Since August 2010 I have attended every Town of Hempstead board meeting. During this time I have witnessed the Hempstead Town Board violating the Constitutional rights of residents at Town Board meetings. People critical of Town government are given less speaking time than residents that offer praise. In addition, the press (which is at Town meetings) does not report these violations or other news that may be of interest to residents. I have asked Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray and the Town Council members (on many occasions) to broadcast Town Board meetings online and they have refused. I feel it is important to broadcast Town Board meetings online to give residents insight into the workings of their Town government and to prevent their Constitutional rights from being violated.

The policies and laws from the Republican-controlled N.C. General Assembly and governor’s office have gone too far. The plans to cut unemployment benefits, slash Medicaid assistance, shift taxes toward middle- and lower-income taxpayers, repeal environmental measures, and enact the new voter ID bill are immoral and unacceptable. We stand in solidarity with the thousands who have been protesting on Moral Mondays against the conservatives' takeover in North Carolina. Las políticas y leyes de la Asamblea General de Carolina del norte controlado por republicanos y oficina de Gobernación han ido demasiado lejos. Los planes para cortar subsidios de desempleo, gran cortes a la asistencia de Medicaid, cambio de impuestos hacia los contribuyentes de ingresos medios y bajos, revocar las medidas ambientales y promulgar la nueva ley de identificación de votante son inmoral e inaceptable. Estamos en solidaridad con los miles que han protestado el lunes Morales contra la toma de posesión de los conservadores en Carolina del norte.

We request that Steve Bullock appoint a special prosecutor who will impanel a grand jury to investigate the death of Hellgate Senor Chance Geery.

The man credited to have been the first settler of the Chicago region has NO STREET named after him nor any noticeable statue. This is a discredit to both du Sable himself and Chicago's Black population, and is a general disservice to its populace in entirety.

The development of state-owned properties in our neighborhood has occurred without the concomitant replacement of the lost parking spaces it has caused for residents. Rather than relax the restrictions on or increase the area where the affected residents are permitted to park, some parking agents in the Denver Public Works office have begun to ticket residents, even though those residents hold valid Resident Parking Permits. This practice has to stop. In an area where there is a serious dearth of parking, the permitted zone for resident parking must be enlarged.

Hundreds of thousands of service sector employees (teachers, firefighters and police) are affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which radically reduces Social Security pensions if the individual also receives a public pension. It operates on the premise that the total amount received would represent a "windfall." The most recent constitutional challenge to the WEP (Rudykoff vs. Apfel, 1999) was overturned on the basis that the WEP met its intention (to prevent a windfall) and also that social welfare law does not have to meet the same standards as other law, citing precedence. Many individuals (due to the WEP) receive amounts from their public pensions and Social Security that put them under poverty level. In my case, after 39 years of paying Social Security taxes, I received credit towards my Social Security pension for only 15 of those years.

Whether it's corn on the cob, or big juicy tomatoes, or a pint of raspberries, summer is a great time to eat whatever's fresh off the farm -- nature's bounty at its finest. But these days, it seems that food is a bit more complicated. Additives, preservatives, artificial flavorings -- not to mention, genetically-engineered food. Maybe you want to eat 100% organic. Maybe you don't mind some artificial something-or-other. But the one thing I think we can all agree on: You should have the right to know and choose what's in your food. The big multinational food, chemical, and pesticide companies -- like Monsanto, DuPont, and Dow -- would rather keep you in the dark. That doesn't work for me. That's why I support the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act.

AARP advertising is filling dead air on the Rush Limbaugh Show. Limbaugh calls women “feminazis,” “infobabes,” “sexretaries,” and, worst of all, “sluts” and “prostitutes.” Limbaugh calls Latinos "weak," "lazy," and "unskilled." And, in the wake of the Trayvon Martin murder trial, Limbaugh even used the "N-word" and claimed it was not racist. Over 2,600 advertisers have stopped supporting Limbaugh's shows, and AARP should follow suit. While public service announcements don't pay Limbaugh, they still give legitimacy to harmful views that have no place in a civil society. Organizations with PSAs (such as AARP) should take responsibility and request their ads not air during the Rush Limbaugh Show. Other ways you can take action: Join: The Flush Rush Facebook community https://www.facebook.com/groups/flushrush/ 
Visit: The StopRush sponsor database http://stoprush.net/rush_limbaugh_sponsor_list.php#current_a Tweet: #stoprush Twitter campaign https://twitter.com/search?q=stoprush Fact Check: Limbaugh Lie Debunking Site http://rushtruth.net Install: ThinkContext StopRush browser extension--notifies you as you browse which companies advertise on Rush http://thinkcontext.org

Earlier today, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which required some states and localities (mostly in the South) to obtain preclearance from the United States Department of Justice before implementing changes to voting laws and procedures, is unconstitutional, in effect rendering the Section 5 preclearance provision of the VRA inoperative and making it much harder to enforce the VRA. These days, deliberately disenfranchising ethnic minorities from being able to elect the public officials of their choice has become commonplace in states like Wisconsin and Ohio, hundreds or even thousands of miles away from the Deep South. It is now time for Congress to re-write Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act so that all states and localities of the United States would be legally required to obtain preclearance from the United States Department of Justice before implementing changes to voting laws and procedures.

This company stubbornly refuses to pay a hail's damage claim. Mr. JJ washington refused to correct this situation, and his allegiance is to support liars. (Ivy Scott, Craig Thrower, Dee Stone, Claudia Janka)

My name is Matthew Fuemmeler, and I am the owner and operator of "The Boiler Monkey," Albuquerque's first and only mobile restaurant built into a converted bus. I work as a food truck, offering crepes and coffee to the citizens of Albuquerque. Unfortunately, I have been targeted several times by parking enforcement, who have stated I am not allowed to park on public roads during working business hours, because my bus is over 90 inches wide. However, many of the other operating food trucks in town - as well as service vehicles, hummers, delivery trucks, mobile health clinics and more - are also more than 90 inches wide, and from those whom I've worked with and talked to, none of them have received this ticket or been told of this rule. Obtaining continuous parking tickets as well as being asked to move during my hours of operation severely impacts my ability to run my business and maintain a steady income. Designating certain areas for food trucks such as outside Tractor Brewery on Tulane by changing or amending current legislation on food vending and parking on public streets would increase food truck tourism and industry within the city. As small business owners trying to bring creative cuisine and opportunities into our communities, we hope you can understand and support our cause.

As a huge fan of the karaoke event, I suffered as my friends battled to get the opportunity to perform. This cast a cloud of suspicion over the whole event.