I spend my afternoons at the Alameda skate park and by the time I get there I only have an hour to ride. Thats the same for other people too, if we had lights the skate park would be used more, and would be letting people ride safely after dark.

I spend my afternoon at the Alameda skate park and by the time I get there I only have an hour to ride. Thats the same for other people too, if we had lights skate park would be used more, and would be letting people ride after dark.

While NY'ers are living without power, in mold, and without a plan for recovery, Mayor Bloomberg is spending his time plotting to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid as the brand new Co-Chair of Fix the Debt, a gang of billionaires bent on destroying our earned benefits. A new report by the Institute for Policy Studies examines CEOs of public companies who have endorsed the “Fix the Debt” campaign. The report, “Pension Deficit Disorder: The Massive CEO Retirement Funds and Underfunded Worker Pensions at Firms Pushing Social Security Cuts,” finds that these CEOs, while calling for ordinary Americans to take cuts in Social Security and Medicare, are sitting on an average of $9 million each in retirement funds. Most are also running large deficits in their own employees’ pension funds.

My brother is one of thousands of soldiers who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder after returning home from the front lines in Afghanistan. He, just like many other soldiers has not only had a hard time coming forward to reach out for help but has also received little to no help from the Veteran Affairs or the VA. Our soldiers need OUR help. Soldiers should undergo a mental health evaluation once coming home and again every six months until their military contracts are up. Along with, every soldier diagnosed with PTSD must receive therapy from either the VA or from an outside source at the VA's expense. The war doesn't end when they get home. It's our job to help those who serve for us.

The War On Drugs has cost millions of lives and trillions of taxpayer dollars, and has accomplished next to nothing. Tell President Obama to end the War On Drugs now!

I am a struggling single father that has 50% custody of my son and I am required by the state to pay $240.00 a month in child support, while his mother sits with no job and collects cash-aid, SSI, food-stamps, and child support from two different fathers of her two sons. I do not think parents that have 50/50 custody should have to pay the other parent to be a half time mother or father.

Representative Scott Garrett wants to deny us the money we need to rebuild. Our president and our governor have said we need this money! Help me tell him, "Let's rebuild New Jersey."

Wall Street, banks, multinational corporations etc. and their CEO's are not held accountable to the same laws that the rest of us must abide by. Their illegal activities do cost lives as well as livelihoods, homes, jobs and more. We must take action to demand that the American 'Justice' system hold them accountable - not simply with token fines but with jail time.

As we all know, Chick-Fil-A is a hateful organization. They have openly spoken out against the rights of LGBT citizens and have donated to organizations who promote beliefs similar to those of CFA. Unfortunately, my high school still serves Chick-Fil-A in their West Cafeteria.

Wanting GMO foods to be labeled so consumers can execute a choice on what foods they eat and purchase!

Macy's is keeping its stores open for 67 hrs continuously leading up to Christmas, forcing many employees to forsake their holiday...all for the sake of commercialism and corporate greed.

The Federal minimum wage should be adjusted for each company according to the size of their revenue stream. As corporations grow in size, they become virtually impossible for smaller business to compete against, mostly due to their vastly lower overhead and the efficiency of their acquisition pipelines. To IMPROVE competition in almost every industry, companies should be required to pay HIGHER minimum wages based on the size of its revenues, with very large companies being required to pay as much as 50% higher wages than businesses with fewer than 10 employees.