The airlines have gotten away with charging us extra for checking bags and you are now hearing more and more reports of how people properties are being stolen. If you pay for services and products anywhere else there are laws and policies put in place to protect the consumer surrounding the purchases, now the same should be done to the airlines.

We need to see solid proof that Mitt Romney was born in America before his name is allowed on the ballot this November. This affect every voter in every state.

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A study by Virginia Tech Driving Institute revealed that those who resort to texting while driving are 23 time more likely to meet with an accident. According to a report by the National Safety Council, 28 percent of car accidents are caused by talking or texting while driving. Mississippi legislators this is your chance to put forth legislation that will help to reduce these stats in Mississippi.

We need a loan modification program immediately available to the millions of Americans with under water mortgages from any size bank and not just the "too big to fail" institutions. Locking these homeowners into a low fixed interest rate would help stem foreclosures, keep Americans in their homes, put more cash in their pockets and go a long way in helping to refuel the economy. If a fair and balanced principal reduction formula could be worked out, even better. The banks got bailed out with our money and it's time that Main Street got a piece of the pie.

According to a new report published by Zillow, 15.7 million Americans, or 1 in 3 homeowners is under water on their mortgage. http://www.zillow.com/blog/2012-05-24/zillow-negative-equity-report-shows-1-in-3-mortgage-holders-underwater/ Many of these home owners are not fixing their roofs, not remodeling or even maintaining their homes. In my area, 42% of homeowners are under water, most of us with at least $100,000 in negative equity. For these families, it will take 10 years or more paying their current mortgage rate before the house is even worth what they owe. The economy will continue to suffer until this group is brought up to date on their mortgage. Reduce principal now. If Ed Demarco can't get it done, replace him with someone who will.

In 2011 residents of Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties lost the ability to watch local San Francisco Channel 7 as our ABC station. Now we only have 2 choices for (semi) local news: KSBW and KION. Most people in the viewing areas identify themselves as being part of the Bay Area and NOT of Salinas. We want Channel 7 San Francisco News back NOW. If we were to get Channel 7 News back then viewers would really have a choice in news.

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We need to put pressure on President Obama to go to Wisconsin, along with sending the Vice President to help his party on the ground in Wisconsin to secure this very important election, the removal of Governor Walker.The momentum that can be gained should not be lost due to a lack of effort at the national level. Now the time to come together.

President Obama is inviting Monsanto to oversee Africa’s food security. Monsanto's primary goal is not anybody’s food security but their own bottom line. Monsanto grabs millions of acres of land for monoculture plantations that destroy local biodiversity. Monsanto develops the terminator seeds that hold farmers hostage to the seed patent rights of corporations. Monsanto is the inventor of chemical fertilizers that worsen climate change and have threatened the health of millions of people around the globe. (Text adapted from www.nationofchange.org because they said it better than I would have.)

Taxing SS payments just because a moderate amount was taken from an IRA is morally wrong and should be ended. If congress and the administration truly wants to make life easier for seniors and disabled, stop stealing from them.

Giving the youth a place where they can be safe and not have to worry about Gang violence or being mistaken for a suspicious person To many of our youth are dying for no reason