Veteran Issues : Check it out
Veteran Issues is a forum for informing veterans, organizations, government
offices, elected officials, and the news media about a variety of issues that
affect veterans and their families. Go to:
http://hometown.aol.com/dancolonel

First of all we need to collect e-mail addresses of you the veteran, and of
veteran organizations, so we can send information and alerts about specific
issues. Join our growing list of names of those that want to be involved and
informed by sending your e-mail address to: Vet Issues@... or
DANCOLONEL@...

When you know of a problem or veteran's issue that you would like us to
address, send us an e-mail about the problem, email points of contact, and the
e-mail address of those you feel could or should solve, or those best able to
impact on the problem. Tell us about related Web Sites. Site has a lot of
other Links to veteran organizations.

Some Issues that need worked on:

There are too many homeless veterans, and more programs are needed at the VA.
Your post should consider adopting a local homeless person.

Funding of VA Medical Centers is inadequate. Even the $1 per hour jobs at the
VA for needy patients is often out of money .

The VA is too quick to deny claims, and too slow to help veterans gather
records in support of claims;

Local politicians ignore veterans and their issues. They perceive a lack of
organization among their local Veterans, and that it won't hurt them at
election time.

Local news media give inadequate coverage to local veteran issues and events.

A Few Current Issues

George Ryan, Republican, Candidate for Governor of Illinois, has stated he
wants to do away with Veterans preference in hiring. Email your disgust to an
IL legislator,

and local media news@... & letters@... and to any friends in
IL.

Bill S 211: To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period of
time for the manifestation of chronic disabilities due to undiagnosed symptoms
in veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War in order for those disabilities
to be compensable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Write your legislator

Bill S 324: To amend title 32, United States Code, to provide that performance
of honor guard functions at funerals for veterans by members of the National
Guard may be recognized as a Federal function for National Guard purposes.
(Will help ensure a military funeral for all veterans) Write your legislator

$ Send Money: To help provide financing for this Veterans Issue Web Site to
help inform others of veteran issues, and to help support homeless veterans,
you can send a dollar or so to: Veteran Issues, Dan Cedusky, 210 W. Hill St,
#2, Champaign, IL 61820

We intend to bring you (the veteran and veteran organizations) and the weight
of hundreds of your emails down on local officials and the media; to add some
weight to what may be perceived as a local problem; to add our voices to the
National organizations and their campaigns; and to help shape or modify the
platforms of local candidates.

 Let's Keep on, Keepin' on.

Thanks, Colonel Dan