My name is Luciano Nova. I have been a resident of Pacifica, California since 2008. I write to you this email with concerning an issue very important to myself, to everyone pertaining to the internet the future of broadband that many people are not aware of. I have been an AT&T customer since I moved to this beautiful city In April of 2008. I have never had an issue with the service. Customer service was always good, connection was always solid and line trouble issues were minimum. If there ever was an issue with connecting to the internet, maybe once or twice did a tech have to come out and repair a line. Most of the time it was because of the modem settings that needed to be either rebooted or reset. However that being said, dry loop copper DSL service at 3megs or 6 megs is NOT cheap. I also do not understand why they have a monthly data cap of 150 gigabytes a month in place. With services like Netflix, Amazon Fire TV coming online and competing with traditional television and cable services and not to mention video conferencing, websites such as YOU TUBE and gaming consoles, a 150 gigabyte cap is outright extortion. AT&T does not even offer u-verse in my area while advertising that they do. The only difference between AT&T's monthly cap and that of their competitor Comcast in my area being 300gigs is that at one time they would outright call and threaten a user with “using the internet too much” and would threaten that subscriber with disconnection for a year. AT&T charges $10 for every additional 50gigs a subscriber goes over. I never once received warnings from AT&T but I also understand network management and congestion. The reason why I chose DSL over cable is because they much more redundant and designed to function efficiently regardless of the number of users given at anytime. That’s how the old fixed line telephone system worked. Cable lines are shared and speeds vary due to traffic by any given number of users at any time. Now many alternative news sites are reporting that AT&T and Verizon do not want to maintain the aging copper (former telephone) infrastructure that DSL currently functions on, so both companies have begun going state by state gutting all regulations and 1) either to abandon them forcing people to move to very expensive limited wireless services they provide OR to cable internet which is even more expensive, OR satellite if they are even available OR 2) selling those unwanted DSL infrastructure to smaller ISPs like Frontier, Fairpoint, Century Link (formerly known as Quest), or the one that is my area called sonic.net. In a few towns south of here in the Peninsula in Santa Cruz, AT&T’s DSL service hasn’t been running well and they have not come out to repair or correct the problems. Now the question becomes this : What exactly is AT&T doing? What is AT&T investing? are they going to sell their DSL copper network in my area which is Pacifica California to sonic.net or another ISP? If AT&T is unwilling to invest in DSL, they SHOULD sell to sonic.net. I wrote a complaint to the FCC because I as an internet subscriber object to data caps unless ISPs like AT&T are treated and regulated like utilities. If ISPs like AT&T want to impose monthly data caps on subscribers like an energy utility then TITLE II utility regulations need to be in place. I’ve started a petition in the city of Pacifica to bring sonic.net here. I want competition in my area. AT&T I’ve never had an issue with them. I can honestly say while service is much slower than cable, internet connection is stable and truthfully solid. But because I watch streaming TV via Amazon Prime and Netflix and I am a gamer as well work from home, this 150 gigabyte monthly cap is simply another revenue stream for AT&T and not enough. I know several people who have sonic.net and all have told me how good the service is and having visited a friend's home who has it, I have to agree. For DSL, it's faster and more solid than AT&T. AT&T offers internet speeds of 6megs while sonic is 10megs with some areas reaching up to 20megs. I don't understand how a smaller carrier Sonic versus a much larger one AT&T both functioning on a copper network is delivering better and faster service and is cheaper too. Please Mr. Jasper, I urge you to come to the Peninsula area including Pacifica. Please bring Sonic.net here. https://www.sonic.com/availability Thank you. Sincerely, Luciano Nova.

We as Tooele residents are tired of the state looking at us as a dumping ground. We have a beautiful valley, we like the space, we are not looking for large growth. Our roads are not enough to support the traffic, and we don't have the water to support a prison. Just having the space is not the only thing to consider.

As a Penobscot and an historian I wondered how my ancestors felt as they endured the loss and destruction of their territory. Sadly, 190 years into this age-old clash of cultures, I'm experiencing for myself the deep sorrow and hopelessness. This latest threat to Penobscot ancestral territory has resulted in Penobscot Nation v. Mills, a federal court case that's sure to be lengthy and costly. The State of Maine needs to stop its ridiculous assertion that the ancient Penobscot Indian Nation does not include its ancestral waterways. Maine priorities should be elsewhere - not on dispossessing its indigenous peoples of yet more territory.

The U.S. Senate listened to YOU — and not the NRA — by confirming Dr. Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon General. But our work isn’t done yet. We’ve successfully pushed back on an aggressive gun culture trying to force its way into all walks of American life, including by meddling in public health. But we still need concrete, common sense solutions to reduce the gun violence that devastates our families and communities every day, including: 1) Background checks on all gun sales; 2) A ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines; and 3) A federal anti-gun-trafficking statute with real penalties to crack down on straw purchases. Together, we will continue to show our lawmakers that we are paying attention, watching their votes, and counting on them to prioritize families over the gun lobby. PLEDGE now to continue to fight for smarter gun laws to reduce gun violence!

I had the opportunity to visit Cuba. It's a beautiful country with a beautiful people. The embargo is antiquated and hypocritical. This embargo has given the Cuban government an excuse for the lack and deprivation the people experience on all levels in Cuba. This petition is asking Congress to support President Obama's efforts to open and normalize a relationship with Cuba, and end the embargo.

NO one Listens.....rutherford county sheriff's office ...detectives divisions...district attorney office ....no .one

Here's the article from the Huffington Post about what happened in New York: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) will ban hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in his state, officials announced Wednesday. "I will be bound by what the experts say," Cuomo said at a press conference. In his remarks at the conference, Cuomo lamented the emotionally charged nature of the debate over fracking, a process that uses a high-pressure blast of water, sand and chemicals to tap into natural gas reserves contained in shale formations. "Let's bring the emotion down and let's ask the qualified experts," said Cuomo, who quickly turned the press conference over to state health and environmental officials. The officials said the potential health and environmental impacts are too great to allow fracking to proceed in the state at this time, and pointed to a dearth of studies regarding the long-term safety of hydraulic fracturing. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will issue a legally binding, supplemental environmental impact statement next year outlining its findings on the issue. The potential adverse impacts of fracking are “widespread," DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens said at the press conference. He added that the prospects for fracking in New York are "uncertain at best," and the economic benefits are "far lower than originally forecasted." Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said that there are no longitudinal studies that provide an authoritative picture of the health impacts of fracking. The “bona fide scientific literature is only now emerging," he said. Zucker said that in other states where fracking is already happening, he found that state health commissioners "weren't even at the table" when decisions about the process were made. “I cannot support high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York,” he added, noting that he would not live in a community that allows fracking and would not want his children to play in the soil in such a place. Cuomo agreed with that conclusion. "I think it’s our responsibility to develop an alternative … for safe, clean economic development,” the governor said. The state of New York has had a moratorium on fracking since officials decided in 2008 that more research was needed. Several towns in New York have used zoning ordinances to ban fracking, a practice which was upheld by the state Court of Appeals earlier this year. Wednesday's announcement is the culmination of a six-year review process by the DEC, including a study from the New York State Department of Health. The results of this review were expected to be released earlier this year, but were delayed until after the November election, in which Cuomo successfully sought a second term. Cuomo dodged a question on fracking at the New York gubernatorial debate in October. "I am not a scientist," he said. "Let the scientists decide." Cuomo said he would wait for the results of the state's study: "What the experts say is right, that is what I will do." Earlier in October, reports revealed that New York state officials had edited the text of a federal study about fracking's impact on water, in addition to delaying the study's release. Some descriptions of environmental and health risks were "played down or removed," Capital New York reported. The activist group New Yorkers Against Fracking issued a statement on Wednesday praising Cuomo's decision. “On behalf of millions of New Yorkers, we would like to thank the Governor for his leadership and keeping his word in listening to the science and protecting the health and safety of New Yorkers over the special interests of the oil and gas industry," the group said. The New York State Petroleum Council, a program of The American Petroleum Institute, issued a statement Wednesday calling the decision "the wrong direction for New York." The group's executive director, Karen Moreau, called it a "politically motivated and equally misinformed ban on a proven technology."

Instead of caving to pressure from the oil and gas industry, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Department of Environmental Conservation has just concluded that the health risks of fracking are too great, and it will not permit the controversial practice to move forward in the state. Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a controversial technique in which oil and gas drillers blast millions of gallons of water mixed with toxic chemicals into the ground to extract oil and gas from hard-to-reach deposits deep in the earth. Never before has a state with proven gas reserves banned fracking. This is a hard-fought victory that belongs to the brave people of New York who have been speaking out against fracking for years. By sending a strong message to Governor Cuomo, we can ensure that this victory will be one for the history books.

Huge victory in New York! It's official: The state of New York banned fracking! Now we're calling on Governor Hickenlooper to follow New York's lead. This victory is because of the years of education, mobilization and advocacy work to build the political power for holding Governor Cuomo accountable to the people, not the Oil and Gas industry. New Yorkers Against Fracking, a coalition co-founded by Food & Water Watch, and the strong network of allies and grassroots activists are directly responsible for this victory. After activists demanded that the health effects of fracking be studied, a two year investigation by the state's own commission confirmed what the movement has been saying all along, that fracking cannot be done safely. New York has set an example that the rest of the country should follow to make sure that families in every state are protected from fracking.

As a woman of color, I am deeply sickened by the way we are portrayed on television!! Women of color are being misrepresented by the shows Mona Scott-Young (Monami Entertainment) produces!! Let's put an end to the mockery of African Americans !!

It's official: the state of New York banned fracking! Maryland could make a decision on fracking soon, so we're calling on Governor Hogan to follow New York's lead. This victory is because of the years of education, mobilization and advocacy work to build the political power for holding Governor Cuomo accountable to the people, not the Oil and Gas industry. New Yorkers Against Fracking, a coalition founded by Food & Water Watch, and the strong network of allies and grassroots activists are directly responsible for this victory. After activists demanded that the health effects of fracking be studied, a two year investigation by the state's own commission confirmed what the movement has been saying all along, that fracking cannot be done safely. New York has set an example that the rest of the country should follow to make sure that families in every state are protected from fracking.

Following successful diplomacy to secure the release of U.S. citizen Alan Gross, President Obama has called on Congress to end the U.S. embargo of Cuba. [1] President Obama is right when he says that the 50-year U.S. embargo on Cuba has been a failure. [2] The embargo hasn't improved the lives of Cubans or Cuban-Americans; the embargo has imposed unjust hardships on Cubans and Cuban-Americans. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, President Obama moves to improve U.S. relations with Cuba and ease the embargo are already under attack by Republicans like Senator Marco Rubio. [3] Show your support for normalizing U.S. relations with Cuba and ending the embargo. References: 1. “Obama Calls on Congress to Lift Embargo,” New York Times, 12/17/14, http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/12/17/obama-cuba-embargo/ 2. “Obama Calls Cuba Embargo a Failure,” New York Times, 12/17/14, http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/12/17/obama-calls-cuba-embargo-a-failure/ 3. “Rubio Calls Obama ‘Willfully Ignorant’ on Cuba,” New York Times, 12/17/14, http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/12/17/rubio-calls-obama-willfully-ignorant-on-cuba/