January 1st, 2012 
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The year of 2011 proved to be an extraordinary season for the participants, petitioners and protestors who fanned freedom’s flames in the U.S. and abroad. From the fall of the last Pharaoh in Egypt, Khadafi in Libya, to the prancing Tea Party and the mobilization of its antithesis, the Occupy movement, the role of citizen [...]
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No Comments » December 17th, 2011 Administrator 
Would the world be in better shape if more women were in charge? Recently, Gloria Steinem and Tiffany Dufu, President of the White House Project, sat down with Bloomberg News and discussed this idea. Their talk covered women, politics, and sex and they asserted the world would in fact be in a better condition if [...]
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Tags: Gloria Steinem, If Woman Ran the World, Tiffany Dufu, White House Project No Comments » September 25th, 2011 Administrator 
Have you heard the pundits assessment on President’s Obama’s fiery speech to the Congressional Black Caucus on September 24th? President Barack Obama says the best way to put Americans back to work is by passing the jobs bill he sent to Congress two weeks ago. Obama spoke Saturday night at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s [...]
Posted in Budget, Community, Congress, Economy, Education, Elections, Features, News, President Obama No Comments » September 25th, 2011 Administrator 
Interested in the economy and education, or tax reform and 2012 elections? These are key issues affecting the future of America. Leaders from both congress and the political spear were on television this week discussing topics of importance in growing our economy and moving our country forward. Below are excerpts from those discussions in case [...]
Posted in Community, Congress, Economy, Education, Elections, Employment, Features, Legislature, News, President Obama, Video, World News No Comments » September 19th, 2011 Administrator 
What’s in the American Jobs Act? Will it actually create jobs for those struggling across America? The bickering over the American Jobs Act has begun, but while bickering has always been the norm in Washington, will unemployment continue to be the norm across America? In reading the bill, several key points jumped out at us. If [...]
Posted in Budget, Community, Congress, Economy, Education, Elections, Employment, Features, Federal Aid, Legislature, News, President Obama, World News Tags: anita estell blog, Capitol Hill, Congress, economic recovery, Economy, House of Representatives, Politics, President Obama, The Peoples Place, www.anitaestellblog.com No Comments » September 18th, 2011 Administrator 
Just want the facts? So do most Americans. As the campaign trail heats up in Washington, so do the facts and let’s just say, “no-so-facts”. Recently PolitiFact put statements made by leaders in Washington regarding jobs and wages through the fact-o-meter. What they found may or may not surprise you. Take a look at a [...]
September 8th, 2011 Administrator This past Sunday, politicians, historians, authors and pundits convened around a Meet the Press roundtable to discuss our nation’s most troubling issue – jobs. More specifically, what needs to be done to stimulate the creation of jobs on American soil. It was an interesting discuss as Thomas Friedman, author of the new book “That Used [...]
Posted in Budget, Community, Congress, Economy, Elections, Employment, Features, Legislature, News, President Obama, Video No Comments » September 2nd, 2011 Administrator Congress returns the day after Labor Day, September 6th. There will be a singular focus on money issues. For instance, the 2011 Fiscal Year ends on September 30, 2011. The Fiscal Year for 2012 begins on October 1. However, Congress has not passed any of the spending bills needed to keep the federal government operational. [...]
Posted in Ask Anita, Budget, Community, Congress, Economy, Elections, Employment, Features, Federal Aid, Legislature, News, President Obama, Women, World News Tags: Anita Estell, Capitol Hill, Congress, Continuing Resolution, Economy, Federal Debt, federal spending, government funding, Politics, President Obama, Shared responsibility, Super Committee, The Peoples Place, www.anitaestellblog.com No Comments » July 21st, 2011 Administrator 
My two cents: The fact that we are bumping up to an August 2nd deadline on the debt limit really does not make any sense when you think about it. It’s not like leaders in Washington did not know we were going to hit the debt ceiling. It seems to me that political posturing by both parties provide [...]
Posted in Ask Anita, Budget, Community, Congress, Economy, Elections, Features, Legislature, News No Comments » July 3rd, 2011 Administrator 
Have you seen the astronomical funds that have been raised in the first quarter alone by Members in both chambers of Congress? Some of the numbers will leave you with no doubt whose voices you will be hearing OVER and OVER and OVER again as we gear up completely for the 2012 elections. It may [...]
