•WE NEED 21 CENTURY EDUCATIONAL TRADE SKILLS: INVEST IN EDUCATION = CREATE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY o creating a leading nation of skilled workers & job creators (NOT) INVEST IN INCARCERATION = CREATE/SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISINTEGRATION o draining our nation of tax dollars by creating unskilled workers that lead to recidivism

I was damaged, Oct. 08, from Levaquin. I went into a wheelchair, lost my employment. Have muscle vision, heart, damage.

NVEnergy will now charge any customer who opts out of a smart meter a $53 opt-out fee. In addition to the $53 you will be charged an additional $9 a month. Smart meters have been shown to have a toxic effect from exposure to microwave and radio wave radiation the meters emit. They are also an invasion of privacy. We should not be charged fees to protect our Constitutional rights to protect the health and privacy of our families in our own homes.

Congress has not been doing their jobs. Now, they have exempted themselves from the Federal Pay Cuts taking place affecting 800,000 federal employees. They need to be recalled if they cannot do for the people as they were elected to do. They keep leaving Washington. We hired them. Let's fire them! They are currently getting paid for doing nothing but hurting those who hired them, and those who pay them! The 99% are the one suffering. Congress should not be getting paid while this debacle is taking place. It is time to take our country back!

Hundreds of thousands of hard working Americans will see significant pay cuts as a result of Sequestration. Since Congress can't solve the problem, and because they too are on the Federal payroll, we propose a Congressional 20% pay reduction until Sequestration is resolved. Congress can either show solidarity with those negatively impacted by promoting this idea, or in opposing it, engender the ill will of their constituents.

Texas has the highest proportion of the population living at or below the minimum wage in the nation. The expansion will help Texan's receive the care that they NEED, at lower cost, and without raising taxes on Texan's. We demand Governor Perry allow the expansion to go through as Republican Governor Chris Christie recently allowed in New Jersey.

We want a full membership meeting of the Rockford Area REALTORS to be heard by the elected leadership. We respectfully request per the bylaws of the Assoication; Article 11, Section 3, by written petition signed by the membership that the leadership call a full membership meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to openly discuss our MLS decisions and that we, the members, will be involved in setting the agenda.

As a Social Security and Medicare recipient as well as a politically aware person, I pointedly note the obvious, that any attempt to deal constructively with the Republicans is absolutely impossible. Further, attempting to reach a Grand Bargain with the Republicans through hurting those dependent on vital entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare is unconscionable, as well as ineffective,as the Republican lawmakers are but children posturing as adults. Those of us who are pro-people and progressive must demand that the President be as firm with the Republicans as the sequester has proved them to be irresponsible.

Emblem Health has notified all NY brokers that they will no longer pay commission as of 05/01/13. This is completely unethical and will have a drastic impact on our clients and the livelihood of all NY brokers. Because Emblem Health was denied a rate increase by the Department of Financial Services –DFS, they are taking action on the brokers that helped build their brand, and who service there policy holders. (See DFS statement below) With Healthcare reform to take effect in 2014, our knowledge and service is crucial in keeping our clients in compliance. This action needs to be stopped NOW! “Thus, while EmblemHealth, Inc. and HIPGNY have been profitable, their operating subsidiary, GHI, for some reason is not. In reviewing the reasons for this disparity, DFS has become increasingly concerned that Emblem’s overall management and its executive compensation practices have been a significant cause of GHI’s marginal financial condition. Moreover, DFS is concerned about the impact on the public of the rate increases proposed in the instant rate application. As a not-for-profit corporation, Emblem has a special duty to provide affordable health insurance to New Yorkers and to manage itself appropriately to make that possible. Poor management and compensation not related to both short and long-term performance can create improper incentives and have a deleterious impact on a company’s operations.”

We elected the President because we agreed with his policies. Now the House & Senate Republicans are blocking any new revenue in a deal to avoid the sequester. John Boehner just stated once again that revenue is NOT on the table. Join me and tell John Boehner and Mitch McConnell to put revenue on the table in the form of closing loopholes for the rich and for corporations who get tax rebates!

Be it resolved, that as Iowa is one of the States of the United States of America with the fewest acres of land set aside for preservation in Natural Wildlife Reservation Parks that an I-80 rest-stop booth be created to inform a new plan and make available a way to donate to such a program increasing Wildlife Reserve acres in Iowa.

Congressional Term Limits