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Currently, this has not been a good year for my legislature seeing, as though there have been thousands of budgets cuts all throughout the School District of Philadelphia. Numerous teachers have lost their jobs, several programs have been cut, and many quintessential pieces of education have been lost this year. Many of the elected leaders actually support what I am lobbying; the only issue is a lack of proper funding. In the past, elected officials haven’t been conscientious of their spending, which is why we are feeling the repercussions now. Mainly, my opponents are those who represent districts where funding is plentiful and can afford to spend money wherever they see fit. Currently, officials are getting rid of things that aren’t one hundred percent essential to the growth of the district.
In my opinion, I would need to gain the support of state representative Ronald Waters and the superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia. With these two individuals supporting me, they most likely will have a large enough say over how money is spent throughout the district that it will have a meaningful impact or even change how the legislature is viewed by those it affects.
I
don’t know anyone personally that is lobbying the same topic as I am, but my
plan is to travel down to the school district building and see who has the most
influence in lobbying the same thing as I am. In my opinion, seeing as though I
am only seventeen people may not take me seriously when I first bring my idea
to someone’s attention. But as I continue to explain and show my knowledge of
this topic, I think I can get the attention of those who attend meetings to
discuss what are the negative and positive things pertaining to the well being of
the district. I think I can have some meaningful progress towards my overall
goal by the beginning of the next fall term for students.
Blog Post #3
The people are the stakeholders in the issue. People who are smoking are not only putting themselves at risk but they are putting others at risk. Many people smoke in public places therefore causing second hand smoke. Secondhand smoke is classified as a “known human carcinogen” (cancer-causing agent) by the US Environmental Protection Agency.( http://www.epa.gov/gateway/science/air.html)
The Foundation for a Smoke Free America provides school-based programs to educate children about the dangers of smoking. In 1986, Patrick Reynolds became the first tobacco industry figure to turn his back on the cigarette makers. He is the grandson of the tobacco company founder R.J. Reynolds. If people are ready to change America to a smoke free America, they need to start with the children. If we educate our children now they can be the reason that we save other lives.
3rd Blog Post
http://www.phila.gov/
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx
SCOTUS Blog Case: US vs. Jones
"1. Whether the warrantless use of a GPS trackingdevice on respondent’s vehicle to monitor its movementson public streets violated the Fourth Amendment.
2. Whether the government violated respondent’sFourth Amendment rights by attaching the GPS tracking device to his vehicle without a valid warrant and without his consent"
So, the police attached a GPS-tracker on his car, in order to track the location on the streets. The court argued that it is not illegal to monitor cars on public streets, if a car is parked on a public street it is not private. Jone's argued that it is not what the police obtained, but how they did it. Jone's argument was whether they were allowed search him or not. After the court case, it came down to the fact that he was always on public streets. That being the case, he warranted his privacy unless he was parked on private property. Another defense was that ten years ago this would've been a bigger operation, but because of social networking, you allow people to monitor you all the time, so why can't the police. I believe that Jones will lose, because the government really didn't do anything. They turned a stakeout, into an easier, less expensive operation.
Blog Post #3
The text of the actual bill is here
Picture of the new time curfews
Possible good allies to help solve this curfew issue are the citizens of philadelphia who have conflict with this new curfew. We could first make a petition to boycott the bill. I could influence some of the youth around me to discourage flash mobs or not to attend a mob.
¡ Hola Greivis Flores !
Querido Greivis Flores
¡Hola! muchacho . ¿ Cómo va ? Mi nombre es Jamelia
Barrett . Tengo diecisiete años.
Mi compélanos es el tres de
julio. Soy de Jamaica pero vivo en
Filadelfia con mi familia. Jamaica no esta lejos de Venezuela soy de
descendencia west Indiana. Tengo
dos hermanas y cuatro hermanos. El tiempo en Filadelfia durante el otoño hace
un poquito frío. En el verano hace mucho calor . A veces el temperatura hace 90 degrado. En
el invierno está nevando y hace mucho frío. En la primavera hace sol y fresco. ¿Y
tu ? ¿Qué tiempo hace en Maracaibo? Filadelfia es una ciudad entre la ciudad de Nueva York y la
capital . Es una ciudad bastante grande, también se conoce como “ La Cuidad de Amor Fraternal.
Yo siempre estudiar. Soy bastante alta porque yo practicar
volley ball. También soy simpática y por lo general sociable depende del día.
Sin embargo soy más o menos loca ,boba ,un
poquito seria a veces. Me fascina
cocinar con mi mamá los fines de semana. ¿ Y a ti ? Cómo eres? Me
encanta nadar ,hablar por teléfono y ver la tele . Los fines de semana me
gusta dormir , relajar , ir al
cine con amiga ,ir de compras y
pasar un rato con amigos. ¿ Y a ti
? ¿Qué te gusta hacer en
Maracaibo? Me gusta Keyshia Coles , Beyonce, Rihanna , Chris Brown , GIPTIAN,
VYBZ KARTEL, BENNI MAN, BERES HAMMOND .y otros también. Me fascina reggae , hip
hop y R&B . Aquí hay videos y canciones que me gusta. ¿ Y a ti ? ¿Qué música te gusta escuchar? Uf , no me gusta nada correr ni jugar
videojuegos. Bueno me voy porque tengo la clase de baile . Hasta luego responde cuando puedas.
Con cariño
Jamelia Barrett
Hola Joxandra
¿Qué
más, chama? ¿Qué tal? Me llamo “True”. Tengo catorce años. Soy de Filadelfia, una
ciudad entre la de Nueva York y la capital. Es una ciudad bastante grande y
conoce como “La Ciudad de Amor Fraternal.”Aquî en Filadelfia es loco, interesante,
y hace buen “cheesesteaks”, mucho gusto. Soy alto y cómico, me gusta practicar
deportes y pasar un rato con amigos. Mis características, soy deportista,
cómico, divertido, y simpático.Me encanta practicar básquetbol enpecificamente.
Unos dicen que soy bobo y extraño pero eso es falso, soy un poquito diferente.¿Y
tú? ¿eres tú deportista? No me gusta nada leer y escribir. Personáis yo canta
stand te these hacer, ellos eres aburrido. ¡Bueno, me voy porque tengo que estudiar…
aburrido! ¡Adios amiga!
Sinceramente,
True Black
¡Hola Royer!
Saludos desde Fíladelfia. Mi nombre es Tómas ("Thomas" en ingles). Tengo catorce años. Mi cumpleaños es en dieciocho de octubre. ¿Cuando es tú cumpleaños?¿Cuantos años tienes tu? Soy de Fíladelfia. En Filadelfia, hace calor en estos días. Esta lloviendo un poco.
Soy pocquito alto y delgado. Yo toco la guitarra, es por eso que soy muy talentoso. Yo soy también increiblemente simpatico, moreno, y hablador. Me gusta ver la tele todos las días, pero me gusta correr todos sábado. No me gusta nada estudiar, nadar, y cantar. Mi favorita colora es negro. ¿y tu? ¿Como eres tu?
Lo siento, tengo voy comer. ¡Adios!
Being a Bee
Being
a bee is not always as easy as it may seem, you probably thinnk being a bee is
just loads of friends, you get to meet the queen and all the honey you can eat,
but there are bad parts one you are very, very tiny you got people always
trying get you watch out because the right SWAT from a human can kill you
instantly. I am Important, and I
am smart and I am the kindest person you will ever meet. But don’t bee fooled
by my small size my heart is as big as the world. I am a little bee but my
stinger pacts a punch. I have always been the smallest bee in the hive but I am
the biggest when it comes to IMAGINATION. I always dreamed of a world outside
of this hive all the people I can meet I the flowers I can pollinate all the
honey I can help make. I want to be the first bee to go to the moon. I want to
see the stars; I want to go wherever whenever. It’s just little ole me the
smallest honeybee. I haven’t even gone through beeberty yet. I can’t BUZZ
correctly my stinger isn’t even fully developed yet. But one day I will get
there I will be a big bee in the small little hive. I believe in myself and I
am not going to let any one stop me, I am imaginative I am the best darn bee
you ever saw and I am going to continue to be that bee forever. I’m not going
to even let the queen stop me. I want to be on TV. I want to be the first bee
actor ever to be on broad way or the Hollywood walk of fame. I want to be
important and I am important. I am imaginative something most people know
nothing of. Until I get bigger I will imagine and I will be little ole me the
smallest honeybee.
!hola! Maryory !
iHola! mi nombre es Ashley pero todas me dícen "Ash Bash". Teñgo catorce años pero, mi cumpleaños es el veintisiete de enero. Soy de Filadelfia, se conoce como "La Ciudad de Am or Fraternal
Me encanta ir de compras y pasar un rato con amigos tambien me encanta cocinar. Uf, no me gusta nada leer y correr.¿ Y a ti? ¿ Qué te gusta hacer? Soy un poquito baja (cinco"uno) y súper divertida. ¿ Y tú ? ¿cómo eres?
por cierto añàdeme en facebook (Ashley Spells)
Con cariño , ashley : )
¡Hola Alejandro!
Holà! ?Como estas? Me nombre es Molly Olshin. Soy catorce años. ¿De donde eres tu? Yo soy de Filadelfia una ciudad entre la ciudad de Nueva York y la capital. Es una ciudad bastante grande. So conoce como "La Ciudad da Amor Fraternal." Me gusta dibujar y tambien dormir. Los fines de semana con mi familia y me gusta estar de vago y los fines de semana con amigos . No me gusta nada pratica desportes y tambien estudiar.¿Y ti? ?Què te gusta hacer en Maracaibo? Me gusta muy baja y tambien artistica. ¿Y tu? ¿Como eres? Esta es una foto de Philadelphia.
Con cariño,
Molly Olshin
¡Hola Patricia Hernandez!
Querida Patricia Hernandez,
¡Hola!
me llamo michael. Tengo catorce años me cumpleaños es el
abril diecinueve soy de fhiladelfhia. Me gusta jugar
videojuegos cuando tengo tiempo
libre, ir al cine, practicar deportes,
con mi familia, y estar de vago. No me gusta nada malos olores, bailar,
dibujar, y hablador. Mi
chami deporte preferido es hockey.También
mis caracterîsticas tranquilo, bobo,
casi siempre loco, increideblemente comico. ¿Y tú?.
Bueno, me voy porque tengo que tarea. ¡Adios!
¡Hola Joender!
Quirerdo Joender,
¡Saludos desde Filadelfia! ¿Qué paso? Estoy bien. Me llamo es
Gabrielle y tengo catorce años. Mi cumpleaños es 27 de junio. ¿Cuál
es tú cumpleaños? Yo soy de Massachusetts pero vivo en Filadelfia.
Yo vivo con mi madre y mi padre. Mi madre es una abogada y mi padre es un entrenador
de basquetbol por los Saint Joseph universidad. ¿Cual es tiempo en
Maracaibo? El tiempo en Filadelfia ahora es frío, en el otoño hace
fresco, en el invierno hace mucho frío. En la primavera y el verano, hace
calor o bastante calor.
¿Qué te gusta hacer? Me gusta pasar un rato con mis amigos y ver
baloncesto. ¿Qué es tu deporte favorita? Mi deporte favorita es
baloncesto o softball. No me gusta tenis o lacrosse. ¿Qué música te
gusta escuchar? Mi me gusta hip hop y R&B, mi artista favorita es Lauryn Hill o Amy Winehouse.
Soy un deportista y muy interesante. Yo soy una mezcla de razas. Soy alta y delgada y boba y atlética. ¿Y tú? ¿Cómo eres?
Bueno, me voy porque tengo que estudiar. ¡Adiós! Yo soy en Facebook, mi nombre es Gabrielle Tryce Arnold.!Hola¡ Michael Ferrer
¡Hola! Estoy muy emocionado a ser escribir este carta a usted. Mi nombre es Soy Timoteo. Tengo catorce anos. Soy de Filadelfia. Es una ciudad bastante grande. Se conce como "La Ciudad de Amor Fraternal." Una ciudad entre la ciudad de Nueva York y la capital. Aqui (en)Filadelfia es Hace frio y Esta nublado. ¿y tu? Soy bien moreno y bobo. Cuando tengo tiempo libre yo dormir. Soy muy inteligente y simpatico. Me gusta practicar deportes y jugar videojuegos y LeBron James. No me gusta nada leer tampoco estudiar. Soy trabajador(o) porque me encanta ir a la escuela. Soy mas o menos deportisto porque me gusta practicar deportes. Soy comica porque me gusta pasar un rato con amigos. ¿Y tu? Bueno, me voy porque tengo que hacer mi tarea y practicar deportes Con carino, Timoteo Ingram
¡Hola! Karleydis Molina
¿cómo está? me nombre es Matthew Schreiber. Tengo quince años ¿Y tú? Soy de filadelphia una ciudad entre la ciudad de Nueva York y la capital. oy hace frio. mi gusta intresta béisbol Y Siendo con mi familia, pero cuando tengo tiempo libre El jugar en la computadora. no mi gusta intresta hip hop, bascketbol, Y tarea. Mi caracteristicas bastanta timido Y increiblemente trabajador. pero hablador cuando estoy con mis amigos. ¿cómo eres? Bueno, me voy porque tengo que asir mi tarea. Adios
Con cariño
Matthew Schreiber
All about ME slide
Lobbying Post #3
For my lobbying topic, this is not a good year. I feel like youths are still bending the curfew rules and parents do not care much because if they did, they would be sure their children are in by 9pm. I am not disappointed by the face that it isn't a good year for this law because the law is too strict. For most teens, at 9pm is when they get that time to themselves to finally get out of the house and what this law is saying is that they will not be able to hang out. YES, I think there should be curfew laws but a 9pm curfew is outrageous. I do not feel in anyway bad about how this law is being ignored. I do not really see any officials who are so much for my lobbying idea which means I may possibly have to talk to an official and get my idea out there and find others who agree. As listed in my last blog, there are a few officials who are on this curfew committee who may possibly be able to help me but Mayor Nutter is probably the one I would really need to talk to and get this idea into his head since he is the biggest enforcer of this law. A couple people are working on the curfew lobbying topic but I'm not too sure if their ideas are like mines. One of them says there should not be a curfew law which I am in the middle about but maybe we could work together and share ideas. I feel like I can influence the youth and parents to uphold their responsibilities which is to make sure children are in the house by 12:30pm every day. The next meeting for city rules is November 30th 2011 at 10am which I'm sure the curfew laws will be a big topic of discussion.
Meeting Calendar
http://legislation.phila.gov/calendar/
Curfew Chart
M.B.Z. vs. Clinton
Whether courts can enforce a federal statute governing how the Secretary of State is to record the birthplace of American citizens on passports and related documents; and whether a federal law instructing the Secretary of State, if requested to do so, to record the birthplace of U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem as Israel interferes with the President's authority under the Constitution to recognize foreign nations. Some facts about this is even though Israel was declared a state in 1948, the U.S. government has declined to recognize Jerusalem as the capital, deeming this a question to be resolved through diplomacy. In 2002, Congress passed a law that provided that "for purposes of the registration of birth … or issuance of a passport of a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary (of State) shall, upon request … record the place of birth as Israel." A passport is not today considered a diplomatic statement; it's an identification of a person in order to enable him to travel abroad. The petitioner in the case, M.B.Z., was born in Jerusalem to U.S.-citizen parents in 2002. Although his parents asked the State Department to designate Israel as their son’s place of birth on his passport, it declined to do so despite Congress’s command to the contrary. When the parents took the issue to the courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit dismissed their claim on the ground that it raised a nonjusticiable political question: the court of appeals explained that the “judiciary has no authority to order the Executive Branch to change the nation’s foreign policy” with respect to whether Jerusalem is part of Israel.
Lobbying Post # 3
Police are not enforcing laws and parents are still not taking responsibility for their children’s actions. This isn’t a good year in areas of Philadelphia because of this problem. As of now many elected officials have indicated that they are trying to figure out a solution for this problem without stepping their boundaries. Many people protest that parents are the only ones who can be accountable for this and the government is starting to become too personal when it comes to their lives. This law was signed by Mayor Nutter on November 14, 2011 and many people are not pleased with this. Many believe that we should be more focused on our economy and money for these children to help keep them out of trouble, not curfew.
The problem here is, how can you
stop poverty? Where to start? Many people believe that in order to stop
poverty, and violence is to educate and inspire many children, young adults and
even adults. About a year ago, I emailed people who worked for ANNA C. VERNA about
finding solutions to this problem. The ONLY answer I was given was, “we cannot
force parents to do their job, we cannot force our morals onto someone else’s
household. But we can give these children a better education.” After, I decided
to go to South Philadelphia high school and talk to the special education
teacher, Mrs. DeAngelo-Leary. There she interviewed many students and asked them
about their views on life. Many replied that there isn’t anything beyond the world
they live in (living in poverty, getting pregnant etc.) Many of them attended
South Philadelphia High because no one really cared about their children
whereabouts or education.
According to philly.com Many educators received constant pressure and were urged by administrators to not report any incidents that occur in schools. This is part of the problem. Many people aren't willing to take responsibility. Some people decide to handle situations differently in different schools, therefore it makes it difficult to tackle the situation and fix it.
There is nothing we can do about
this situation beside promote education, and try to point in the correct
direction. We can only be a positive influence and try to inspire these
children and young adults to be something or someone better.
http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/education_and_poverty.aspx
espanol
como estas? me llamo khadijah, yo bein
soy 15 anos y me compleanos es dos de septeimbre
soy de libereia(Africa) pero vive de phildelphia
hoy es bein tiempo, me gusta
y tu?
me encanta bailar, cantar,de baloncesto, pista y también para cocinar. le nombre de me mamá es Sarah y le nombre de me Papá es Dawoud. yo tengo 13 hermanos y hermanas, sin embargo, tener una casa grande. Estas son imágenes de algunos de mi familia. Yo quiero ser doctor cuando sea grande ¿y tú? El tiempo de hoy es impresionante, me encanta! Nací en Arabia Saudita, pero mi mamá y mi papá son los africanos.
me gusta nada, leer y correr.
me apodo es Dede! Adios amigo. yo hablar de telefone!
Lobbying Post #3
My lobbying topic, The Patriot Act, has had a pretty interesting year. Earlier this year The New York Times wrote about how Congress voted to have extensions made to three provisions of the law. And what was passed within them.
Which you can see more of here:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/usa_patriot_act/index.html
But just recently though The Patriot Act was talked about during the Republican Presidential Debate. Mostly by Newt Gungrich and Ron Paul. Newt Gungrich saying ""If you're trying to find somebody who may have a nuclear weapon they are trying to bring into an American city, you need every tool available. The dangers are literally that great." to Ron Paul stating "I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights,".
Which you can see more of here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeS1bGw0RdM
It was interesting watching the Presidential Debate and listening to them talk about their views on The Patriot Act. I saw how different most of their views were significantly different from each other and got me thinking that, depending on who gets elected president, the election itself is going to have a huge effect on The Patriot Act and what will happen to it. So lately The Patriot Act has been getting a lot of attention and I do not expect it to fade anytime soon.
Lobbying BlogPost #3
My issue still stays at the idea of sports and after school programs in general being cut to save money for the school and how these programs are crucial in getting and keeping kids active but also keeping children from getting in trouble outside of school. At this point I would have to directly speak with people involved in programs like play60 and other organizations that are around and trying to get these programs back but also trying to address the issue of children being active and staying active. I wanted to directly focus on schools in communities where there isn't much happening outside or around the school because in more developed neighborhoods you don't see these programs being cut because the community and the area is doing fine itself particularly the school system but by looking at school systems in lets say small communities or Philadelphia for example because of all the budget cuts we can see and address the problem directly.
Mariedy Bastidas
Buenos días , ¿Cómo está? Soy bien. Me llamo Amy Chen y tengo quince años. Me cumpleaños es el dieciocho de septiembre. Soy de Nueva York pero vivo en Filadelfia. En Filadelfia hace frió. ¿Como es el tiempo en Venezuela? Me gusta nadar y también dormir pero no me gusta nada leer ni tampoco escribir. Me gusta practicar deportes porque soy una deportista pero cuando tengo tiempo libre, platico con mi amiga o trabajar. Soy increíblemente atlética, por eso estoy en forma. Bueno, me voy porque tengo que ir al escuela. ¡Adiós mi amiga nueva!
Con cariño,
Amy Chen