It's time to stop corporations from buying US elections. We need to put power back into the Federal Election commission.

Add a 1% sales tax to tobacco & alcohol products. Earmark the revene to fund addiction treatment at facilities such as The Jefferson Alcohol & Drug Abuse Center (JADAC). The trend lately has been to fund facilities such as The Healing Place because its cheaper to do so, but they cannot provide a safe medically supervised detoxification, among other things. I work at JADAC & it saddens me to see this resource continually underfunded. The population we serve is poorly represented in the state legislature.

This new technology has documented safety and privacy rights issues and had NOT been proven 100% safe. They could also be easily hacked. Besides, by definition this is a wire tapping device and should be illegal...and to force it on customers is a bold, arrogant assumption that we will knowingly consent to such a disrespectful "business decision" on the part of electric company. The $20 "meter reading fee" is nothing but extortion for our safety, security and privacy.

Ending the 70 year old war on cannabis consumers and those who produce it.

Increasing minimun wages for the Working people

Many people walk across Light St at E Henrietta St and Warren Ave in Federal Hill every day -- walking their kids to school, heading to work, going up to the Park, walking their dogs, pushing strollers, to the shops on Charles St. This crossing is dangerous because of the staggered ways E Henrietta St and Warren Ave intersect with Light St. There is no crosswalk, and because of on-street parking, you have to edge out into traffic to see oncoming vehicle traffic clearly. Further, because Henrietta is a popular route out of the neighborhood to Russell St and the highways, vehicles coming from Warren have to perform an awkward zig-zag, which is risky and unpredictable (are they going to turn on to Henrietta or continue on Light?) to walkers in the intersection. Map: http://i.imgur.com/A3tXtAY.jpg Pedestrian safety and traffic calming physical improvements are necessary to continue to make this popular intersection safe for our community. Here is a very crude illustration of the proposal: http://i.imgur.com/rExdJ9I.jpg

Electorial college

SB632, sponsored by state Sen. Jim Tracy would require women to get an ultrasound before terminating a pregnancy, or have the fetus described to them by a doctor. SB632 is simply another attempt by a conservative Tennessee lawmaker to interfere with the personal lives of women and place the state between women and their physicians. SB632 is clearly unconstitutional under Tennessee’s right to privacy. Safe and legal access to reproductive health care services should not be subject to the whims of legislators or their political ambitions. As State Representative Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) said, "If Sen. Tracy is truly interested in preventing abortions, he should take the money that we will have to pay to defend this potentially unconstitutional law and put it toward preventative contraception, prenatal health care, and pre-K education... As a woman and a teacher, I wish my fellow legislators would focus less time on trying to play doctor, and more time on helping women gain access to quality health care, a good education, and higher-paying jobs."

The 6 Walton families of Walmart have more wealth then the bottom 40% of this country. We need to stop their insatiable greed and stop billions of dollars from leaving California and ending up in Arkansas.

On February 1, the Obama administration announced they will hold the line on making no-cost birth control available to women under the Affordable Care Act, despite a small but vocal opposition. The president is making good on his promise to the 99 percent of sexually active American women who have used birth control at some point in their lives. We know what our opponents are capable of, and we cannot let them continue to stand between a woman and her body, her decisions, and her future. The administration has 60 days to collect public comments on the rule. Let’s make our voices heard! Sign up AND leave a comment in support of the administration's decision about birth control. This is about whether our bosses decide if we get access to birth control, or if we are trusted to make that decision. We think the right to make our own health care decisions is worth fighting for.

Dental Health is crucial to whole body health. It is criminal that most dentists charge up to four thousand dollars for a few fillings and give marginal attention to patients. A dentist makes more per hour than any other health practitioner and has the lowest overhead expense.

As a US citizen who has lived in Israel, I deplore the fact that our government sends billions annually to Israel as she continues to flout International Law and the Human Rights of her neighbors.