The high property taxes are not sustainable for Hunt County residents, with the inflated property appraisals and the tax rates not being reduced. It forces some Hunt County residents right out of their homes.

I was infuriated by Mitch McConnell blocking President Obama's Supreme Court nomination and we must insist he follow the same standard now to fill the seat left vacant with the resignation of Justice Anthony Kennedy. A conservative nominee like Brett Kavanaugh is a threat to reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, and Americans' right to health care. It is more imperative because this president and his campaign staff are under investigation for foreign collusion with Russia. Until these investigations are complete, Trump should not have a say about the next lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

Enough with talking. If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, ITS A DUCK!! Trump is a disaster and needs to be “Tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail”

Earlier this month Rep. Steve King retweeted a message from a self-described Nazi sympathizer who has expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler in the past. King retweeted the neo-Nazi and added a comment saying, "Europe is waking up...Will America...in time?" Since then, elected officials, political leaders, and his own constituents have demanded that Steve King apologize and delete the tweet. But King told CNN he wasn't sorry for unintentionally sharing the tweet and pointedly refused to delete the message. Asked why he wouldn't delete a message from someone who has praised Nazi Germany, King said: "Because then it'd be like I'm admitting that I did something, now I'm sorry about it. I'm not sorry. I'm human." But Steve King was wrong to use his status as an elected official to elevate a Nazi sympathizer. It's absolutely shocking that he's refusing to apologize. Rep. Steve King should admit he's wrong and delete the tweet immediately.

I am a victim of church sex abuse by a priest Named Father Neil Otero in the parish of St. Joan of Arc in Jackson Heights, Queens. My abuse was covered up by the church, the school, and the archdiocese. It is time to pass the CHILD VICTIMS ACT! Please visit my website for more information: www.thechildvictimsact.com

No president, in particularly Trump, should be negotiating policies behind closed doors! Demand all meetings include a bipartisan committee. Trump has never released his income tax returns - no one knows what interests he may have in Russia. The Trump campaign is still under investigation - Russia's role in the past election. No one knows what occurred during the Trump / Kim Jung-un meeting? Demand Transparency!

Rick Miller has repeatedly lied to the city council and the citizens of Coolidge in regards to the tax status of the Coolidge Performing Arts and Artisan Village 501C3. Rick Miller has a conflict of interest being city manager and being on the board of a group that large amounts of city money was given but not accounted for. Rick Miller has repeatedly engaged in behavior that has been detrimental to the public’s view of the city as well as helping to cause a divisive rift within the community that he was hired to build up. We demand that the Coolidge City Council take immediate action to replace Rick Miller as city manager.

The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action is an interagency coalition of nearly 100 member organizations. We set standards and provide technical support. Based on our collective experiences, lessons learned, and accepted standards of care and protection for children, we urge all responsible parties to: • Facilitate rapid family reunification; • Provide mental health and psychosocial support to children and their families; • Ensure that administrative and legal procedures meet their best interests; and • Prevent further family separation by ending the use of detention. For the rest of the recommendations: https://alliancecpha.org/familiesbelongtogether/ If you agree: • Show your support for separated children by endorsing these recommendations: https://alliancecpha.org/familiesbelongtogether/ • Share them with your networks.

PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE AMERICA: The key to the success of democracy is participation. The level of engagement in politics has grown increasingly as more and more tension grows in our political sector. Our anxiety has reached its peak, and the only way to ensure that the hardworking people of this nation participate in this democracy will be to declare major election days as US holidays. Legislation must pass that ensures voters are allowed to vote and our voices of the majority will finally be known accurately. For more information on voter turn out, use google and do some research. You’ll find the numbers support this claim. Join us!

The Minnesota primary election will be held on August 14th. Democratic voters will need to choose the strongest candidate to place on the ballot for the critical election in November. Tina Smith, former lieutenant governor of Minnesota and appointed by Governor Dayton to temporarily fill the US Senate seat vacated by Al Franken; or Richard Painter, currently a law professor at the University of Minnesota and former chief White House ethics lawyer. Minnesotans need to know more about these two candidates. Holding a public debate is the best way for voters to compare Tina Smith and Richard Painter and make an informed decision before they cast their vote on August 14th!

Due to the cancellation of the July HOA meeting, this petition is being made. According to Article 4, Section 3 of the community bylaws, 10% of the residents can sign a petition and require a special meeting of the board. This petition is designed to require the president of the HOA to call a meeting to discuss and vote on potentially sealing the 2209 pedestrian gate.

Having to drive ten minutes to get to TJ's is a first world problem, I get that. But Long Beach promotes itself as bicycle friendly, and a TJ's downtown would be within an easy bicycle commute of more than enough of us to support the store. If you agree, sign the petition. And if you shop at the TJ's on Bellflower and are tired of not finding things there because they are sold out, help take some pressure off your local TJ's by signing the petition.