Every parent that has or had a child in the NYS school system can identify with this issue. The current system is a closed system with no outside or parental oversight. There is no accountability except in house and that is like having the fox guard the hen house. Bullying, favoritism, partiality, crappy food, deaf administrators busy hanging on their own little power seats are rampant.

I have worked for the state of Illinois for over 20 years. Forget the Interest 90 billion in pension debt. The citizens of Illinois want to know. Where did the money go???

OBAMACARE is needed in Oklahoma. Fallin is lying about the state's cost. Her political aspirations to be a Presidental hopeful will send every poor person to the Emergency room which will bankrupt Oklahoma for sure and create a HUGE burden on hospitals!

The investors and loan service provider must negotiate with the Shadrick family so they can keep their home. Reduce principle to current market value, forgive penalties and fees created by their litigation, re-negotiate mortgage terms. They must be accountable for their part in creating the financial crisis, and give relief to all the mortgagees caught in these pooling and servicing agreements. They must disclose the names and addresses of all the mortgagees that are part of the pooling and servicing agreement (Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee Under Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of July I , 2003 Morgan Stanley Abs Capital I Inc. Trust 2003-NC7). We want the investors and Ocwen to pay punitive damages for the pain and suffering they have caused in the lives of hundreds of families with their fraudulent financial practices.

Extreme legislators in Raleigh are pushing a bill that would make the most draconian cuts to unemployment insurance in the country. The bill would reduce the number of weeks workers are eligible for unemployment insurance, drastically cut the maximum amount of weekly benefits unemployed workers can receive and require workers to wait longer to receive unemployment insurance. With the unemployment rate in North Carolina still greater than 9%, the last thing we need to be doing is asking workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own to take another hit. This bill has already advanced in the House. Tell North Carolina senators and Gov. McCrory to oppose this extreme, anti-worker measure.

AZ State Attorny Tom Horne thinks school kids K-12 should be taught a "balanced approach" to climate change. This is just another attempt to "dumb down" our children and waste tax dollars on new text books!

I have had friends and business associates injured in car accidents by disracted drivers. I have survived over a dozen near misses as cell phone users in cars only have one hand free while turning or navigating. Drivers TEXT while stopped at stop lights and fail to move forward timely on green.

As a Florida voter, we cannot allow another bad election to happen in this state. We need to stop him before he leaves office. We will all be effected by this.

During the 1978 Constitutional Convention, delegates fought hard to create the partial public funding program that we now have. Delegate Naomi Campbell said during that Convention: " . . . if we think these tremendous sums being spent [on elections], these tremendous sums being contributed, are not sums for which we are going to ultimately pay because of poor government . . . and because of undue influence . . . we are fooling ourselves." We have let the partial public funding program decay over the past 30 years, and along with it our best chance at a truly functioning lawmaking arena. We need to break the cycle, and have the courage to save this program that delegates fought for in 1978.

I underwent extensive surgery to repair 3 hernias and torn muscles. The surgery required two surgeons. Before the surgery, I called Blue Cross to find out how much I would have to pay myself and the insurance company refused to tell me, except to say it would cover 80 percent of the "allowable amount." It would not tell me the "allowable amount." In the end, Blue Cross paid $1,076 of a $10,000 bill. I had the diagnostic and procedure codes when I called Blue Cross, they should have been required to tell me how much of the cost would fall to me. I may have waited another year for the surgery.

Way too much money and lives are wasted pursuing those who depend on medical marijuana. It is time for our state to catch up with the changing times and right this wrong.

The Council to vote to pass the Resolution submitted by Commissioner Acqunetta Anderson, SMD4A01 which supports legislation which strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban by moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test. Detachable bayonet mounts and flash suppressors are no longer considered military characteristics.