My granddaughter has been asking, where's Nana and Papa? I had taken care of her 3 to 4 times a week for two years. We were very close. For years, I had "loaned" my daughter money when she called me in a panic because she couldn't pay her rent. It added up to several thousand dollars. She has never offered to pay any of it back. My daughter and her husband have a habit of over-spending and not paying their debts to the point of having no credit, getting evicted and being sued by collection agencies. I told them that I would no longer enable their poor spending habits by continuing to give them more money, because it wasn't helping them. I offered them help on forming a budget and getting better jobs. My daughter quit the minimum wage job she had and went on state assistance. They abruptly removed my granddaughter from my life, and now a grandson has been born. He is 9 months old. I've never met him, even though we live in the same area. By the way, my daughter has a BA degree. I have asked her many times to talk to me and work this out. She flatly refuses. I worry that my granddaughter thinks that I've abandoned her or that I stopped loving her. My heart is broken. This could be remedied with some regular, court-ordered visitation.

Time has come to hear from our President

as simple as I said I don't want to war with Iran that scares me totally

On August 24th, three members of the Grants City Council decided to speak for the 27,000 plus residents of Cibola County and essentially shut down the Fire and Ice Bike Rally by pulling their support for the event. This event is an important part of the community's economy and tourism efforts. Thank you for your support!

Airport workers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood are struggling to survive. They have been speaking up for better wages and treatment, only to be met with bullying and intimation from airline contractors like G2 and Eulen. This is unacceptable for hard-working members of our community to be treated this way. Airport Workers deserve a living wage like everyone else in Broward County.

Where as abortion should not be a form of main birth control, accidents during sex do happen. An illegal abortion, where the woman may die (and not the man, since he will not be having one) should not even be considered.

Public restrooms are never enjoyable, but for transgender people and many others, using a public restroom can be a highly stressful and even dangerous experience. My point is being made in DC. All single occupancy restrooms are gender neutral and need no sign saying so. RESTROOM is the ONLY sign needed. No one is saying you can't have an additional sign. It's only saying you don't need one. Rather than clawing one toilet at a time across America looking for headlines this takes care of the issue either state by state or in one fell swoop at the federal level. This policy simply allows people to use a single person restroom in a greater degree of safety, legally and with greater convenience for ALL people. This is already being enacted in DC. It's already the law and they have stated RESTROOM alone is fine. You simply remove the gender sign rather than replacing it. What this creates is ease of change and not a requirement for all venues to spend money to make that change. It also creates choice and convenience for ALL people. Often, even in a loving society, we are reactionary when it comes to the needs of a transgender child or adult. We allow an environment that creates fear in them, which has them in the closet, until they muster the intestinal fortitude to face that unwelcoming environment and only after the fact consider whether or not to take steps for their welfare and comfort. This is backwards to the need. If we create a positive environment set up for them prior to that desperate moment of determination to say who they are, we take away much of that desperation in the first place. A child shouldn't be required to show more bravery than most adults ever will in their lifetimes simply because they were born as they were. The reactionary stance is never the best one. Proactive things can and need to be done now. It only takes an understanding of the facts by all to see the need. Start looking around you. Start wondering why it is you can't use the single occupancy (one person) restroom that is most convenient. Start wondering why you shouldn't just use the closest available rather than walking further down a hall or to another location when there is a perfectly good restroom in front of you. Start wondering why a gender sign on a door has some magical power to keep you out of a single occupancy restroom that is most convenient. Join us in bringing this message to our government officials. Join us in doing something reasonable that benefits all people. You can find more information at: http://www.thetransgendermovement.com/ and http://ohr.dc.gov/bathrooms

A Pap smear done by Planned Parenthood saved my cousin's life.

Politicians are not doing the right thing. Stay true to national issues and not special interest groups.

"Clinton's Superdelegate Tipping Point" http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-28/clinton-s-superdelegate-tipping-point "Bernie Who? Hillary Steams Ahead on Endorsements" http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-26/bernie-who-hillary-steams-ahead-on-endorsements How Securing the Democratic Nomination Actually Works https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/34wta0/superdelegates_implications_for_bernie_and_how/

I believe every woman should be able to decide what to do with her own body and her life.

If I were a woman with limited finances I know Planned Parenthood would be crucial for me.