"I hate illegals" is just some of what 18-year-old undocumented student Jessica Bravo was greeted with after she made an appointment with her congressman, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. Rep. Rohrabacher also made a veiled threat to deport her, saying he "knows where she lives." Speaker of the House John Boehner has being trying to revamp the Republican Party's image with Latino voters after an election season full of hateful rhetoric like Rep. Rohrabacher's. What happened to Jessica Bravo is exactly the kind of thing House Speaker Boehner wouldn’t want in the media. We need 10,000 people to sign so we can do an in-person delivery to let Boehner and the Republican party know they can't have it both ways: loving Latinos and hating Latinos. If enough of us pressure Boehner, he will be forced to publicly condemn Rep Rohrabacher’s actions, and we’ll be able to spread Jessica Bravo’s story.

I recently started working as an office assistant in a growing company. We rent an office space in the ASU research park in Tempe. During my first week I experienced a bit of a “culture shock” one might call it. At home and at school I am accustomed to recycling absolutely everything that is recyclable, however here in the office everything is thrown away. We generate so much paper, I can only guess at the total amount, but I would estimate that it is at the very least 100 pounds a day just from our one office (there are about a dozen other businesses with offices in our building and a few dozen buildings in the research park.) I would say that perhaps 90% - 95% of what we throw away in our office is recyclable and about 80% of that is either paper or cardboard. The only thing that is not recyclable is probably food waste from lunch breaks. In an office like ours, or any other the other offices in the building, we could probably have only one trash can for the whole office and put recycling bins in place of all the other current trash cans. I discussed the serious need for a recycling program with a couple other employees who expressed frustration and concern about the extreme waste and the detrimental effects on our planet. I learned that they had already attempted to instigate a recycling program; they did the research and brought it to the building management. Even though instigating such a program would be free and cost the building management nothing-- they declined the request. For a while, the two of them work on their own, collecting the days recycling and transporting it in their own vehicles to a recycling center, but due to the sheer volume of paper and other recyclables generated by this office, they were forced to abandon their efforts—it had become too much. I took up the cause, delving into the government internet websites for Arizona and the City of Tempe. I found out that, yes, it would be free for the building management to add a recycling program “If you receive City of Tempe trash service there is no charge for the weekly recycling collection service. For a limited time we will provide recycling containers at no charge.” (http://www.tempe.gov/index.aspx?page=1009) I tried to look in to laws and regulations about commercial and business recycling. The only laws I found pertain to what can and what cannot be recycled. I would like to propose a petition that would make it mandatory for the property owners and/or management of all corporate offices and commercial enterprises to make a recycling program available to their tenants or employees upon request.

Dennis Barrett, the Director of Food services for the LAUSD, needs to investigate the firing of our friend, Tamise Ross, from the Downtown Magnets High School Cafeteria. Her supervisor and the teachers of the school have signed a letter stating that we believe she was unjustly fired!

We now know that this child was NOT 3 years old when she was raped, but 2 years old. The adopted mother of the 2 year old rape victim was denied an incident report as the Athens-Clarke County stated that there was NOT one; however, years later she has obtained a copy of the report which proves that this child was AT LEAST 2 years old when raped. No arrests have been made to date. Please assist this child by signing the petition, forwarding the petition and reviewing the case at the following link: http://www.wedemandjustice.blogspot.com

I have become disabled by a disease that started by a tick bite 15 years ago. I have learned that my case is not unique and that Lyme disease is an epidemic in our country that is caught in a medical -politically motivated nightmare. Thousands are needlessly suffering and dying from lack of medical care.

When the Florida legislature returns for the regular 2013 session (March 5, 2013 – May 3, 2013) it will again consider proposed legislation (Senate Bill 126 and House Bill 79) to require that mammography reports include a statement disclosing breast density. Depending on a woman’s risk factors, being informed of the presence of dense breast tissue affords the opportunity to seek additional testing and possibly early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

I am opposed to any effort to enact a National Right to Work Legislation. RTW is nothing more than Corporate Welfare. The effort to destroy unions is an effort to destroy the people’s right to form unions and bargain collectively. Any such attempt to limit that basic freedom should be opposed. We do not want a nation of Wal-Mart workers who are paid so little they are often times on welfare, food stamps and Medicaid. If corporate America succeeds in getting NRTW legislation passed we will see wages plummet and living standards spiral down at the speed of gravity. If corporations succeed in enacting NRTW they will effectively eradicate all collective bargaining agreements across the nation and plunge us into a workers dark ages. I know that I am probably speaking to a Senator that believes in RTW and my words of doom will fall on deaf ears but I feel compelled to make the effort. I am a union president of a small local. We have successfully negotiated several CBA's over the years that have been mutually beneficial to both parties. NRTW will undue all of that. In each of the companies I represent I have copies of their company handbooks. These handbooks are nullified by the CBA, and thank God that is so. If we were required to live under these handbooks the working conditions would be unbearable. RTW gives the company the right to work you anyway they see fit and the right to terminate your employment without cause. If one of your supervisors' children becomes of work age and needs a job he needs but to remove you and then replace you with his child. There is no redress for an action like this and it will become the norm if NRTW is enacted. It is already that way in my state of Georgia. The company can fire you for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all based solely on the judgment of the person in charge. Where is the job security in that? Aging workers will be replaced by younger workers and those close to retirement will be removed before they hit the golden age of being fully vested if the company has such a plan which if all the unions are destroyed there will be no such plans and why would there be. I am aware of the arguments that a company cannot discriminate against you because of your age. That law came into effect because of legislation sponsored by labor. The union’s put forth most of the pertinent labor law we have today. NRTW will undue decades of that work. Under RTW the company can terminate your employment at will. That is what RTW effectively is, to make all employees “at will”. An employee works for a company for twenty years, has been an exemplary employee and because of his tenure is also one of the higher paid employees. The company then falls on hard times because of mismanagement this employee will be one of the first to go because of his salary not his work ethic. The argument that the company can’t release because of your age is nullified by RTW because the company is not required to give you a reason for your dismissal, you’re just gone. Sure you can go file a complaint with the DOL but that will take months or even years to process and most workers don’t know that is even an option for them. However if the company merely terminates one younger employee they can even escape redress from the DOL saying they were not targeting older employees. RTW is an affront to working men and women. It requires unions to represent freeloaders within a group and adds undue burden to those who pay dues. The cost of running a union is borne by those who freely pay dues. RTW purposefully burdens unions in these ways in an attempt to ruin unions through bankruptcy by forcing representation without the requirement of payment. Where else in America can this be found? The criminal justice system and Public Defenders and look at the quality of representation many of those get from an overburdened P.D.’s office. If an applicant to a job wants to work for a company that is represented by a union and wants the wages and benefits that have been negotiated by the body then why shouldn’t they pay? It is a free country they don’t have to work there. If they are morally opposed to unions then find a job that isn’t unionized; the truth is they want the union job because of the benefits it provides but they don’t want to pay the dues that got those benefits. Working for a non-represented company is surely less attractive which is why they want the union job. The lies Rand Paul is spouting about money being extorted from union members for the political the process is just that lies. You know it and I know it. No dues money, under punishment of law, can be spent on political action or pact funds. All money spent by the local unions and the International Unions must by the rule of law come from voluntary contributions to the political wing of the union. The Committee on Political Education (COPE) money is money that was donated freely by the individual members from their paychecks. This money is spent on political actions that represent those who contributed. If it wasn’t the money would dry up, but since it doesn’t it must be going where those who donated intended. If NRTW goes in effect then we will see the beginning of the true Corporate Government where the country is run by the corporations. Congress is so entrenched in corporate money that many feel the pressure to further the corporate agenda but the voices of the workers are protected by the International Unions. Without them you there will be no advocate for working men and women in this country. The unions speak not only for their members but for all working men and women. The unions want to organize as many workers as they can that is true but what is being said by the Nation Right to Work Coalition is a lie inasmuch as the right to join a union is the workers choice. They talk about “Fat Cat Union Bosses” trying to draw a negative image in your mind but the truth is the union is...

It is time to take back the streets, public places, and homes of America from gangs and criminals by enforcing existing gun regulations and, where necessary, passing reasonable and common-sense new regulations, without negating the Second Amendment rights of peaceful and law-abiding citizens.

Student Council wants to acquire crystal light lemonade for Allen-Stevenson. This healthy drink will make lunch more enjoyable. We can do this help us!

This petition hopes to gain support and momentum for a STEAM-based learning approach into the core curriculum by including the "A" for "arts" into the present standard of STEM. As an artist educator, I witness innovation that grows from creative thinking and making processes, incorporating all aspects of science, math, and technology through authentic inspired problem solving methods. The Congressional STEAM Caucus is a giant step toward creating meaningful educational practice that leads to inspired and innovative minds.

MY 11 YEAR OLD GRANDSON THAT IS SEVERALLY AUTISTIC WAS OVERDOSED BY THE PRINCIPAL OF NEBINGER SCHOOL LAST YEAR BECAUSE MAYOR NUTTER OF PHILADELPHIA ONLY PUT THE NURSES IN THE SCHOOLS ONE DAY A WEEK AND MY GRANDSON COULD OF DIED BY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL GIVING HIM ANOTHER CHILDS MEDICINE

he case of Paul Corby the Autistic boy that needed a heart transplant