ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the third consecutive year, a report ranks Minnesota the least-affordable state in the Midwest for renters. Housing advocates say the report demonstrates the need for more affordable housing across the state.

As a woman who lost her FT bookseller job with Borders Books after 8 years in June 2011, and who has not been able to find a replacement job with benefits, I have called my county housing authority to be told there are no open wait lists, and even if the wait lists opened, I am not allowed to apply until I am 62 and then the average wait is 6 to 7 years. The wait lists have been closed for at least two years, none are expected to open and so women of my generation are aging in CA with no way to even get on the wait lists for low income Senior Housing. I cannot be the only boomer woman in CA that this is happening to. So Senior Housing for boomer women needs to be built in CA counties. Counties need to assess the extent of the need now and in the coming ten years and build Senior Housing to handle this influx of extremely low income boomer women who are high risk for homelessness. I never married, never had kids, am a college graduate, always worked since age 18, never was arrested, no addictions or illnesses, always able and willing to work, and always underpaid. Now approaching 62, without health care, waiting for ACA ObamaCare expansion to start, I am working part-time and 100% of what I earn is going toward rent which is still considered below market rate for a one bedroom apt. in Marin County where I have lived almost half of my life. I do not want to move and why should I have to? Senior Housing for boomer women is desperately needed to be built in Marin, and Marin County cannot be the only County in CA where there is severe need of affordable housing for childless single women on extremely low incomes. I am not going to be able to collect Soc Sec until I am 70 because I will get 76% more by waiting from age 62 to age 70 and at 70, I will then, only get $1,300/ month because of a lifetime of being paid so little in the jobs I managed to find. I cannot be the only CA woman in this situation. Boomer women with extremely low incomes are increasing and we need housing to be planned and built quickly all over California. Foreclosed Homes could become shared homes for women like me. There's a critical need and county governments are not facing up to this critical shortage. Something must be done to bridge this gap.

As a woman who lost her FT bookseller job with Borders Books after 8 years in June 2011, and who has not been able to find a replacement job with benefits, I have called my county housing authority to be told there are no open wait lists, and even if the wait lists opened, I am not allowed to apply until I am 62 and then the average wait is 6 to 7 years. The wait lists have been closed for at least two years, none are expected to open and so women of my generation are aging in CA with no way to even get on the wait lists for low income Senior Housing. I cannot be the only boomer woman in CA that this is happening to. So Senior Housing for boomer women needs to be built in CA counties. Counties need to assess the extent of the need now and in the coming ten years and build Senior Housing to handle this influx of extremely low income boomer women who are high risk for homelessness. I never married, never had kids, am a college graduate, always worked since age 18, never was arrested, no addictions or illnesses, always able and willing to work, and always underpaid. Now approaching 62, without health care, waiting for ACA ObamaCare expansion to start, I am working part-time and 100% of what I earn is going toward rent which is still considered below market rate for a one bedroom apt. in Marin County where I have lived almost half of my life. I do not want to move and why should I have to? Senior Housing for boomer women is desperately needed to be built in Marin, and Marin County cannot be the only County in CA where there is severe need of affordable housing for childless single women on extremely low incomes. I am not going to be able to collect Soc Sec until I am 70 because I will get 76% more by waiting from age 62 to age 70 and at 70, I will then, only get $1,300/ month because of a lifetime of being paid so little in the jobs I managed to find. I cannot be the only CA woman in this situation. Boomer women with extremely low incomes are increasing and we need housing to be planned and built quickly all over California. Foreclosed Homes could become shared homes for women like me. There's a critical need and county governments are not facing up to this critical shortage. Something must be done to bridge this gap.

PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO EAT THE RIGHT FOODS IS ONE HAS NO TEETH AND DENTAL SHOULD BE PART OF MEDICAL INSURANCE AS A TOTAL HEALTH CARE !!!!!!!!!!

The City of Gloucester, Massachusetts is facing a special permit request on March 12, 2013 from Beauport LLC to build a hotel on Commercial Street (down The Fort) which is a Marine Industrial Park on Gloucester's Harbor. This the purpose of this petition is to ask the developer to modify their requests as it pertains to the size of the hotel and the type of sea wall proposed.

Excessive penalties, on Unemployment Ins. My husband has been laid off 4 times in 4 years, due to an over payment, We have not received 1 unemployment check since applying on Dec 30, 2012 and will not for another 3 weeks. Our only income is my disability. We are a family of 4. This literally put from the category of catching up to the world of poverty. Unemployment is money we put into the system.

Many people in just the Orlando region don't have a personal car or they have an invalid driver's license. By increasing the number of commuter rail and local/express buses, people can get to work on time, students can get to class on time and many would rely on public transportation which benefits not only the public but the local government as well. This will also decrease the number of DUI's and car accidents. This will save thousands of live's. Please take this message in consideration.

Excessive penalties, on Unemployment Ins. My husband has been laid off 4 times in 4 years, due to an over payment, We have not received 1 unemployment check since applying on Dec 30, 2012 and will not for another 3 weeks. Our only income is my disability. We are a family of 4. This literally put from the category of catching up to the world of poverty. Unemployment is money we put into the system.

Many edlerly people will be affected by this cut, including myself and husband. It is already hard enough with the co-pays to now having to pay more for our medical services. Please don't cut medicare we worked hard enough to get this and now to have it taken away is very unfair.

State of Florida is planning convert the Florida Medicaid into a prepaid plan which means that all recipients have to sign up with one of the prepaid plans. There will be a decline in the number of Medical and other related fields providers and hence the recipients will have even less choices to get much needed medical treatments. This conversion to prepaid plan is targeted to reduce the cost of the program ? Even when the Federal government is paying 100% of it ? Please do not change the Medicaid to prepaid plan.

Even the court appointed childs attourney claims that it is a Right of the mother to get my 3 year old child high.

It's time that the MBTA invest in bigger and of course, clean energy buses for all of us who rely on public transportation in this city.