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During the summer of 2012, Caltrans began a 24-month program to Retrofit 67,000 lights with LEDs (LIght Emitting Diodes) in the California state highway and other roadway systems. So far Montana’s Department of Transportation (MDT) is not following suit. Its plans for the Highway 212 improvement call for high pressure sodium (HPS) lighting. Every old-technology light installed now will waste energy for 10-40 years in the future. If MDT saddles 212 with old technology, it will cost Red Lodge area citizens more than it should to reimburse NorthWestern Energy for electricity used and for lighting maintenance costs. Some LEDs are better than others. Recent improvements in LED light levels mean that with the right luminaire fewer 40-foot poles would be required to adequately illuminate highway 212. Fewer poles means a reduction in that component of project costs, offsetting some of the higher costs necessary to specify use of LED luminaires rather than HPS lighting. At last check MDT had not authorized a redesign of lighting for the 212 project to take advantage of this technological advance. A preliminary lighting analysis done on Hwy. 212 in the fall of 2011 indicated that for pole spacing on segment 2 one could use 13 poles housing LEDs for every 16 poles housing HPS. One could use 8 poles housing LEDs for every 9 poles housing HPS on segment 3. This assumed a 48 watt reduction in power required for the newer bulbs to achieve a 30% or better saving. These numbers will have changed with more recent technology improvements. For example, on San Francisco’s Dumbarton Bridge a 183 watt LED replaced a 400 watt HPS for a 60% energy savings. In addition, Caltrans is counting on 12 to 15 years more life (and thus smaller maintenance costs) from their LEDs. That’s why we are asking MDT: “Please install LED lighting during improvements to Red Lodge's Highway 212.” Please join our petition. Jay Mennenga Deborah Muth Paulette Richter Clare H. Whitcomb Russ Doty

Being a member of our local USGBC. I don't understand why windmills and solar power are not being utilized to the fullest in Kansas.We have a great architectural & design community that supports the green movement. Top buildings are LEED rated, but are fueled by fossil fuel.

The closing of the virtual magic kingdom game that happened in 2008. Disney closed it down without even giving us players a chance to fight for it. We want to see it brought back to the disney online games website

Many states are now taking actions in conflict with federal drug policies regarding cannabis and hemp. There has never been a better time to diffuse this situation by decriminalizing cannabis and hemp.

Legalizing Medical Marijuana

We are all constantly effected by lack of access to basic health care due to costs imposed by the current insurance based financing method. Preventable deaths, preventable hospitalizations and complications, preventable medical incident related bankruptcies and living in fear are the price we pay for a lack of universal coverage, publicly financed, privately delivered health care system. HB 2922 is the Health Care for All Oregon Plan Act with at least 21 co-sponsors, similar to the HB3510 that stayed in committee in 2011. This time there is much more public support for this monumental and necessary change in how health care is financed, with similar systems proven to have better outcomes than ours in many of the other developed countries in the world. This problem will persist as long as for-profit insurance companies control the prices and payments. HB2922 puts an end to that. Public hearings scheduled for May 13th in Salem. Visit pnhp.org and hcao.org for further information.

Government contracts are quite often given to friends, relatives or supporters of government officials without the process of finding the best price or product. I believe there is over $450 billion in federal contracts that were never up for bid.

What is Maryland doing with money in this state there are so many pot hole in the streets,the sidewalk need to be fix and they need to put more police officers in every neightborhood and community to protect to the residents in Maryland?

Many unfortunate citizen with an arrest history in MS and other southern states are in need of basic assistance but, denied assistance because of their prior criminal history. In an effort to follow federal agencies and others, we can assist those returning from prison and jail in becoming productive citizens, and save taxpayer dollars by lowering the direct and collateral costs of incarceration to enhance community safety and wellbeing.

Our agency is currently going be cutting Border Patrol salary by about 40% if the budget does not go through. I believe this is going to be devastating for the majority of agents, who spent on average 10 hrs a day on the front-lines keeping the drugs and illegal aliens from entering the US. The cuts are going to be 10% furlough, 8-10 % falsa and 25% AUO (uncontrollable overtime pay or pretty much the same amount we get on a hly wage). I believe the morale is already at its lowest levels and with these cuts next month i think it will be at 0%; Causing a major influx of drugs and illegal entries. This will be felt by the surrounding states and eventually the entire US. It doesn’t really make the general news but we are capturing tons of illegal drugs and in the thousands of illegal aliens to the point where some of our station are unable to house them; Hence the reason why recent events led ICE detention center to release thousands of aliens. They are simple overwhelmed with what we are giving them on a daily basis. They have no beds and that’s the only reason for release nothing more. Someone needs to review our depart policy and stand behind us instead of against us guys in green. thanks

Of the 4700 killed in US drone strikes over the last ten years, we knew the names of only 160, ten of whom were wanted leaders. That leaves us with 4540 men, women and children killed with remotely-fired missiles (costing $68,000 each) on the basis of their patterns of movement--often in countries like Somalia and Yemen, where we are not officially at war. Drone pilots like Brandon Bryant can attest we often hit innocents, like the child he killed on his first strike. This practice is so extra-legal (not to say illegal) that President Obama has to personally sign off on each strike. Would we ever let another country do this on our soil? If we stand for the rule of law and fair trial, if we are trying to create a safer world, if we want to end rather than aid the radicalization of people in other countries, we have to lead by example--and that means saying 4540 is enough. End Colorado congressional and executive support for extra-legal drone assassinations.