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...health care reform. I live in an area of California where 36.3% of the people lack health insurance and more than 17% are unemployed. Our emergency rooms are jammed with nonpaying customers. I am white, middle class and highly educated and can barely pay for insurance. The state and local safety nets are in tatters. Think about us next time you vote...
Amen to Michael Pollan on the affordability of good food, in "10 Questions" [Feb. 1]. When my husband and I went low fat, high fiber and organic, our food bill doubled. By shopping at local farmers' markets we reduced the cost somewhat, but if we had children to feed, we could not afford...
...approached my local Rotary Club with the idea to give survivors sturdy boxes that contained a 10-person tent, blankets, pans, utensils and a stove that could burn anything from diesel to old paint. Since 2001, we've raised enough money to send 75,000 boxes to more than 100 disaster zones in places like India, Congo and El Salvador...
...local level, the push to undo the Sunday ban may face even stiffer opposition. Jerry Oberholtzer, mayor of Snellville, Ga., has been waging a six-year battle to legalize Sunday sales in hopes of bringing what he calls "white tablecloth restaurants" to town. But members of Snellville's First Baptist Church and others have thwarted his efforts...
...mayor had a brief victory in December when he was able to change an ordinance that finally allowed restaurants to serve on Sunday. Seven licenses were issued, and restaurants reported up to 20% increases in sales. But a local group filed suit challenging the legality of the process, and a judge issued an injunction weeks later suspending the licenses, after ruling that the issue of Sunday sales had to be taken to voters first. (On Feb. 9, the city appealed and Oberholtzer says he expects the issue to go to the state's Supreme...