We bought our home in Whittier, CA in 2002. The financial hardships for our family of five first began in 2009. The company my husband worked for was downsizing, and he was laid off. He was able to find a new job in 2010, but in a sub-driver position averaging less than 30 hours per month. Soon after that I lost my job as well, and was unable to find a new one that paid the same amount as my previous position. We tried hard to make ends meet for as long as possible. In 2011, when we could no longer make the mortgage payments for our home in California, my husband and I both cashed out our 401K retirement plans in order to stay current. In November of that year, my husband was offered a new position making significantly less money per hour. We were left with no other options- he needed a full time position, so he took the job. By 2012, when it finally became clear that we were underemployed, we contacted Bank of America to try and obtain a loan modification. We've been getting the runaround from the bank ever since. We have sent in four different loan modification packages, hopeful for a solution each time, only to be let down or asked to start the process all over again. Each time we felt like we were getting somewhere, we were assigned a new representative by Bank of America, putting us right back where we started. Our home means stability for our three children. Our oldest daughter is now working and contributing towards the mortgage. With three incomes in our household we are able to make our payments, but we need Bank of America to approve an affordable loan modification. We work hard and are asking Bank of America to work with us to keep our family together in the only home our three kids have ever known.

Senator McCain, 90% of the American people support universal background checks before gun purchases. Please help us make them a reality by reintroducing legislation in the Senate!

The Regala Park Gymnasium is a facility meant to be used by our community--our kids to partake in sporting events and community activies. However, in order to use the facility, one must pay $300/hour. We need to have our Parish President, Natalie Robottom, along with our elected officials remove this fee and make this gym accessible to ALL of us--FREE of charge!

concerned retired union member

Get the EPA to outlaw the use of neonicotinold insecticides. It is killing the bees.

Romney's Bain DE law firm (MNAT) handled the merger of Romney's The Learning Co with Mattel in 1999. Meanwhile, MNAT's other client (Goldman Sachs) was taking eToys public in 1999 (where the stock soared to $85; but eToys received less than $20). To make sure that various State, Federal & SEC frauds were NOT investigate/prosecuted. MNAT lied to become eToys bankruptcy attorney and Paul Traub (who worked with Romney/ Michael Glazer at Stage Stores) lied to become eToys Creditors attorney. In 2005, MNAT & Traub confessed lying under oath to a chief federal justice and placing Barry Gold (who was also with Romney/Glazer at Stage Stores) - in as CEO of eToys. Then eToys was sold (almost for Free) to Bain/ Kay Bee (CEO Glazer). When Glazer paid himself $18 million and Bain $83 million before filing bankruptcy of Kay Bee - MNAT represents Bain and Traub asked to be the prosecutor. At the same time, MNAT & Barry Gold nominated Paul Traub's firm to prosecute Goldman Sachs in the N.Y. Supreme Ct. case 601805/2002. They can get away with all of this because - on August 2, 2001 - an MNAT law firm partner (Colm Connolly) became the Delaware United States Attorney who then covered up the crimes.

To petition against Maryland State Government and Governor O’Malley’s decision to impose Maryland property owners with a rain tax on our next property tax bills effective July1, 2013. There has been no transparency in the state's decision process or voter approval of the rain tax. Furthermore, these officials have exempted government-owned properties from the rain tax and enforced it on churches and nonprofits.

The "Other" N.R.A.

The sequester has brought with it many problems. One problem is furloughed government employees not getting paid when on furlough. But, Congress gets paid whether they work or not. ( They go on furlough a lot) Like all other government employees when they don't work they should not get paid.

Congress should not be able to insulate itself from the effects of the laws it passes, nor be able to pass other laws to lessen the negative impact of a law on its members.

We have been through the process of selecting a Superintendent twice. The money were spending on consultants could be used for teachers or maintenance. You have Debbie Collins who is qualified and have a great relationship with staff, Community, and City. Do the right thing and hire her as the new Superintendent for our School District.

Florida's Legislature rejected Medicaid expansion and the accompanying 51 billion federal dollars that would have provided healthcare to nearly 1 million Floridians. Several studies provide estimates that the Medicaid expansion would add more than $2 billion to the Florida economy annually and add over 55,000 new private sector jobs. Leaving 100% of the federal funding on the table to be sent to other states is a mis-representation of the citizens of Florida whose tax dollars will be sent to other states.