A solution to legislators sneaking in ethical loopholes into legislation or legislation having unintended consequences or ways for one to violate the spirit of a law without violating the letter of the law.

The local chamber is stacked with people who constantly raise money to support causes that help only one party. The local governments have supported the chamber to the tune of a little over $500,000 last year. We want our local government to stop supporting an organization that speaks for less than 30% of the population.

Mitt Romney needs to release his foreign bank account records not more tax returns. Let the IRS see if his tax returns listed all the money he made in his foreign accounts

From the media coverage, you'd think that the only two candidates running for President were Romney and Obama. But they're not. Jill Stein is running on the Green Party ticket and Gary Johnson is running on the Libertarian ticket. Let's see if we can get them invited to participate in the upcoming Presidential debates.

All candidates for elected federal offices (Congress, Senate and President/VP) shall be required to disclose income tax returns for the previous five years as part of the application process for the office they seek. No exceptions shall be permitted.

Since the Supreme Court's unfortunate and unwise decision to allow unlimited contributions from corporations AND without the requirement to reveal the sources, our political system has been poisoned by Big Money. In the capitalist business realm the rule is one dollar one vote. We cannot allow this rule to preside in the democratic realm. We must keep the one PERSON one vote rule as our guiding principle.

The filibuster has been abused by overuse in recent years. It is both an indication and a tool for political division, gridlock and paralysis. Two aspects need correction: 1)the frequency of use needs to be limited and 2)the bar on cloture votes needs to be lowered from the 60 vote level.

We are tired of having to choose the lesser of 2 evils. Every party should have equal grounds for presidency. Let's have all candidates on the stage and let the people vote indiscrimintly.

Congress needs to set aside their racist behavior and start working with President Obama to get their jobs done and take care of the people who elected them. Start working together now, not when and if it's an advantage to your party affiliation.

Update on SFMTA activities! Our first two requests were met some time ago. At this point, SFMTA has painted itself into such a tight corner by destroying too much and angering too many citizens. There are too many complaints for the Board of Supervisors to ignore. The voters denied the SFMTA any additional sales tax funds that will cut hundreds of thousands of dollars out of their budget. Now they plan to raise the bridge tolls and charge the cash-paying riders more money to take the Muni. The next ballot initiative to consider is PROPOSITION 6 that would repeal the gas bill.

It is my sincere belief that the Schools in our Country have more violence, shootings and killings since Prayer was taken out of the schools. I am a Retired Educator from Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky. Severals students from the School where I worked has been killed due to violence. Two of these sudents were killed by Police Officers; one student was 15 years old. This student broke into someone's home, the Police arrived, chased the student and shot him in the back. The student was killed. Prayer is a faith act that may not be practiced in many students homes, therefore, if they heard Prayer practiced in their School hopefully this will sitimulate their behavior to be respectful to others and themselves.

Minimum pay for a member of Congress is $174,000 as of 2011. This is an increase of over $30,000 within the past ten years alone! This does not include health benefits, retirement, pension and what they earn from PACs or from shell companies and family members employed by lobbies and PACs. Many members of Congress are millionaires and have seen a growth in personal wealth of about 16% during this recession. It is time to stop the abuse and return to the original intent of "public servant".