I am a resident of Des Peres and I support the proposed Dierbergs on Manchester Road. I live across the street from the proposed project site and believe connecting Bopp and Tallie with a traffic signal will ease congestion and help with flow. The proposed store, layout and traffic improvements will enhance the area and provide an easy to access, convenient store to shop at. The site as it stands now with abandoned stores and little landscaping is an eyesore. I have seen the Dierbergs landscape plans and am confident that they have every intention of making sure their new store fits within the existing character of Des Peres. I believe that Dierbergs will make a great neighbor and I urge you to support bringing their store to Des Peres.

As a taxpayer of Philadelphia, I support the bill sponsored by Councilman Frank Rizzo that would disallow or delay the granting of a zoning variance to any property owner not current on real estate taxes. Also, I support the bill being broadened so that it applies to all other types of land use approvals issued by the Zoning Board, to approvals issued by the Historical Commission, to Plans of Development approved by the Planning Commission and to rezonings of property by City Council. Everyone should pay their taxes, especially landowners seeking approvals from our City. I recognize that other minor adjustments may be helpful and I am confident that Councilman Rizzo can shape this bill into a strong and effective law.

Dear Senator Conway, I am a constituent in District 43 and was sharply disappointed that you refuse to let the wine shipping bill come up for a vote this year in spite of the strong support it receives from your committee. Neither of the arguments you espouse - underage access or inability to collect Maryland tax - have been concerns in the 37 other states that allow this consumer convenience and ring hollow to me. I am sorry that you do not represent your constituents' views on this matter and hope you will reconsider. Sincerely,

It is time to have progressive spokespeople consistently on Sunday morning television programming in Rhode Island. The programming on Newsmakers, Ten News Conference, ABC6 On the Record, and A Lively Experiment, like many of the weekends before, had a conservative bias...where the only message is consistently anti-union and anti-worker. The people of Rhode Island are better served with a diversity of viewpoints. Please make an effort to recruit progressive spokespeople to appear on your programs.

Iran: Call for release of human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience The International Solidarity network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws, joins civil society groups and organisations such as Amnesty International, The Feminist school, The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and The Observatory in condemning the recent wave of arrests of over 18 women's rights activists and the harsh sentences passed on three journalists in December 2009 and January 2010. After the incidents of civil unrest and the state's crackdown on protesters during Ashura, a large number of activists have been arrested. Some of the many women activists included in this recent wave of arrests, are: Mansoureh Shojaee, Zohreh Tanekaboni, Badarolssadat Mofid, Mahin Fahimi, Leyla Tavassoli, Noushin Ebadi, Nasrin Vaziri, Nilofar Hashemi Azar, Atiyeh Yousefi, Bahareh Hedayat, Nafiseh Asghari, Maryam Ziya, Mahsa Hekmat, Parisa Kakayi, Forough Mirzayie, Sara Tavsoli. Women activists who were arrested before Ashura: Shiva Nazarahari, Azar Mansouri, Samiye Rashidi, Zahra Jabari, Kobra Zaghe Doust, and Mahdiyeh Golrou, remain in prison. (6 January 2009) Islamic Republic authorities are attempting to shut down the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, and to stop the human rights activities of the student alumni group ADVAR, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported on 6 January 2009. Some members of the groups are being arrested, and others are under intense pressure to halt their work. Members of the Committee: Parisa Kakaie, Mehrdad Rahimi, Shiva Nazarahari, Kouhyar Goudarzi and Saeed Hayeri were arrested on 2 December 2009, as reported by the Campaign. Previously, on 1 December 2009, Committee members Saeed Kalanaki and Saeed Jalalifar were arrested. Both are being held in the public ward in Evin prison. Jalalifar has been denied any visits. The Committee maintains that arrested members are being forced to confess links with the Mojahedin Khalq Organization, an opposition group operating abroad. The state has arrested key members of student alumni group ADVAR, a unit devoted to monitoring human rights violations and advocating on the issue. On 2 January, ADVAR members Rouzbeh Karimi and Forouq Mirzaie were arrested. Rashid Esmaieli, of the Central Council of ADVAR, was arrested on 24 December 2009 while suffering from serious health problems. For the latest human rights developments in Iran visit the Campaign's website at www.iranhumanrights.org According to Amnesty International, more than 60 foreign institutions, including human rights organizations, were banned. A statement issued by the Iranian authorities on Tuesday also designates as subversive a number of foreign media outlets, thereby criminalizing contacts with them, further obstructing reporting on human rights violations. Such moves are a breach of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Iran is a state party, which pertains to freedom of information. Bahman Ahmadi Amou'i and Saeed Laylaz have been sentenced to prison terms, Bahman Ahmadi Amou'i also to flogging. Keyvan Samimi Behbehani remains in solitary confinement. All three men are prisoners of conscience, currently held in Evin prison. Bahman Ahmadi Amou'i, an editor at the business daily paper Sarmayeh which was closed by the authorities on 2 November, was sentenced to seven years and four months' imprisonment and 32 lashes on 4 January 2010. Saeed Laylaz, also an editor at Sarmayeh, was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment on 2 December 2009.

Your Excellency, I urge the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt the executions of political prisoners sentenced to death. The prisoners' trials did not meet international or even national legal standards set up by the laws of Islamic Republic. The accused faced ambiguous charges of Mahrab, meaning "enmity against God." Moreover, after the officially confirmed deaths of at least two while in detention, the Iranian public and the international community are greatly alarmed about the extent of torture used against Iranian political prisoners in an attempt to coerce confessions. Furthermore, the news of the executions of Arash Rahmanipour, 20, and Mohammad Reza Alizamani, 37, who were tried without presence of a lawyer of their own on January 28, has sent shock waves through international human rights circles. The executions were particularly appalling because they happened publicly therefore further dehumanising the accused while simultaneously intimidating the public. Additionally, on 1 February, the Iranian Judiciary Chief Assistant openly announced that "Nine more people are to be executed shortly." I join other transnational civil society groups and organizations in calling for an immediate halt to the executions. We ask the Islamic Republic of Iran to honour its international commitments and to uphold human rights as expressed by its candidacy in the Human Rights Council (2006) and as a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. I therefore respectfully maintain that the Iranian state, as a member of the international community and the United Nations is obligated to uphold its international commitments and should respect international law to ensure that all of the arrested protestors receive fair and transparent trials. Yours Sincerely,

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DEAR LEGISLATOR: I wish to voice my strong opposition to the proposed cuts to the New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI) funding in the 2010-2011 Executive Budget. Education through the arts is the crowning achievement of NYSTI and has been for 36 years. Tens of thousands of New York State students from all income levels and backgrounds - notably, children from urban school districts who might otherwise not have experienced live theatre - have been enriched by NYSTI since 1974. No other state can boast this remarkable record of uninterrupted theatre arts education at the state level. The proposed cuts would effectively destroy NYSTI by 2011-2012. The demise of NYSTI would be an immeasurable and irretrievable loss for New York State. Please use your best efforts on behalf of all New York State students - past, present and future - to save and preserve this unique education institution.