To facilitate a greater good in America, we demand that all Legislators submit to a Blood Drawn Drug Test just as Legislators are demanding recipients of public assistance be tested. We demnad people making these decisions effecting the PUBLIC be tested, regularly and randomly.

I am concerned about restoring public education funds to the Texas state budget.

Reduce the NYS work force by atrition & by offering a buy out program like 5 yrs service & 5 yrs age for everyone over 50 years with no penalty

My daughter attends 3rd grade in a New York City public school. At age 8, she has been taking the kind of standardized test I wasn't expected to take until high school. These tests are causing intelligent children like her, as young as 8 and 9, to be stressed out and hate school! What's worse, the blind, sudden implementation of these tests means that students in my daughter's grade are being tested on material they haven't studied. And teachers are being expected to teach material for which they are not adequately prepared. How is that fair? Challenging children is a good idea. Setting them up to fail by new and arbitrary tests based on standards with dubious educational efficacy for which children have not been prepared is not. And causing children to feel they are stupid and hate school is one of the worst ideas for the citizens of New York State.

mary mcginniss did not do her job correctly to get money owed to me by social security due to my disabilities, and socialsecurity went along with it, legal aid sarah williams did not want to do her job to fix it to get me what was owed after complaints multiple times, my case worker elaine hsu at social security has every one else take her biddings as she has ignored me and still does many complaints have been made and nothing gets done correctly, my father reggie sears has faut for social security since 1977 for rare blood disease and in 1996 he recieved his social security for a rare blood disease and did not get what was owed to him but social security will not give what is owed when he is 100 percent disabeled disintegrading spine, social security cant do there jobs correctly even when making complaints to the head office they know they are wrong and nothing gets done about it. and we have to keep paying for it what will be done lets get it fixed.

Mail service is being cut back 'cause a Republican dominated Congress passed legislation requiring the Post Office to fund Pensions and Benefits 75years in advance; they then gave the Post Office a 10 year window to do this. It is no wonder the Post Office is cash poor; they're paying it all into the Pensions and Benefits. No other business operating in the U.S. is required to do this.

GMO products are rapidly spreading over our entire Planet. The wealth and power of Monsanto, Dow and Dupont should NOT allow them to turn "their MODIFIED GENES" loose, without any research regarding Health and Environmental concerns.

Our tax dollar money being given to environmentalist groups which in turn they use to sue the Federal Government, groups, and individuals.

The Charlottesville City Council is poised to water down the proposed Human Rights Commission by not including enforcement authority allowed by the Virginia Human Rights Act. They are currently drafting language for their next meeting February 19 at 7 pm that will essentially turn the proposed Human Rights Commission into a symbolic entity that will not include anti-discrimination protection allowed by the Virginia Human Rights Act for individuals subject to discrimination in employment, housing, credit, public accommodations, and private education as allowed by Law. Influence the drafting of this ordinance now.

Concerned citizens have proposed many gun control legislations, but law-abiding gun owners don't want to give up their right to bear arms. So, prove you know how to use them safely. Undergo certified training from a trained professional to show you know how to safely keep and use a firearm. This will help keep firearms from those who should not have them, and training can be pursued as part of a mandatory 30-day waiting period.

It is time for Georgia to join the rest of the country in support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform which includes a pathway to citizenship for our undocumented immigrant neighbors who have worked hard to build this country like our immigrant ancestors (including my Italian ones, who happened to come here "illegally", like many others did of all backgrounds).

The Governor wants to increase gas taxes and other fees. There is over $500 Million in Michigan's Rainy Day Fund. "At least" almost 9% of the citizens of Michigan are unemployed and many more are under employed. Until we see a substantial improvement in our state's unemployment rate we can not accept any new taxes.