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    • Patricia Ward
      In regards to the police pursuit that happened on 9-12-12 and ended at approximately 1130 am, in Los Angeles,CA. I want to say that I blame the news media for alot of the problems that occurred with the crowds and civilian interference. If the news media had not been televising every little detail about the pursuit many of those people would not have even known about it and would not have caused a problem. There needs to be laws put in place about what all the media can show on these pursuits, ie, make it so they can only show the final minutes, or better yet, only show it after the pursuit is over. The news media was definitely part of the problem today and they should be held accountable for it.
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    • How about actually forcing fiber lines open so that way we can actually have competition between different companies?
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    • Did the Government mandate Comcast to install digital set- top boxes to everyone at a cost of $24.00 more per year per customer???? This is just another gouge of the middle class and who wants it?
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  2. We applaud the Education Super Highway for taking the lead to ensure all schools have enough Internet access for digital learning. Please watch this video & take 1 minute to take the National School Speed test: www.SchoolSpeedTest.org Watch Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3NHeworzk6o
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    • Indira Dayanna
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    • Alex Zhukov
      Please stop mobile cramming
    • Algernon Moncrief
      PROOF THAT COLORADO’S GOVERNMENT LIES: COLORADO PERA’S ATTEMPT TO TAKE CONTRACTED RETIREE BENEFITS. When I was young I held the belief that public service in the United States is honorable, that the United States of America was exceptional in the world, that governments in the United States, while flawed, deserved the respect of citizens. Now that I am old, I see that I was naive . . . that governmental entities in the United States will intentionally deceive to achieve their goals, and that over two centuries our soldiers have died for a country that will countenance, and even celebrate, base behavior on the part of its public sector instrumentalities. It saddens me, but if this state of affairs persists in the United States . . . Honor is dead. Some background . . . You may know that an entity of Colorado state government, Colorado PERA, is attempting to breach its public pension contracts with its retirees. Colorado PERA is attempting a retroactive taking, a “clawback” of accrued, fully-vested pension benefits that were earned by retired PERA members over decades. Colorado PERA public pension benefits include a “base benefit” that is set at retirement and a “COLA benefit” that adjusts pensions annually to compensate for inflation. The “base benefit” and the “COLA benefit” are set forth in Colorado statutes with identical force of law and legal status. In its attempt to breach retiree contracts Colorado PERA has created a contrivance. The contrivance that Colorado PERA is using is that somehow the “base benefit” is a contractual obligation, but the “COLA benefit” is not a contractual obligation, in spite of the fact that both pension benefits are set forth in law in an identical manner. What this boils down to is attempted, unabashed, theft by government. Whether or not Colorado PERA’s attempt to take fully-vested public pension benefits from PERA retirees is ultimately successful in the courts, one fact has been incontrovertibly established . . . Colorado PERA, as an instrumentality of the State of Colorado, is an organization that will lie to achieve its policy goals. This is a sad fact for the many employees of Colorado PERA, for the trustees that have served on the Colorado PERA Board of Trustees over 80 years, and for the thousands of PERA members and retirees. And now, the proof of the deceit . . . Colorado PERA has told us, in writing, that the PERA COLA benefit IS a contractual obligation of PERA . . . and then, after initiating their attempt to breach contracts, Colorado PERA has told us, in writing, that the PERA COLA benefit IS NOT a contractual obligation of PERA. Both of these statements cannot be true. Colorado PERA in a written document, to the Colorado General Assembly’s Joint Budget Committee on December 16, 2009 states that the PERA COLA benefit IS a contractual obligation of PERA: “The General Assembly cannot decrease the COLA (absent actuarial necessity) because it is part of the contractual obligations that accrue under a pension plan protected under the Colorado Constitution Article II, Section 11 and the United States Constitution Article 1, Section 10 for vested contractual rights.” Link: http://www.kentlambert.com/Files/PERA_JBC_Hearing_Responses-12-16-2009_Final.pdf Colorado PERA on page 23 of its May 6, 2011 “Reply Brief” in the pension case Justus v. State states that the PERA COLA benefit IS NOT a contractual obligation of PERA: “Plaintiffs seek to create a contract right that has never existed—an unchangeable COLA for life triggered (inconsistently) by either the date of their retirement or ‘full vesting.’” Link: http://saveperacola.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/2011-05-06-pera-defendants_-reply-in-support-of-summary-judgment.pdf That is simply unbelievable. In one document PERA writes "the contract right has never existed." In the other they write that the COLA benefit is a contractual obligation protected under the Colorado and US constitutions. When PERA writes that they need "actuarial necessity" to take the COLA benefit, they are not denying that it is a contractual obligation, in fact, it is an admission of the contractual nature of the COLA benefit. For further information regarding Colorado PERA’s attempt to take fully-vested pension benefits from retirees visit saveperacola.com or Friend Save Pera Cola on Facebook.
    • Gail Duff
      It is time you look at the cost of TV in all venus. It is quickly becoming too costly in this economy for many. How many times must we pay for the same programming/programming we do not view or use, perhaps it is timefor providers to look at a "cafeteria style" packages.
  4. On 9/13-9/14 from 9:00AM-5:30 PM ET the FCC will host the Connect America Phase II Cost Model Workshop. The 2day event will be streamed via www.fcc.gov/live & we'll be accepting questions via livequestions@fcc.gov. For more details on the event: http://fcc.us/caphse2wksp
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  6. Watch Live: Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) Meeting. The CSRIC is a Federal Advisory Committee that will provide recommendations to the Commission regarding best practices and actions the Commission can take to ensure the security, reliability, and interoperability of commercial and public safety communications systems. www.fcc.gov/live
  7. Today we remember victims who lost their lives... plus we honor the heroism of 1st responders, ordinary citizens who gave their lives to save others. #Remembering9/11
  8. On 9/11 at 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT from the Twitter Headquarters Chairman Julius Genachowski will be hosting a live chat via www.twitter.com/fcc Please use the #AskJulius hash tag to send him questions.
  9. Learn more about the APCO International 78th Annual Conference FCC Regulatory Panel http://fcc.us/78apco
  10. FCC RECRUITMENT: Would you like to help design and develop content for the Commission's web, social media, & mobile platforms? If yes, please apply & become a part of FCC's Web and Print team, as a Web Designer Specialist. For more details: http://fcc.us/webdesignjob
  11. Don't miss the 8/31 deadline to register for the "Developing with Accessibility" event on 9/6-9/7. For details, please review: fcc.us/devacc #DevAcc
  12. Tips for #Isaac: Have a family communications plan in place. Designate someone out of the area as a central contact http://fcc.us/MMsNRJ

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