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Reader Stories: Have You Spoken Out?

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Other than voting, the best opportunity most Americans have to interact directly with their government is at the local level, by expressing their opinions in public meetings of city councils, planning and zoning boards, parks commissions, school boards and any number of other bodies. Fortunately, this is also where a single citizen or small group of citizens can have the most impact on the government decision making process. Have you spoken out at a public meeting? If so, share your experience with our readers.

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A complete MOCKERY of LAWS and CODES?

A complete MOCKERY of LAWS and CODES? The TDLR A/C Division. TDLR has all the bogus laws "made" SAFE and GOOD with LAWMAKING ABILITY? The installation of HVAC I am speaking of is illegal in Any pris…More

The Texas Department of License and Regulation

My experience was awful. A complete run a round on TDLR part. Not one answer to any question. Here is a small sample of the issue. My opinion was laughed at by TDLR A/C division. These are the same e…More

Spoke for Community Involvement

my experience was a pretty good one. It didn't go as badly as I thought it would. The issue that I spoke on was how can we make the city a lot better by helping around the community cleaning up or ju…More

Speaking on Heart Disease and Women

The appearance went well. I was told that I would have follow-up interviews to get the message of heart disease and women out there to the public. However I was not an interesting case, because I did…More

Speeking on Freedom of Speech and More

It went well while expressing my views in the city hall.All the members liked my idea of giving decent jobs to the minorities.This gave me confidence to express my views on providing jobs equally to …More

Addressing Autism

My grandson has had wonderful care. He is now 12 years old and is a loving, intelligent person...We didn't sue anybody even tho' it would have been smart to do so...because every woman expecting a ba…More

Long Road to Success

Eventually we won. But it chewed up 2 years of our lives. We organized, we mobilized, we protested, we followed proper channels; we involved the media. It was an exhausting battle. In my opinion, the…More

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