My husband is a police officer for the U.S. Park police and he along with 700 police officers nationwide are about to be furloughed for 14 days without pay. Not only will all the families be affected by these furloughs, but according to the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, national parks across the country will have slower response times to criminal activities and minimal police presence. Visitors in our national parks throughout the country should be top priority when it comes to public safety, and these furloughs should be stopped.

Myself and my daughter have Aspergers Syndrome.

Numerous people applied for the job; including Greg Sherlock, a well known successful coach in our area. Last years coaches were asked who of the applicants who they would want an interview given to.Out of all the applicants only four were given interviews! Why not all of them and why was it left up to last years coaches, who are not returning? We need your help! There were qualified applicant's not given an interview. Our children deserve the best coach possible without any school politics involved!

Indiana Server minimum wage is only $2.13 an hour and has not changes on over a decade while regular minimum wage has risen many times. Although servers get tips that help to cover the balance, with the economy the way it is, many servers cannot meet today's financial demands. We must help our Indiana servers to be able to support themselves.

New York’s minimum wage is just $7.25 an hour. For full time work, that adds up to just $15,000 a year. It's the bare federal minimum. The same as the minimum wage in Idaho and Kansas. It's hard to imagine anyone surviving on $15,000 for full time work, whether you're in in Brookhaven or Buffalo. New York City has the highest cost of living in America. But hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers do it every day. And with rising prices, that $15,000 buys less and less every year. Nobody who works full time should be forced to live in poverty. As corporate profits and CEO pay soar, workers should get paid a decent wage too. President Obama used his State of the Union address to call on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour and tie it to inflation. New Yorkers can't afford to wait for John Boehner and the House Republicans to get out of the way to raise the minimum wage. Thankfully, we don't have to. New York can raise the minimum wage on it's own, to at least $9 an hour and tie the new rate to inflation, so workers won't continue to fall behind as prices go up. Governor Cuomo should lead, and push Albany to raise the minimum wage.

Having the day off from work, the day your Angel baby was born. I have never worked this day. Not everyone understands this special day. It should be off, (with pay) for the parents to visit their childs grave and grieve.

New Hampshire ranks among the states with the weakest gun violence prevention laws in the country. But the majority of Granite State residents support commonsense gun safety laws to keep dangerous firearms out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill. 9 in 10 New Hampshire residents support closing the "gun show loophole" by requiring background checks for all firearm sales—including private sales and transfers. But rather than standing with her constituents, Senator Kelly Ayotte is siding with tea-party radicals and the extreme NRA gun rights lobby by rejecting legislation in Congress to require universal background checks. Please sign our petition - and let Senator Ayotte know that you stand with mainstream New Hampshire citizens in supporting universal background checks and other commonsense solutions to prevent gun violence in our communities.

In a high cost of living state like Massachusetts, no one can make ends meet, never mind support a family, on just $8 an hour. It's a poverty wage, and it's a shame. President Obama called for raising the minimum wage in his State of the Union address. But it'll never pass through Congress because of Republican opposition. In Massachusetts, we don't have that problem. We have large Democratic majorities in the legislature, and if we can't pass an increase in the minimum wage, we should be ashamed. Putting money into the pockets of the workers who need it most would lift working families out of poverty and boost the economy too. Gov. Patrick, with your leadership we can raise the minimum wage.

I am a vegan and I have been affected emotionally and spiritually by the horrible abuse of animals for the sake of food. We have so many other sources of protein that's healthy and harmless to living souls. My request is on a serious level of growth, we will quickly grow in farming and agriculture if we choose the road of veganism. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to express our feelings and beliefs.

These measures will put a stop to the destructive, environmental catastrophe waiting to happen if GMO crops are grown in the pristine Willamette Valley. GMO's will endanger a rapidly expanding organic food industry, 4th in the nation for sales [120+ million] and #5 in overall acreage. It will affect the Oregon wine industry as well. The Law of Unintended Consequences directly applies to allowing GMO's to be grown in Oregon. The large, negative economic impact will hurt the state, farming communities, and families.

We need to limit corporate and special interest influence over elected officials and representatives. Limit electoral campaign contributions to registered voters within the district, limited to what ordinary voters can afford.

As you know, Woodmont Orchards and the wooded area along Hovey Road are in the process of being developed. This future development as well as exit 4A WEST, if it is built, have great potential to significantly increase traffic and noise within our neighborhoods. Unfortunately, the study areas of the Traffic Impact Assessment DID NOT include surrounding neighborhoods, like Wedgewood Drive.