Cal Watchdog, a web-based journalism site dedicated to improving government transparency, highlighted an important, but often overlooked, provision in Governor Brown's controversial Proposition 30. The provision will restore the state's open meeting law, which requires governments to make public meeting agenda's at least 72 hour prior to their commencement.

For nearly twenty five years, December 21, 2012 has been the talk of soothsayers and oracles, all of whom forecast a worldwide event that will, in one way or another, change the face of the planet.

This has led people of every religion to envision their own idea of what may or may not happen at this juncture in time. Christians, of course, presuppose that December 21 could be their long awaited rapture, perhaps ignoring a simultaneous view that the Lord said no one knows the day or the hour.

After the horrific mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday, the national discussion on gun policy in the United States was given new life. Whenever the debate over guns in America is revived, the Second Amendment of the Constitution makes its way to the forefront of the discussion.

The Second Amendment reads:

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Opening up the political dialogue about facing mental health disorders and proper treatment services has been sponging the news cycle in the last week since the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut.

The University of Southern California's School of Social Work estimates that the United States contributes $100 billion annually on untreated mental illness through avenues of addiction treatment, incarceration, homeless shelters, and other preventable services to address issues like lost productivity at work.

Opening up the political dialogue about facing mental health disorders and proper treatment services has been sponging the news cycle in the last week since the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut.

The University of Southern California's School of Social Work estimates that the United States contributes $100 billion annually on untreated mental illness through avenues of addiction treatment, incarceration, homeless shelters, and other preventable services to address issues like lost productivity at work.