rate of $1.27 per $100 valuation. However, the average home value has increased an unbelievable 23.5 percent from last year. Therefore, despite the lowered tax rate, the average home of $336,662 after exemptions will pay $188.51 more per year.

“We hope that our debt service can be lowered more but I don’t want to make any promises I can’t keep,” Howe ISD Superintendent Kevin Wilson told the board.

Howe ISD has set a payroll budget of $11,911,962 (including all benefits) which is the typical 74 percent of the general fund budget.

Teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors, and police officers on 10-month contracts fall under the step salary plan that is based on the years of credited experience. Those employees have a

starting salary of $4,800 per month ($48,000 annually) with no experience and level up gradually to $6,400 per month ($64,000 annually) for those with 20 or more years of experience.

The ISD added $1,000 to each step level and $500 for teachers with over 20 years’ experience. All other staff received a 3 percent increase in pay.

Bus drivers’ pay was significantly increased due to the competitive market.

The ISD approved an increase of $35 per route to $45 per route. Returning drivers will get a $0.50 increase per trip.

Federal funds allow for a Retention Stipend of $1,000 for professionals and $500 for non-professionals. Half of that will be paid in December 2023 and half in June 2024.

The ISD will also cover the full amount of Active Care Primary Plan (Continued on page 6)

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(insurance) at $450 per month for employees.

Wilson told the board that the ending enrollment for the 2022-23 school year was 1,288 students. The projected amount for the upcoming school year is 1,305. The jump is due to the relatively small graduating senior class of 85 and the typical incoming kindergarten class of over 100.

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Street-side chipping and extended debris drop-off information In attempts to further assist citizens of Howe with recent storm debris cleanup, the city has elected to enter into an agreement with L&A Tree Services to perform street-side chipping of tree limb piles. During the week of July 3, L&A Tree Services will be driving City Streets between the hours of 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. with equipment performing chipping of these piles at no

cost to the residents. Please remember that any piles set on the street side that consists of materials other than natural timber (tree limbs, brush, etc.) WILL NOT be picked up and residents will be responsible for proper disposal. For further questions regarding this event, please contact Director of Public Works Michael Phillips at (903) 5325571 or at mphillips@cityofhowe.org .

The number of staff members will increase by six with the addition of a police officer, nurse, DAP aide, special ed aide for the high school, cafeteria worker at Summit Hill Elementary, and another teacher at Summit Hill which may not be needed, but budget allows in case.

The ratio will be 12.73 students per teacher and 6.86 students per staff member.

Beyond the budget portion of the meeting, Wilson told the board he had received resignations from Kelli Secord, Nancy Williams, Brent Breckon, Bethany Cornelison, and Theresa Upchurch (verbal). He announced that he has hired Jon Jamar – Summit Hill Elementary Principal, Josh White – Howe Middle School Assistant Principal, Erin Blackburn – HMS teacher/ coach, Delany Dowell – Howe Intermediate School teacher, Lacy Roland – HIS teacher, Heather Snodgrass – HIS teacher, Samantha Switzler - HHS teacher/coach, and Jennifer Ramos – HMS aide.

There has been a significant change in the A-F Accountability System by the State of Texas which was initially installed by House Bill 22 in 2017. Prior to 2017, the standards were moved each year. The new House Bill 3 two years ago called for a refreshing of the standards which have now been adopted.

“We see a common theme as we start to do well, they want to up the bar to keep pushing us,” said Wilson about the new format.

The new scores will be based on 70 percent of student achievement and academic growth. Closing the gaps score will factor 30 percent. The new system will begin for this upcoming school year and Wilson suggested recalibrating the HISD board goals due to the changes in the rating system.

Wilson said that campuses that received an A under the 2022 system may see a lower score under the new A-F refresh.

“It is possible to improve and do better than we did last year and still drop a rating,” said Wilson.

The board approved the purchase of a new school bus in the amount of $130,000 which will be delivered before the school year. The ISD has a current bus that needs to be retired.

The next Howe ISD Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for July 17 at 6 pm at the Administration Office on Tutt Street.

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The City of Howe will be extending the self-serve storm debris drop-off location Monday-Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. for the week of June 26 through July 1. Please remember that this is for natural timber material ONLY. Any building material or other non -natural items are forbidden and could result in early closure of the site due to neglect and abuse.

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CASAof Grayson County Celebrates 30 Years in Grayson County CASA of Grayson County Celebrates 30 Years in Grayson County Sherman, Texas – CASA of Grayson County is celebrating our 30-year anniversary on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at the Sherman Municipal Grounds, from 9 am to 1 pm. Since our inception, CASA of Grayson County and our team of volunteers have advocated for children in foster care who have experienced abuse and neglect. Throughout our 30 years in operation, we have advocated for about 1,500 children and families in Grayson County.

“We’re so grateful for the support from the community that allows us to continue our advocacy for Grayson County children,” said James Hamilton, executive director of CASA of Grayson County. “It’s because of you that we have been able to continue to grow and make a difference for children and families in foster care during all these years.”

Please join us for this family friendly celebration! Bring the kids for bounce houses and activities, and enjoy live music and food trucks on the Sherman Municipal Grounds as our thank you to Grayson County for supporting CASA’s mission for three decades.

Volunteers with CASA of Grayson County, also known as Court Appointed Special Advocates, are specially trained and appointed by judges to advocate for a child or sibling group

while they are in the foster care system. They advocate for the child in court, school and other settings; and get to know everyone involved in the child’s life, including their parents, foster parents, teachers, doctors, family members and others.

CASA volunteers advocate first and foremost for children to be reunified with their parents whenever safe and possible. When reunification is not an option, they may advocate for the child to live with another relative or family friend. They can also advocate for the child to be placed in an adoptive home. In all cases, CASA volunteers are steadfast, consistent presences for the children they serve, making sure they are safe and have the resources and connections they need to grow and thrive.

“We all hope for a day when every child and family have the support they need to thrive, but until that day comes we will continue to recruit CASA volunteers and advocate,” said James Hamilton. “We’re always accepting more volunteers who can aid us in helping the most vulnerable in our community.”

Make an impact right here in our community by becoming a CASA volunteer. Every child has a chance–it’s you ®. For more information, visit https:// casagrayson.com/ or www.BecomeACASA.org

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Restaurant review 1836 Café—Bells, Texas

By Ashley Husbands, Howe Enterprise contributor.

What is faster than the 18minute battle on the banks of the San Jacinto River, which gained Ashley Texas its indeHusbands pendence in 1836? The service at the 1836 Café. 1836 Café is a resounding victory for Grayson County dining with their Texas-sized flavor, southern hospitality, and their expertise in meeting your catering needs.

Originally an old car garage, the charming self-renovated restaurant serving food today is a labor of love, and a dream come true for owners Joseph and Nickie Washburn. 1836 Café, located in Bells, is a family-owned and operated restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch, and dessert from scratch.

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University with a Culinary Arts Degree, Joseph perfected his craft to offer the delicious selections on the restaurant and catering menus. Nickie provides a background of experience in all aspects of serving on the business side, including expertise in the corporate restaurant industry. Together, Joseph and Nickie opened their dream café in 2019, with over 20 years of experience to support their vision. The Washburns and staff strive to treat customers like guests in their own home- treat you well, feed you well, and take care of you.

Upon walking in, you can expect to be greeted by one of their many kind and attentive servers, the smell of delicious food, and Texas Country music. The menu includes various options: Classic favorites of breakfast burritos, biscuits and gravy, burgers and sandwiches to hearty choices for those with a large appetite and foodie taste buds. Some unique options include “Hill Country” (Chicken Fried Steak or Pork Chops with 2 eggs, breakfast potatoes, and toast or a homemade biscuit), Texas Style Sweet Rolls, “The Laredo,” (Continued on page 9)

Job Title FULL TIME FLIGHT NURSE workintexas.com Posting ID 15954498 Location Denison Posting Close Date 07/23/23 Posting Link https:// bit.ly/3XliSM8 Description A local company is looking for a FULL TIME FLIGHT NURSE who will provide direct patient care in accordance with GMR protocols and/or medical direction.

This position requires a current license, and a minimum of 3 years of related experience.

Job Title DATA COORDINATOR workintexas.com Posting ID 16040647 Location Denison Posting Close Date 09/15/23 Posting Link https:// bit.ly/3PqHKA4 Description A local company is looking for a DATA COORDINATOR who will analyze and enter data online for grant funded Adult Education Program.

This position requires a High School Diploma or Equivalent, and a minimum of 6 months of related experience.

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Kangaroo, monkey, and turtles visit Howe Community Library

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and “Davey Crockett” burgers and weekend options of Crab Cakes Eggs Benedict, Chicken and Waffles and The Chicken Bennie. The 1836 Café catering menu is extensive and showcases Joseph’s professionally trained chef skills utilizing different cooking styles.

Due to the positive reputation in the community, I visited for the first time recently; I can tell you I will be a frequent customer. Texas-born and raised, I can eat rib-sticking food with the best of them- the burger I had at this restaurant was in the top 3 best burgers I have ever eaten. The quality and flavor of the meat had been carefully considered, along with the softest, heartiest

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hamburger bun I have ever tasted. The fries were seasoned perfectly, the service was quick, and the waitress was happy to provide many recommendations. I cannot wait to try more of their menu options, including the homemade cinnamon rolls, pies, and cookies; I hope to see you there!

Kids at the library on Monday saw a presentation by Monkey See Monkey Do. One of the animals present was a kangaroo. Staff photo.

The restaurant and catering menus and additional information can be found on their “1836 Café” Facebook Page or website 1836cafe.com. They are located at 509 N. Pecan St. Bells, TX, and are open from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Tuesday - Sunday. If you work for an Independent School District or are a First Responder, don’t forget to mention it, they are happy to honor you with a discount.

A monkey was present at the library on Monday as part of the program by Monkey See Monkey Do. Staff photo.

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All-Texomaland

AUSTIN HALEY

MATT HAYES

The Herald Democrat released their All-Texomaland baseball team recently and three players for Howe were chosen. Austin Haley was selected as a first team utility player while Matt Hayes was listed as second team utility player. Ryan Hough received honorable mention.

Barrett Kent of Pottsboro was named Most Valuable Player and Daniel Barge of Whitewright was Coach of the Year. Other superlatives were Logan Jenkins—Collinsville, Issac Villanueva Jr—Gunter, Walker Overman—Gunter.

RYAN HOUGH

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City of Howe SECONDS COUNT IN AN EMERGENCY! That's why the City of Howe has instituted the CodeRED Emergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows us to telephone all or targeted areas in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action (such as a boil-water notice, missing child or evacuation notices). The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers a pre-recorded message describing the situations to a live person or an answering machine in the affected area possibly including instructions requiring action on the part of the recipient.

Once the situation is remedied, another call will be placed to the area signaling that the issue has been addressed and that normal activities can be resumed.

The following information is required to add a telephone number into the "CodeRED" database: first and last name; address (physical address, no P.O. boxes); city; state; Zip Code; and primary phone number. The system works with cellular phones but requires a valid street address. When entering information, please fill out all of the screens because the newest data entered will replace the old data. Sign up by visiting http://www.co.grayson.tx.us/page/ oem.cred

2022-23 Local taxation State Sales Tax General Revenue Sales Tax Economic Development (Type B) Sales Tax Total

6.25 % 1.00 %

City of Howe Tax Rate Howe I.S.D Tax Rate Grayson County Tax Rate Grayson College Tax Rate Total (per $100 valuation)

$0.54 $1.27 $0.31 $0.15 $2.27

1.00 % 8.25 %

City Hall 116 E. Haning St., 903-532-5571 Mayor: Karla McDonald City Council: Michael Hill, Rodney Hough, Billie Ingram, Sarah Myrick, Joe Shephard City Administrator: Jeff Stanley City Secretary: Regina Harris Utility Billing and Municipal Court 116 E. Haning St. 903-532-5571 Utility Clerk: Beccy Roberts Court Clerk: Kristie Tatar (After hours night drop available)

Cityofhowe.org 2022-23 City of Howe Water, Sewer, Refuse collection rates - one bill

Public Works 317 S. Hughes St. Public Works Director: Mickey Phillips Code Enforcement 317 S. Hughes St. Code Enforcement Officer: Benjamin Fuhr Howe Fire Department 118 E. Haning 903-532-6888 (nonemergency) Fire Chief: Robert Maniet Howe Police Department 700 W. Haning St. 903-532-9971 (non-emergency) Dispatch 903813-4411 Police Chief: Carl Hudman Police Sergeant: Keith Milks Economic Development 100 E. O’Connell St. 903-532-6080 EDC Director: Monte Walker City Council meets third Tuesday at 100 E. O’Connell St. at 6 pm.

Planning & Zoning Commission Meets third Monday as needed Howe Community Facilities Development Corporation Meets as needed For more information visit the city website www.cityofhowe.org

Flags will be out after Independence Day Troop 45 flags will remain out from Memorial Day until after Independence Day. This is due to the closeness of the three flags holidays and scouts will be out of town for various camps.

If there are any problems with the flags during this time, please contact any Troop 45 scout or parent, or email Jones.Holly@howeisd.net.

"With a united effort we can make the place in which we live clean, wholesome, attractive. We can make the crowded city dweller homesick to come back to us and real living. We can bring new life, new business, new beauty, to the little towns." - Mame Roberts

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Attend the Church of Your Choice

Each Sunday...

Times are subject to change. Please check with each church for any possible changes

First Baptist Church Dorchester Zach Poling, pastor 11831 FM 902, Dorchester, TX 75459 903-476-5525 Wednesday 6:00 pm - Meal (Donations for adults and kids eat free) 6:30 pm - Praise service 7:00 pm - Youth Bible Study 7:00 pm - Adult Bible Study 7:00 pm - RA's/GA's/children's group Sunday 9:00 am - Men's Prayer Time 9:45 am - Sunday School 10:45 am - A.M. Worship Service 5:00 pm - Adult Choir Practice 6:00 pm - Evening Worship Summit View Church Brett and Deb Hetrick, pastors

Community Bible Fellowship Jeremy Moore, pastor

Howe Methodist Church of Howe JB Bryant, minister

415 S Collins Fwy, Howe, TX 75459 Wednesday 6:30 pm - Food and Fellowship 7:00 pm - Community Kids (ages 3 6th grade, nursery available) 7:00 pm - Youth and Adult Bible Study Sunday 10:30 am - Worship Service

810 N Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6718 Tuesday: 8:30am - 1:00pm WeeCare Daycare (Registration needed) 9:30am - Women's Bible Study 6:30pm - Boy Scouts Wednesday: 9:00am - Wednesday Workers 6:00pm - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays Family Night Thursday: 8:30am - 1:00pm - WeeCare Daycare (Registration needed) Saturday: 9:00am-12:00pm - Feed My Sheep (1st & 3rd Sat. of each month) Sunday: 8:30am - Coffee and Donuts 9:00am - Sunday School 10:00am - Worship Service 3:00pm Cub Scouts

First Baptist Church Howe Roger Tidwell, pastor 100 E. Davis St., Howe, TX 903-5325504 Wednesday 5:30 pm—Free Meal 6:30 pm - Team Kid 6:30 pm - Youth Ministry 6:30 pm - Adult Bible Fellowship Sunday 9:15 am - Bible Fellowship 10:30am - Worship Service 6:00 pm—Potluck Fellowship and Bible Study

910 S Denny St, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6828 Wednesday 7:00 pm - Radiate Youth 7:00 pm - Sanctuary of for prayer Sunday 9:30 am - Sunday School (kids, youth, women, men) 10:30 am - Worship Service 10:30 am - Kids Church Howe Church of Christ Aaron Alsbrook, minister 1205 N Collins Fwy, Howe, TX 75459 903-532-6441 Wednesday 7:00 pm - Bible Classes (all ages) Sunday 9:00 am - Bible Classes (all ages) 10:00 am - Worship Service 5:00 pm - Worship Service Joshua 24:15 But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”

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Texas History Minute Ken Bridges

Texan Byron Nelson was a legend in sports. In the 1940s, he was the most successful golfer in the world, never losing his faith or his modesty.

John Byron Nelson, Jr., was born in Waxahachie in 1912 to a hard-working family of devoted churchgoers. In the 1920s, the family moved to Fort Worth, where Nelson soon found work as a golf caddy at Glen Garden Country Club. He fell in love with golf, even playing in the dark of night. Here he met Ben Hogan, also a young caddy and also one of the future legends of the game.

Nelson turned professional in 1932 and took a number of jobs across the country running several golf clubs as head professional. His first tournament win was the 1935 New Jersey State Open. In 1937, he won The Masters Tournament, his first major championship win.

He had 21 professional wins before World War II erupted. While many other athletes served in the war, Nelson’s hemophilia prevented him from serving. Nevertheless, he continued to play on the PGA Tour and worked to raise money for the war effort. He defeated his old friend Ben Hogan in a dramatic playoff in the 1942 Masters Tournament. The war caused most professional athletics to shut down for 1943, but Nelson came roaring back in 1944, winning eight tournaments in the shortened season.

In 1945, Nelson won 11 straight tour-

naments, thrilling sports fans. The winning streak set a record which has lasted for decades. He won his fifth and last major, the PGA Championship, in 1945. He won a total of 18 tournaments that year. The Associated Press would also name him its Male Athlete of the Year for 1944 and 1945. He went on to win six more tournaments in 1946 and finished in the Top 20 for 113 straight tournaments.

After the 1946 season, Nelson largely retired from golf after having won 64 tournaments. He continued to play in The Masters until 1966 and played on the American team for the Ryder Cup international tournament in 1947. His last tournament win was the 1955 French Open.

After retiring from golf, a move he said he never regretted, he fulfilled his dream of buying his own ranch. He was content to work on his ranch outside Roanoke for the rest of his life. A humble man of faith, he continued to serve his church regularly, even serving as a janitor for the church on occasion.

Long after his retirement, Nelson remained a beloved figure by golf fans around the world. He helped coach and advise many young players struggling to find success on the PGA Tour and worked as an analyst for televised golf tournaments. He also worked with children to help them learn golf and develop Nelson’s same love for the game. In 1968, the PGA Tour renamed its Dallas tournament after Nelson. For years, the Byron Nelson Classic was the only tournament named after a player. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. The PGA also gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.

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Being transformed by the renewing of our mind When we think about the challenges and possibilities of our future, it’s easy to ignore our responsibilities while we imagine someone else stepping Dr. Billy Holland into our situation and helping us achieve our goals. Hoping that another person will provide what we need or figure out the solutions to our problems is not a substitute for perseverance. It’s true, there are times when the generosity of others makes a huge difference, but God has given us a sound mind and unlimited potential to be successful if we can only learn how to develop faith in His plans for us. Along with His resources, a critical spiritual principle is to pray and wait until we know we have heard His voice. However, I have also learned there is an important balance where often the Lord is actually waiting on us to believe and take the initiative to press forward.

When we place our trust in Him and allow Him to change our attitudes into a positive force, that which seems unattainable moves into the area of possibility. Romans 12:2 reveals that we have a responsibility to be transformed by the renewing of our mind in order that we may prove and demonstrate God’s perfect will. We must allow the Lord to change our minds from fear and doubt as learning to believe and trust our Heavenly Father is a foundational pillar of the meaning of life. If we focus on being the best we can be for His glory, we will live in joy, but if we doubt and expect the worse, we release the powers of negativity that can stifle our hope. In every situation, we can either respond with a positive confidence or a negative skepticism and these choices determine whether we live in spiritual peace or emotional misery.

I recently read a true story that was told by Hugh Fullerton, a famous sports writer many years ago. His account involved a man named Josh O’Reilly who managed the San Antonio baseball team that was a part of the Texas League. O’Reilly had an impressive roster of all-star players, including seven whose batting average was over three hundred. Everyone thought this super-team would easily win the championship but mysteriously they began the season losing seventeen of their first twenty games. The

players could not hit the ball and as time went by, frustration boiled over into angry accusations against each other. Just when it seemed the situation could not be worse, a weak team humiliated them as they managed only one hit the entire game. In the clubhouse after the embarrassment, the players were confused and depressed.

O’Reilly knew he had the most talented team in the league but also realized the trouble was in their mind.

These men were not expecting to get a hit or anticipating a victory because they were thinking wrong. They had slowly allowed doubt and uncertainty to fill their conscience with discouragement and defeat. We are what we think and when our mental focus is controlled by negativity; it prevents confidence and in this situation; it was causing a disruption with their timing, strength, and coordination. And yet, they were the only ones who could change the situation.

A certain minister named reverend Schlater was holding special services in the area and he was drawing large crowds as his messages were filled with inspiration and encouragement.

O’Reilly asked each player to lend him their favorite bat, which he loaded into a wheelbarrow and told the players to stay in the clubhouse as he had something very important to show them.

Soon he returned overflowing with excitement as he told the players this minister had anointed, prayed, and blessed the bats and they now contained a spiritual power that could not be stopped. The players were astounded and jumping with enthusiasm. The next day they confidently overwhelmed the best team in the league with 37 hits and 20 runs scored. They continued their way through the league schedule and convincingly won the championship.

Regardless of what we believe about praying over a baseball bat or positive decrees, we can agree that something very powerful happened within the minds and attitudes of the players. The sports equipment did not change, but with a new way of thinking, the creative power of faith blossomed. Mark 9:23 declares this spiritual reality is available to all who place their trust in God’s divine truth instead of pessimism and despair.

Dr. Holland is an ordained minister, author, and community chaplain. Read more about the Christian life at: billyhollandministries.com

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The Patriot Pony FBI validated Hunter Biden laptop months Georgia won't update Dominion voting machines before experts claimed Russian disinformation before 2024, despite cybersecurity expert warnings By the time 51 intel experts made their disinformation claim, FBI knew it wasn’t true and had exploited evidence from laptop, memo shows.

By John Solomon Months before 51 intelligence experts, the news media and Joe Biden himself suggested without evidence the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation, the FBI had authenticated the device as belonging to the first son and prosecutors had expressed confidence its contents had not been manipulated, according to a contemporaneous IRS investigative memo.

The October 2020 memo was penned

by IRS Supervisory Criminal Investigative Agent Gary Shapley, now a whistleblower, and provided a chronology of how the FBI validated the laptop as having belonged to Hunter Biden as early as November 2019 and by spring 2020 was exploiting and analyzing its emails, text messages and photos.

“We have no reason to believe there is anything fabricated nefariously on the computer and or hard drive,” the contemporaneous memo stated. “There are emails and other items that corroborate the items on the laptop and hard drive.”

You can read the full memo here: File IRS-HBLaptopMemo.pdf Shapley told Congress in a transcribed interview released Thursday by the House Ways and Means Committee that after extensive analysis by FBI computer teams that federal prosecutors personally expressed confidence that the laptop was Hunter Biden’s and unadulterated.

“The whole discussion was about: Can we rely on this information on the laptop, is it Hunter Biden's? And their opinion was, it was, and it was not manipulated in any way,” Shapley testified.

A congressional lawyer then asked: “It was reliable evidence?”

The agent replied: “That is correct.”

You can read Agent Shapley's memo here: File Whistleblower 1 Transcript_Redacted.pdf The memo and testimony corroborate reporting dating to 2020 by Just the News, which hired computer and handwriting experts to confirm that laptop’s data was authentic and that Hunter Biden signed the receipt at the Delaware computer shop where it was taken for repairs and was abandoned.

Just the News also corroborated specific emails on the laptop with former

business partners and others who had separate copies of the content, and government officials confirmed they too had corroborated the laptop as belonging to Hunter Biden.

The IRS memo and testimony also provide the most damning evidence yet that an extensive campaign in fall 2020 to dismiss the laptop as disinformation by news media, intelligence experts led by ex-acting CIA Director Mike Morell, Big Tech and Joe Biden himself had no basis in fact or evidence.

For a while, Hunter Biden himself also called into question the laptop, saying he wasn't sure he dropped it off at the shop.

But the FBI, according to Shapley’s memo, had taken extensive effort a year earlier to corroborate that Hunter Biden – who agents described by the codename “Sportsman” -- had in fact dropped off the laptop at the shop operated by repairman John Paul Mac Isaac.

“Financial records show Sportsman was around Wilmington DE shop at a cigar shop on the same day,” the memo states. “Other intelligence shows Sportsman was in the area.

Computershop calls Sportsman to tell him to bring in an external hard drive to put recovered data on to.

“Sportsman returned to the shop with the external hard drive,” the memo also states. “Phone records show shop called Sportsman and sportsman called the shop around this time.

Shapley said it didn’t take long for federal agents to corroborate the laptop belonged to President Biden’s son and contained evidence of crimes.

“The FBI verified its authenticity in November of 2019 by matching the device number against Hunter Biden's Apple iCloud ID,” he explained.

“When the FBI took possession of the device in December 2019, they notified the IRS that it likely contained evidence of tax crimes,” Shapley also stated, while also noting the IRS drafted the search warrant to take formal possession of the device.

Morell has admitted in testimony to the House Judiciary Committee that he organized the letter from the 51 intel experts after being contacted by Biden confidante Antony Blinken, now secretary of State.

Morell said his motive was to help Joe Biden win the 2020 election by giving the Democrat nominee a “talking point” to dismiss the laptop in his final debate with Donald Trump in October 2020.

The Georgia secretary of state's office is relying on a report commissioned

by Dominion regarding the company's voting machines.

By Natalia Mittelstadt Georgia is delaying a software update for its Dominion voting machines until after the 2024 presidential election, despite cybersecurity experts warning of vulnerabilities.

A nearly 2-year-old report was finally made public last week and showed Dominion voting machines had significant vulnerabilities, which led the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue a public advisory last year based on the findings.

However, Georgia election officials say that the machines won’t be updated until after the 2024 elections because it's such a massive undertaking.

The report was completed in July 2021

by University of Michigan Professor of Computer Science and Engineering J. Alex Halderman with Professor Drew Springall, of Auburn University, and focused in part on vulnerabilities they found after examining Dominion’s ImageCast X Ballot Marking Devices for three months.

A redacted copy of the report was released June 14 by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division.

The report was completed on behalf of the plaintiffs in the case of Curling v.

Raffensperger and found the Dominion machines are vulnerable to vote flipping.

Halderman suggested the machines were capable of being manipulated in mere minutes by bad actors, saying the QR codes on printed ballots could be altered and malware installed on individual machines “with only brief physical access.”

The broader voting system could be attacked if bad actors have the same access to it as certain county-level election officials, the report also concluded.

However, Halderman stated there is no evidence such vulnerabilities have been exploited in past elections.

“My technical findings leave Georgia voters with greatly diminished grounds to be confident that the votes they cast on [the current Dominion ballotmarking devices] are secured, that their votes will be counted correctly, or that any future elections using Georgia’s [ballot-marking devices] will be reasonably secure from attack and produce correct results,” he wrote.

Last June, in response to Halderman’s report, CISA urged election officials to mitigate the risks caused by the vulnerabilities in the Dominion machines but also stated the agency “has no evidence that these vulnerabilities have been exploited in any elections.”

Following the Halderman report, Dominion commissioned the nonprofit MITRE Corp.'s National Election Security Lab to respond to the findings.

The report, completed in July 2022, was released along with the Halderman report.

The MITRE report said the Halderman report findings were “operationally infeasible” when considering adherence to strict security measures, normal voting practices, and scale considerations.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement following the release of the MITRE report that it "confirms that Georgia’s election infrastructure is secured by the toughest safeguards."

He also said: "For years, election deniers have created a cottage industry of ever-shifting claims about conspiracies to change votes, steal elections and undermine voter confidence. This report says it all: Voting machines do not flip votes. Cast ballots are counted as the voter intended. Georgia elections are secure.”

Dominion on Wednesday referred Just the News to its website for a response to the MITRE report.

The statement in part says the report found "none of the alleged vulnerabilities listed in [the] Plaintiff’s Expert Report would allow a bad actor to change the outcome of an election, particularly given scale considerations.”

The statement also reads, “As noted in the report’s conclusions, ‘The re(Continued on page 15)

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searcher’s proposed attacks were assessed by MITRE NESL to be operationally infeasible.’”

Gabriel Sterling, the secretary of state office's chief operating officer, said Georgia will wait until 2025 to update the voting machines because "legally, logistically and just risk-management wise, this was the safest wisest course."

He also said the new software, to his knowledge, has never been used in any election in the world.

In addition, Sterling said the new software has been certified by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, "which is great, but like any new software, real-world deployment always finds things that may not work the way people intended it to."

Halderman wrote in a Twitter thread: “MITRE's analysis is wrong because it fails to account for how elections are operated in the real world. It is entirely predicated on a false assumption: MITRE says it ‘assumes strict and effective controlled access to Dominion election hardware and software.’”

Following the MITRE report, a group of more than 20 experts in cybersecurity and elections wrote MITRE a letter requesting its report be retracted.

“MITRE’s logic is that if procedural defenses are perfectly implemented, then the system is immune from attack,” the experts wrote. “This is a completely inappropriate methodology for assessing real-world risk, since actual risk hinges on how well defenses are implemented and operate in practice.

“MITRE’s analysis isn’t simply wrong – it is dangerous, since it will surely lead states like Georgia to postpone installing Dominion’s software

updates and implementing other important mitigations."

The lawsuit for which the Halderman report was written was originally filed in 2017 by the Coalition for Good Governance and individual voters, challenging the paperless voting machines that Georgia was using at the time.

After Georgia purchased the current system in 2019, the case shifted to those voting machines, also saying that they have vulnerabilities.

The U.S. district judge overseeing the lawsuit initially resisted making public Halderman's report because of concerns about the possibility of it being exploited by bad actors.

However, in the judge's order making the report public, she said CISA and the parties in the lawsuit agreed that the proposed redactions to the report appropriately safeguarded against election security concerns.

Dominion settled a lawsuit with Fox News in April for $787 million regarding claims made on the news station’s channel about the company’s voting machines.

Phill Kline, director of The Amistad Project, told Just the News on Wednesday that one of the problems with the issue of voting machines' integrity in election systems is the disagreement among experts.

He also said officials overseeing elections don’t have the knowledge to understand how the machines work and have to rely on the companies that created them to make sure everything works properly.

“Machines are not transparent, and that’s the problem,” Kline said. He also said the transparency issue is a “key reason Americans are losing faith in elections,” and that they cannot get their questions answered about how elections are conducted "in a manner that’s understandable.”

You are the News The Patriot Voice, @TPV_John The House just got enough votes to impeach Joe Biden. There isn't a SINGLE mention of this on the media.

Not ONE. When the same happened to Trump it was NON-STOP WALL TO WALL coverage. You couldn't find a channel that wasn't covering it. Also notable, Biden INTENTIONALLY withheld the knowledge he got from the Navy that the Titan OceanGate sub imploded DAYS ago, to distract from his son. The media went along with that as well. MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. The Vigilant Fox, @VigilantFox . @RobertKennedyJr Reveals Why Ivermectin Had to Be Destroyed Iver-

mectin is often recognized – 2nd to penicillin – for having the greatest impact on human health. And its discovery won the Nobel Prize in 2015. But its existence threatened a $200 billion vaccine enterprise.

“The Federal Emergency Use Authorization Statute says that you cannot issue an emergency use authorization to a vaccine if there is an existing medication that has been approved for any purpose that is demonstrated effective against the target illness,” explained Kennedy. “So they had to destroy ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine and discredit it. And they had to tell everybody it’s not effective. Because if they had acknowledged that it’s effective in anybody, the whole $200 billion vaccine enterprise would have collapsed.”

- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Trump says liberals are 'waging war on faith and freedom' as 2024 hopefuls woo evangelicals While independents might not be looking to replace Biden with a Republican, the president's low approval rating among that voting bloc suggests they could vote to replace him.

By Joseph Weber and Charlotte Hazard The annual Faith and Freedom forum – considered the country's largest public policy gathering of Christian conservative activists – concluded Saturday evening with a keynote speech from front-running GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump in which he spoke passionately to a key part of a coalition he must rebuild to win the GOP nomination.

But Trump, like the other top-tier 2024 GOP presidential candidates who spoke during the three-day event in Washington, D.C., faces a long road to Election Day in which the nominee will also have to win over independents, the undecideds and other voters for Republicans to retake the White House.

"I believe that our enemies are waging war on faith and freedom, on science and religion, on history and tradition, on democracy, on God Almighty himself," Trump began Saturday to applause at the annual Faith and Freedom Coalition event. "The radicals are setting fire to our Constitution, abolishing free speech, attacking religious beliefs."

A day earlier, candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence, popular among evangelicals, urged his primary rivals to support a 15-week federal abortion ban at minimum.

“We must not rest, and we must not relent until we restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law in every state in this country,” Pence said.

“Every Republican candidate for president should support a ban on abortion before 15 weeks as a minimum nationwide standard.”

The most recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found roughly 9-in10 Republicans and three-quarters of independents want abortion restricted to three months or less. However, a majority of Democrats favor a longer window.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared to make the case the GOP has to appeal to a larger swatch of voters – or pick candidates with more general election appeal.

“We cannot continue with the culture of losing," DeSantis said at the forum.

"We have 49 Republican senators right now. We should have 55 Republican senators, and we would have been able to stop a lot of [President] Biden’s nonsense.”

DeSantis, Trump's closest competitor, never mentioned the former president in his speech.

But Trump was blamed by some Republicans for the failure to retake the Senate majority last year, having backed several candidates who won GOP primaries but lost competitive general election contests – including former football star Herschel Walker in Georgia.

Though very early in the campaign, Biden's approval rating among independents is only at 47%, according to a Reuters/Ipsos Core Political poll released June 7. And while independents might not be looking to replace Biden with a Republican, the poll indicates the potential.

While the crowd at this year's Faith and Freedom event appeared to be largely supportive of Trump, they clearly did not respond to anti-Trump candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

“He's unwilling to take responsibility for any of the mistakes that were made," Christie said to boos. "And that is not leadership everybody. That is a failure of leadership."

To be sure, other, external factors will also play a part in who wins the presidency including whether inflation under Biden continues to remain consistently high and illegal immigration stays at record-high levels or continues to trend downward.

Unlawful entries along the southern U.S. border have decreased 70% from their record highs in mid-May, after the Biden administration ended the pandemic-related immigration policy known as Title 42, according the Department of Homeland Security.

Despite Trump's lengthy appeal to the faith-based crowd for its support in his bid to win reelection, he also devoted much of his roughly one-hour speech to familiar issues and grievances – including that Democrats and others from the start of his first presidential campaign were out to get him.

"This is a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time, which has been fully exposed in the Durham Report," he said days after former Justice Department special counsel John Durham testified on Capitol Hill about how his four-year investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion hoax found the FBI began the probe with no predicating evidence.

Be careful who you let on your ship, because some people will sink the whole ship just because they can’t be the captain.

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