Our property tax is going up every year, which makes our mortgages go up every year. Property tax is getting out of control. Politicians with the elected offices must find a new mechanism in solving this problem. Home owners can no longer afford this yearly increases in property tax anymore.

The high property taxes are not sustainable for Hunt County residents, with the inflated property appraisals and the tax rates not being reduced. It forces some Hunt County residents right out of their homes.

Having to drive ten minutes to get to TJ's is a first world problem, I get that. But Long Beach promotes itself as bicycle friendly, and a TJ's downtown would be within an easy bicycle commute of more than enough of us to support the store. If you agree, sign the petition. And if you shop at the TJ's on Bellflower and are tired of not finding things there because they are sold out, help take some pressure off your local TJ's by signing the petition.

I’m hoping to move to the US but I’m failing to find carers to help and I’m shocked as America is the place for it.

We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens who urge the Committee and the Legislature to vote against House Bill 4582, "an act authorizing the City of Somerville to impose a Real Estate Transfer Fee.”

I have 2 sons (One an Architect in CA, One a doctor in NM.), and they are up to their eyeballs in student debt.

The new tariff laws impact the lives of thousands of hard-working factory workers, office staff, and small independent business owners in over 45 countries.

The United States is the only country besides Eritrea that unjustifiably imposes two tax systems on its citizens abroad. This taxation hurts the US economy by making US citizens noncompetitive, increases cost of IRS collection, hurts our exports, and causes discrimination of Americans overseas.

Dear UESF educators, We are writing with an action item to support local hotel workers and our working class students. For the last year, non-union workers at the Pullman hotel in Redwood City have been asking for a fair process agreement so that they can choose the union without fear of retaliation. CALSTRS, the pension fund for California educators, has invested $3 Billion of teacher retirement savings in the company that owns the Pullman hotel, CBRE. On May 9, three brave workers drove to Sacramento to share their experiences of intimidation. In response, CALSTRS staff questioned the truth of their statements saying that they “were not able to verify any of these claims” from “these people.” See the recording here at 55:00. This is unacceptable behavior from a pension fund representing the interests of union employees. We are asking you to send an email to the CALSTRS board calling out these statements. The board needs to hear from teachers about how low-paying jobs in our community affect students and families. Please take a minute to send an email to CALSTRS. Sample letter below, but please make it your own--add details of where you work, and how you feel about your pension being invested in a way that hurts workers. Thank you!

Our small community of Jacksonville, OR deserves the very best! Support Blade & Bourbon LLC in obtaining the historic Jacksonville Barbershop (est. 1869) facility. This barbershop should remain locally owned, operated and community minded.

To make pay better for those who are the some of the backbones of the country

Most Philadelphians make less than $48,000 a year, but high-end housing is growing many times faster than affordable housing. A Construction Impact Tax is desperately needed to incentivize and subsidize development of Affordable Housing... but we must make sure the tax funds go towards equitable development for ALL Philadelphians. It's not fair if all of the funding goes toward apartments that rent for $1500-$2500 a year, which would be possible under the current wording. That's why we need to amend the bill to make sure half the funding go towards housing that is affordable to ALL, and the other half can go to Middle Income housing, to reflect the fact that most Philadelphians struggle to afford even "middle income" housing.