July 18, 2017 • Page 8 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Internet Supporters Should Work Toward Bipartisan Solution By Sen. John Thune Too often, politicians and activists of all stripes prefer slogans over solutions. Today, Silicon Valley players, big and small, and many Washington, D.C.-based activist groups are leading a protest to “save net neutrality” from the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to undo regulations the agency adopted two years ago. True supporters of an open internet, however, should demand more than another slogan. What the internet needs to end regulatory uncertainty and recurring threats of litigation is an enduring, bipartisan law from Congress to protect internet freedom by codifying widely accepted net neutrality protections. Today, as we consider the future of the internet, we should also remember the history that got us here. Put in place after President Barack Obama pressured regulators to scrap efforts to find agreement, the FCC’s 2015 order regulating broadband internet under a Great Depression-era statute (“Title II” of the Communications Act of 1934) had support from just one political party. This action failed to embrace a self-evident reality — administrative rules, especially those affecting all internet users, need to have a broad consensus of support behind them in order to withstand future political changes. This reality has hit some activists too late, and others are still trying to ignore it — to the detriment of the very protections they claim to support. Although President Obama tried to justify the use of unilateral administrative action as a remedy for supposed reluctance by Congress to work together, the FCC’s partisan proceeding actually advanced, despite pleas from myself and other Republican colleagues who wanted to work with the Democrats on a new bipartisan law. The draft proposal we released more than two and a half years ago as a starting point for discussions would have outlawed the online practices of blocking, throttling and paid prioritization of legal content over broadband cable and wireless connections. It put forth a 21st century framework to protect internet freedom by ensuring that corporate owners of broadband infrastructure couldn’t use their role to manipulate the internet experience, and guaranteeing that the sometimes heavy hand of government wouldn’t itself disrupt the positive disruption that has allowed the internet to thrive for two decades. I called for a bipartisan legislative solution before the Obama Administration’s partisan actions, I pushed for it after them, and I continue to fight for it. Like many organizers of today’s protest, I vigorously support an open internet. But as a senator representing a rural state, I am concerned that such protests often given short shrift to ensuring all Americans have access to high-speed internet. Today, 34 million Americans, mostly living in rural America, lack access to high-speed broadband services at home. As broadband service providers (and there are nearly 2,000 primarily small providers in the U.S.) weigh the profitability of making investments in high-cost areas, fear of future shifts in the political winds still loom large. Stated bluntly, investments to connect more Americans in states like mine may be slowed, or not made at all, if providers fear that regulators will pass new restrictions on their ability to recover costs and make fair profits from new infrastructure investments. Left unchecked, some believe that the views of regulators toward the online ecosystem will continue to shift with the federal government’s political leadership. This, in turn, creates a lack of stability both for those companies that invest in the internet’s metaphorical pipes and those who invest in the data flowing through them. This presents a problem for those who favor keeping the FCC’s 2015 regulatory approach and also those who want to throw it out the window. As one technology reporter observed earlier this year about past and potential future shifts in FCC regulations, “We’re in danger of having a system that combines the worst features of a world with network neutrality and a world without it.” The solution to this dilemma, passing enduring bipartisan legislation, is obvious and — no, I’m not kidding — within Congress’s reach. If Democrats and Republicans have the political support to work together, we can together enact a framework that provides the net neutrality protections wanted by so many internet users, reasonably limits the whims of partisan regulators and grants the necessary flexibility to protect consumers from future harm. On this day of action, let’s not settle for slogans, and instead demand a resolution that finds agreement and concludes this debate. Let’s embrace the idea that the internet is a symbiotic ecosystem. Many businesses and individuals contribute to the internet’s success, and ultimately they need each other to ensure that users continue to benefit from it. True supporters of a free and open internet should spend their energy today driving leaders toward a lasting and bipartisan solution while rejecting efforts to politicize and further divide an emerging consensus about net neutrality protections. Find BIG Savings... When You Place Your Ad In The Classifieds! 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For complete listing & photos visit: www.CHJAUCTIONEERS.COM Terms: Cash or Bankable Check. Not Responsible For Accidents or Theft. AUCTION CONDUCTED BY: CREAMER HEIMES JANSSEN AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS L.L.C. RYAN CREAMER 402.254.9753 ALTON HEIMES 402.254.3315 ROGER JANSSEN: 402.388.4409 Pool To be Closed For Swim Meet The Yankton Swim Team will host its annual Invitational Swim Meet July 21-23 at the Memorial Park Municipal Pool. Due to the swim meet, the pool will be closed to the public starting at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 20, through Sunday, July 23. This closure includes both the large and the wading pool. Memorial Pool will re-open to the public on Monday, July 24, starting at 12:30 p.m. To accommodate recreational swimmers, the Summit Activities Center pool will be available for the following open swims: • 6:30-7:45 p.m. on Friday, July 21 • 12:30-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 22 • 12:30-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 23 For further information, please call 668-5234 or stop by the Summit Activities Center at 1801 Summit Street, Yankton. Lucky Lucky Rubber Ducky Pluck July 27 The Lucky Lucky Rubber Ducky Pluck is back and will be held on July 27 at the Memorial Park Pool at 7:30 p.m. This year the Yankton Kiwanis Club and the Yankton County Parents as Teachers will be combining their separate Rubber Duck events into a combined activity benefitting both programs. “The Kiwanis Club contacted Parents as Teachers about having a combined activity as we both have a mission working with children. This is a great opportunity for Parents as Teachers to have the support of such a well known group such as the local Kiwanis Club. They have been doing their duck pluck for many years and our duck race is only in its third year,” said Deanna Branaugh, educator/coordinator for Parents as Teachers. The event will feature Celebrity Jumpers with the Theme of the Dynamic Duos. There will also be judges to award the combined prize for not only the best jump but for their costumes. The kid’s carnival will be held in the area of the kiddie pool beginning at 6:15 p.m. Families are encouraged to make it a full evening by coming to the carnival and then staying for the Celebrity Jumping and duck pluck. The kid’s carnival is sponsored by the Modern Woodmen program in Yankton with carnival games for 25 cents. Ticket sales for the Lucky Ducks will be held at Hy-Vee beginning on July 15 and going through July 23. Ducks are $10 each or a quack pack of three for $25. Prizes for the duck pluck are a grand prize of $500. Runner-up will be awarded $150 and third prize will be $100. The last duck plucked will bring in $25. If you would like more information or if you would like to purchase tickets, you can contact Branaugh at 605-661-4833. Still Not Time to Treat Ash Trees for EAB—Yet PIERRE, S.D. – The recent find of the emerald ash borer (EAB) in Alta, Iowa, has renewed interest in the invasive insect. However, the borer has still not been found in South Dakota and residents are advised to hold off on treating their ash trees. “Our foresters are receiving inquiries from tree owners and tree companies about starting to treat their trees for the emerald ash borer,” says Greg Josten, state forester for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. “While the insect was recently found in a tree within 60-80 miles of communities in Union County, treatments for South Dakota trees are still premature.” South Dakota Department of Agriculture forest health specialist Dr. John Ball advises that standard protocol is not to begin treatments, sprays or injections until the insect has been detected within 15 miles of your tree. “It may be several years or more before people need to consider protecting their ash trees.” There are many insecticides and treatment methods that provide excellent protection from the borer and can even be used to kill an existing infestation in a tree. 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