For too long this American hero and his actions were never given the Highest military decoration and it is time for our President to award this honor posthumously to his family.

We should expect all politicians to tell the truth - we know longer will except lies, only truth should get our vote.

Lying in politics must be outlawed and prosecuted. Politicians routinely lie to the American people. They think nothing of changing their stories regularly as they destroy the foundation of our democracy. We must demand a zero tolerance law that strongly punishes lying politicians.

The country is angry about having the people's voice so minimized. Over 80% of the voters, crossing party lines, disagree with the Supreme Court's Citizens United Decision, its corrupting influence and preferential treatment of big business and the wealthy over ordinary people. Each state MUST send a message to Congress in support of a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. New Jersey has begun this task through the introduction of SR 47 by Sen. Van Drew, now in committee, and AR 86, also in committee, introduced by Assemblyman Conaway. It is urgent to seize the national momentum NOW, to tell our NJ legislature to pass BOTH resolutions on to Congress and thereby say unequivocally that corporations are not people and money is not speech, hence a constitutional amendment is required.

A gate once existed in the Dam West fence adjacent to The Shores to allow for safe walking access for members of the Shores neighborhood to Polton Elementary School. Children and families walking to the school must now walk along Parker Road or Yale Ave. We are calling on The Dam West to re-open the gate for safe walking access to the school. The Shores is willing to help with the financial costs.

Howie Carr's ethnic slurs again Elizabeth Warren, and his insinuation that Pres. Obama and Ms. Warren are the beneficiaries of unfair treatment from Harvard Law School based on their ethnicities.

House Speaker Chris Donovan's proposal to raise Connecticut's minimum wage is currently being held up by a few conservative Democrats in the Senate. The 50-cent hourly increase in pay would provide an extra $80 a month in the pockets of over 100,000 people. That's good for families and workers, and it's good for business. Chris Donovan gets it, but Joan Hartley does not. We're calling on Sen. Joan Hartley to support Speaker Donovan's proposal that would make life a little less stressful for thousands of families.

Harbor Heights in Sag Harbor Village plans to dramatically expand its gas station while side-stepping over a dozen zoning rules meant to protect the neighborhood from overdevelopment. Village boards can insist that all zoning rules are strictly followed, and therefore limit the threat of noise, traffic, and light on the residential neighborhood and historic village. We are urging all village boards to protect the rural character of our village, and apply all building size, setback, landscape, and other requirements as written in the code. Sign the petition!

The Equal Pay Act was passed by President Obama in 2009 and yet, data has shown that women only receive 60 to 80 cents compared to every dollar males earn. This issue not only affects gender, but race, color, religion, sex (gender) or national origin.We need to mobilize people - not only women, to step up and start making a difference to stop pay inequality. We are requesting signatures to send to the entire government (U.S House, Senate and President Obama) to mobilize the enforcement of this Act which will affect many Americans in the future.

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors is strongly considering killing Metro Rail's planned phase II expansion into Loudoun County. As one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, Loudoun deserves, Loudoun needs, a transportation infrastructure that serves its residents and the businesses it hopes to attract. We're asking you to write the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and let them know: we want Metro Rail in Loudoun County!

If we spent a fraction of the money that people pony up to polititians to the causes they say they're going to take up, we would make a far greater difference in the our own lives than any polititian on either side of the spectrum. And if the polititians were truly interested in their constituencies instead of with power, they would take the monies they receive and invest back in the communities instead of costly, divisive and outright false and hateful ads. So this year, instead of supporting a candidate with cash, put the money towards the real solutions by investing in your local community efforts.

Due to economy there has been no jobs. there should be no increases in interest rates or loans period.