1) A Jeep windshield that would remain unblemished for a year

2) The death penalty to be abolished nationwide (go, New Jersey!)



3) No more jail sentences for truancy or other age-related offenses

4) The U.S. to no longer be the #1 incarcerator in the world (we're #1!)

5) Less advertising, more real information

6) Less pay for pro sports figures, more pay for people who work damn hard to support our infrastructure and our populace

7) Six months without a mention of Paris, Lindsay or Britney

8) An end to the wars in which the U.S. is engaged

9) Less fear of teenagers, more understanding of the biological and developmental stage of adolescence

10) Fewer guns

11) Fewer legal interventions with the mentally ill, more treatment responses to folks who are struggling

12) Full funding for my wraparound program

13) More recycling, less throwing away

14) A president who looks a little different from every other president we've had since the U.S. gov't was formed

15) True justice regardless of socioeconomic status, color, education, age, etc.

16) More research-based programs, fewer flashy interventions that don't do what they're purported to do

17) More trains, fewer trucks

18) Fewer chains, more mom 'n' pops

19) More solutions, less division

20) Godiva chocolates for all, and to all a good nougat

Happy Holidays - - May all YOUR wishes come true!