no more cuts in teaching staff in New LOndon schools,or in the art &music depts especially. Reduce #'s of students per teacher, many students here are non-english speaking,placing an extra burden on the already stretched out reduced teaching staff. Local population made up from many nations, newly arrived. drawn here largely by the 2 casinos nearby.

Human Trafficking is something that is a big problem in the bigger cities. It affects many people that are in "foster care" It is getting worse with time. I wanted to get the word out. There are some websites to help with this problem. Please feel free to look at them. http://www.endhumantrafficking.org/

Recent polls have shown that over 40% of the electorate are Independents. If this were the private sector and that percentage of employees or customers were being discriminated against based on their political beliefs, there would be a monumental lawsuit. If primaries are not opened up to independents than take the party primary onto private property or the internet, and stop using public property, public voting machines for monopolistic partisan efforts. You may rate this and other electoral (and non-electoral) reform issues at... http://www.agreater.us/statestandings.php?state=CT

As a Georgia native I was taught by this state's public school system. Among many things, I learned that everyone has rights, regardless of one's color, class or creed. It is wrong to legislate against hard-working people and their families because of misguided economic concerns or xenophobia. Georgia is better than that. We are better than that.

We tax the poor and middle class more heavily than the rich. We don't have enough money to sustain schools, courts, public safety, or the environment. It is past time to address this issue.

We as citizens of California NEED TO STOP JERRY BROWN from further destroying our State with his ill conceived and malicious ways of handling financial problems. The way to FIX our issues is not by cutting education or funding for animal shelters. The way to approach these issues is by looking at the HUGE WASTE of MONEY in Goverment Administration!

The problems with Genetically Modified (GM) foods are as many as they are varied. Respected scientists have risked everything to step forward and warn consumers that this new fast-track "solution to world hunger" is bad for their health and the environment, but to little avail. Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/023238_organic_GMO_food.html#ixzz1n8Wq5uKC

Current hours in Cleveland Rec Centers are abysmal. None are open later than 7:30 pm, and this is only for scheduled programming. Studies (from the United Nations and Columbia University) have shown that the best way to reduce juvenile crime (which has shown a rise in Cleveland neighborhoods this year) is to allow public recreation centers to stay open later, preferably between 12 and 2 am on the weekends. Functional recreation facilities increase property values, decrease obesity rates, and contribute to making an entire area more desirable. A more public-friendly and crime free Cleveland is the Cleveland of the future. Michael E. Cox is the Director of Public Works in Cleveland. He has some authority in working to change this. Sign on to encourage his action.

The Maryland Legislature is poised to allow gay marriage. The sanctity of marriage between man and woman is what God intended and man should stop compromising God's laws with his own!!!

Ask them to oppose changes in our COLA. Work with the PERS Board to help enure the continued funding of our retirement system.

Yankee's plant is one of the oldest in the world: its infrastructure is precariously decrepit and in need of urgent repair. The plant's $100 million condenser needs to be replaced immediately and, according to Arnie Gunderson, speaking at Richmond's Free Public Library in VT back in November of '09, Yankee's turbine-pull rotates in a fashion that when it malfunctions, shrapnel is shot back toward the reactor containment box. This too needs to be replaced. VT Yankee has had radiation leaks time and again. There has been more than one leak at Yankee because of its aging, wooden infrastructure. In fact, in just the initial two years of operating, the plant had to be shut down seventeen times -- radioactive gases exceeding legal limits were pouring out. In July of 1976, 86,000 gallons of radioactive tritium spilled into the Connecticut River. In 1980 a thousand gallons of radioactive water spilled on the plant floor. Incidents like these rack up to well over a dozen. At the beginning of 2009, two pipes leaking radioactive water and steam were reported. And then there was a leak in April, and another in the condenser was discovered in June. In 2002, the USNRC (the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission) reported that 47 percent of facility employees are afraid to report safety issues to management. let's tell our representatives that we do not want to put our families lives at risk and risk future generation because of this irresponsible and dangerous industry.

Oklahoma is about to pass the Personhood Act, which gives embryos constitutional rights at the moment of conception. This bill would also outlaw abortions, even if its medically necessary to save the mother's life and if the woman was raped and a child was conceived because of the rape.