This state rd 434. In order to get to I-4 or any place in that direction it is necessary to turn left. I moved here from south florida where there are very few places where uturns are allowed due to safety issues.

On April 10th, the Civil Service Commission held a public hearing on a rule proposal to eliminate civil service as we know it. The rule proposal bypasses the legislature and contract negotiations to "broad band" civil service titles, rewrite promotional rules, and eliminate or limit important protections like veteran preference, testing and ranking on lists, and layoff rights. Take action to ensure this rule isn't rubber-stamped after a single hearing! Make sure thousands of public employees and hundreds of thousands of residents can weigh in to shape or stop this rule. The “broad bands” of job titles would allow management at all levels of government (State, County, and Municipal) in the Civil Service System to group numerous job titles in large “bands.” Employers could hire, demote, or advance employees to jobs within the “band” based solely on management's assessment of your competency - without objective testing or lists. Even worse is the manner in which the Commission is trying to do this. They are only allowing one hearing on these changes—at 3pm on a work day when most workers and residents can not attend the hearing. Despite the fact that thousands of public employees would be harmed by the rule, the hearing room only holds 20 people. The Christie Administration wants to silence public input and push this change through with a rubber stamp after one meeting. We need to mobilize to stop it. We are organizing public comment opposing the rule but the first step is to get the Commission to hold a real public hearing process.

The state of alabama should provide some type of legalized gambling in the state. We as alabamians are forced to take our hard earned money to the neighboring states to gamble, taking multi-millions from the state. This is money we could use in the state, to help lower taxes, provide educational funds, and improve things in the state of alabama.

U.S. Representative Peter King, New York, comments on the terrorist attack in Boston: Saying, we need more cameras on U.S. citizens.

On April 15, 2013, there were two bombings durring the cities anual Boston Marathon. Three people were killed and over 100 severely injured. It is believed to be an act of terrorism. - We the people of the United States vow to keep Boston in our prayers and to continually show our sympathy and support in the days and months to come.

Rodent poisons cause serious health problems for our children, pets and wildlife causing sickness and death for many. The EPA emphatically states many poisons still for sale in our stores “POSE UNREASONABLE RISKS TO CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.” Let our stores and government know we support only safe alternatives to poison rodenticides!

The Ivanhoe in Paterson, New jersey is our most historic place for our community to share, to learn and to grow in the beauty of art. for years they have supported and shown our local artists, children, families the importance of art .The Ivanhoe is our home and now they want to shut it down and make bidings on it??? Help me in saving what we have left in paterson> what makes us free< what helps us grow artistically and to help our future generation the importance of the artworld.

As summer residents of Fire Island, we happily would use Fresh Direct this year to supply us with groceries. We hope you will consider our request for delivery in light of the damage our towns suffered during Hurricane Sandy. Thank you!

Right now, Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loans have a fixed rate of 6.8% and Federal Subsidized Stafford Loans have a fixed interest rate of 3.4% - much higher than the rate at which the big banks and the government can borrow money. Despite this fact, President Obama's new budget proposal suggests eliminating those caps in favor of tying interest rates on student loans to the whims of the market, plus a few more percentage points for good measure. This might sound like a good idea now, while interest rates are at historic lows, but there's only one way for interest rates to go: UP. Without a cap on Federal Stafford Loans, future borrowers will see the cost of college rise by thousands of dollars simply due to the interest on student loans, never mind the continually skyrocketing costs of tuition. This gimmick is unfair to students and does nothing to address the $1 Trillion worth of outstanding student debt that is already burying 37 Million Americans. Shouldn't we be encouraging higher education by keeping interest rates low? President Obama and Congress stood firm on this point last year, and they should again this year. With the July 1 deadline threatening to jack up costs by $1,000 per loan per borrower, we don’t have time to wait for a long term plan that may or may not kick in by then. We demand that interest rates on Federal Stafford Loans remain capped at 3.4% - a rate that is already much higher than for any other type of commercial transaction in America.

Telemarketers tie up phone lines with their message. This happens to me once a week sometimes.

Several cities and towns, most recently Terrebonne Parrish, LA, have passed laws that ban the wearing of baggy pants. These laws 1) infringe on an individuals right to wear whatever they wish; 2) establish a code of dress that is unconstitutional and impossible to enforce; 3) specifically target the young and predominately minority population; 4) put people into the legal system with fines, jail, records for making a stylist statement; and 5) this unfair law is totally arbitrary because similar laws are not passed against the shirtless or scantily clad which many may find equally or more offensive. This is the slippery slope that politicians always want to guard against. Stop this trend in its tracks by signing this petition.

ASWSU President Elect Taylor Hennessey and Vice President Elect Kevin Massimino disregarded the voice of the Multicultural Community when chosing the Director of Multicultural Affairs position for 2013-2014. Although we were included in the interview process, and many wrote letters of recommendations our voice was silenced with the executive position being offered to a person that we, the Multicultural Community, feel is least fit for a representation of who we are, and our purpose at large.