On March 6, 2013, during the US Senate confirmation hearings on the nomination of William Brennan as Director of the CIA, Attorney General Eric Holder REFUSED TO RULE OUT USING DRONES TO KILL AMERICAN CITIZENS ON AMERICAN SOIL, without trial and without charges. Under intense questioning by several Senators, Mr. Holder repeatedly defended the Obama administration's drone policy, stating that the administration does not intend to conduct such targeted killings on American soil, but insisting that IT HAS THE RIGHT to do so if deemed necessary.

As a primary care doctor working with the poor and uninsured, I get to see how broken our health care system is daily. The fractured, wasteful system has obvious negative effects on patients and caregivers. The answer is a single payer system. But since we don't have the political will to try that - lets add a public option into the health care exchange and pilot what that might look like for the future.

Ban Styrofoam that most cities are not recycling. An exception would be for any medical or life saving purposes. Stop Styrofoam from being made and sold to the public.

What was Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke doing today while several major accidents flared on the freeways, and illegal guns allegedly plagued the Milwaukee County streets by criminals? Was he knocking on doors, raiding drug houses, or even directing a new traffic safety program to deputies? No. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke was hosting the right-wing Mark Belling Late Afternoon Show on News/Talk 1130 WISN AM radio. For at least 3 hours - not counting any travel, prep and production time - Sheriff Clarke was not defending Milwaukee County residents from the gang-bangers he proposes run rampant across the county with illegal weapons. He was not putting into place any new regulations to guard drivers on the roadways his department is responsible for against wrong-way or drunk drivers.

The closing of the Yemassee, South Carolina's main post office has seriously affected the people of the town and surrounding areas. We have to travel 7 miles to the Earlybranch, South Carolina's post office to get our mail. Working people cannot get their mail because the hours of the post office make it very difficult to pickup mail. In addition, the post office closes at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday which also makes it very hard to get mail. We are concerned because not everyone has transportation to get to Earlybranch. We cannot get any answers as to when or if the post office is going to reopen or relocate. We simply cannot afford to have the post office closed indefinitely because too many people depend on and need it. In conclusion, we desperately need our town's post office and asked that this matter be looked into and remedied in a timely manner.

I worked very hard to make public financing of CT legislative elections a reality in 1996. The Citizen Elections Commission is being destroyed by fewer employees, lack of clear, independent authority by Governor's "consolidation".

The Koch Brothers are the single greatest threat to our nation today. They are using their money and influence to literally take over both state governments, but also huge controls over the federal government. They have also influenced two SCOTUS judges, specifically Scalia and Thomas (also Thomas wife). The Kochs fund the Tea Party and Grover Norquist and his blackmail of members of congress. We the people MUST educate ourselves and see the threat of the Kochs and also their organization ALEC.

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pledged to stop the estimated 19,000 military sexual assaults perpetrated every year. This epidemic of military sexual assault can and must be stopped. One of the few cases actually to reach a jury trial has been unilaterally thrown out by a lone general. As a former sexual assault prosecutor I am outraged by this travesty of justice which harms the victim and besmirches the millions who serve with honor.

Under the current law, an employer can terminate an employee for a good reason, bad reason, or no reason at all. This law should be updated, clarified and ultimately modified. Alot of hardworking employees are getting the 'ax' through no fault of their own, and having their voices and livelihood taken away. Let's ask this Administration to hear our voices and make a better America for you, me, and the next generation!

Because laws are not being followed, the Mendocino County tax base is being diminished and services impacted. Banks are not in compliance with the Homeowners Bill of Rights enacted in Jan 2013. There is evidence of foreclosure fraud and Mendocino County is losing money.

It is time for our military to be a strike force, not an offensive war machine that can invade and hold territory.

It is time for our military to be a strike force, not an offensive war machine that can invade and hold territory.