REPEAL or AMEND THE 2015 UPCOUNTRY WATER BILL Public Documents now reveal that in 2015, Gladys Baisa, then Chair of the Water Resources Committee, Corporation Counsel, and Director of Public Works David Goode, apparently pulled a classic Bait and Switch on the rest of the County Council and the people of Maui County. THE BAIT: The Upcountry Water Bill was said to aid residents on the Upcountry Water Meter Priority List eligible to get a second water meter, which would allow them to subdivide their property into two lots. All public notices of the bill specified its intent to exempt those 2 lot subdividers from having to perform costly infrastructure improvements related only to water connections for fire protection. SWITCH #1: After numerous committee hearings, at the Council’s first reading for the proposed bill, Public Works Director David Goode testified that in addition to fire protection, costly roadway improvements could also prevent residents from building a second home for their family. So, responding to Director Goode’s suggestion, language was added to the bill that significantly extended the exemption for 2 Lot Subdivisions beyond fire suppression, to include all roadway improvements as well. Contrary to our County Charter, no public notice has ever been made of that significant change to the bill’s scope and intent. THE BIGGER SWITCH: Certainly not the public, and perhaps not even the Council Members, were made aware that when Corporation Counsel’s Jennifer Oana (who has recently been nominated for a judgeship) added David Goode’s suggested roadway exemption, the language Oana added to the bill to amend the County Code's Title 18 Subdivision Ordinance was not specific to ‘Family” Residential Subdividers on the Upcountry Priority List. Instead, Oana’s significant language change is today allowing professional residential and commercial developers, island-wide, to inappropriately avoid performing roadway improvements along their two-lot subdivisions, effectively shifting their financial burdens into Maui's taxpayers. Public documents, received through Freedom of Information requests, reveal that by virtue of the “Upcountry Water Bill”, Alexander and Baldwin has been awarded a roadway improvement exemption for a 1200 acre parcel just south of Puunene and Dairy Rd. and that Snorkel Bob's got an exemption for a commercial development on Front St. in Lahaina and that the Blue Golf Course got an exemption for 60 acres in Wailea. That’s just not fair. So far Public Works has admitted to 20 exemptions awarded to approved 2 lot subdivisions, we don't know yet how many more have their preliminary subdivision approvals. In fact, the specifics of this "mistake” and the potential for this abuse was communicated in July of 2016 to Water Committee Chair Baisa, Council Chair White, Council Member Guzman, Council Member Hokama, Council Services’ David Raatz, Corporation Counsel’s Jennifer Oana and Mayor Arakawa. None of them has ever responded, nor has anyone initiated any action to correct and stop the growing harm that public documents now prove is being done to our community. The County Council must act immediately to repeal or amend the Upcountry Water Bill and stop this extraordinary exploitation of Maui County Taxpayers.

Changing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. We cannot afford to live if we make any less

This petition is to bring this situation to the attention of the US Senate by showing how many people this affects and/or feel strongly about ending this taxation. I'm a young woman who has been getting a menstrual cycle for the past five years and will continue to do so till I go through menopause. A menstrual occurs naturally for every woman, therefore, the products that aid in menstruation are a necessity, and in the United States a necessity product is not subject to tax. Stand up for all women and end this matter now

Article #3 reads: "To see if the Strafford School District shall vote to accept the fact-finder's recommendations dated October 27, 2017 for a collective bargaining agreement between the Strafford School Board and the Strafford Education Association, NEA-NH, and further vote to approve the cost items associated therewith which call for the following increases in salaries and benefits at current staffing levels: 2018-19: $73,500 2019-20: $82,000 and further to raise and appropriate the same of $73,500 for the 2018-2019 fiscal year, such sum representing the additional costs attributable to the increases in salaries and benefits over those of the appropriation at current staffing levels paid in the prior fiscal year." You can find a copy of the 2018 Strafford Annual School District Meeting Packet, which includes the fact-finder's report here: http://sau44.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2018-Strafford-Annual-School-District-Meeting-Packet.pdf

I got fired from a ROBLOX group and sign this petition if you think I should get my job back. The current Executive Director is very unfit and he talked very bad about the group. He has built many things for the group and they won't get rid of it. Sign this petition if Matthew should get his job back.

As you may have heard, Scott Buser was let go from his position at NARA NW by the board members after many years of service. We, the people whom Scott has influenced into becoming the strong, employable, respectful, clean and sober people we are or who he knows we can be, need to support him now. Please sign this to pass on to the members who feel he is not fit for this position. A note about/for Scott: Scott's clean date is 2/15/1992; that is 26 years of sobriety. Scott have been part of our journey since the very beginning and your impact on us is profound. We will carry your teaching tools with us forever. You have proven you're a strong, compassionate man who walked confidently amongst the broken and wounded, head held high, proudly displaying your scars. Not because you thought you were better, by any means, but because you are proof that a person could rise up from the wreckage of their past and overcome. We admire your honesty, integrity, caring heart, and your passion to help those of us who were once desperate and hopeless to a better way of life. (I can't finish without our admiration for your stubborn streak and standing up for what's right, despite the opposition). Prayers are sent Scott's way, and signatures would be appreciated. He is loved by millions!

Stop taxing social security income!

Our teachers deserve a bigger raise than what the WV Senate is offering. West Virginia teachers are one of the lowest paId in the nation. Our children's education is more important than politics.

I know many teachers whom have to work a second job to make ends meat. The current Arizona State teacher pay is grossly neglected and that's not right. Parents expect teachers to elevate their child's love for education so they will be ready for college. Unfortunately, Arizonas teacher shortage and turnover rate speaks for its self! Let's stop this nonsense and give teachers a respectable wage and less extra duties!

Because we have been unjustly rewarded for our efforts in protecting the company's legacy!

In the production of any crop, time not cultivating has considerable costs and hinderance. It is therefore important to understand the difference between Producer's business than that of retail, extract, and cannabinoid. In production, if a licensee is unable to cultivate mothers and propagate for the upcoming season or indoor session, the halt of operation is not restricted to the time of delay, but an entire season or cultivation cycle. Timing is intrinsic to farming, and thus this should be given precedence to producers to ensure optimal production and consistency. The current rule in place does not give producers beneficial allowance in times of change or business growth, which causes serious impediment to producers business cycles. I personally have been affected by this rule for 60 days and counting, which carries considerable setbacks to the entire year of propagation. It is my goal to draw attention to issues that licensees experience and to assist in changes that not only aid producers but the entire production towards a more consistent marketplace.

The Warriors have already announced that they are leaving Oakland, to move to an over $1 billion new facility they are building in San Francisco. While the move on its own will cause economic harm and job loss to Oakland and Alameda County, and traffic congestion and disruption to vital medical facilities in San Francisco, the Warriors are threatening much greater harm, in seeking to avoid paying the debt they owe, as they leave. This could potentially cause harmful cuts in vital public services for the people of Oakland. See: https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/21/golden-state-warriors-arena-authority-at-odds-over-oracle-debt/ The Warriors brought a case to arbitration to try to get out of paying the remaining bond debt that covers the Arena upgrades that they had requested, and had agreed to pay for. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/16/who-will-pay-golden-state-warriors-oracle-debt-dispute-headed-to-arbitration/ If the public loses, the city of Oakland and County of Alameda will likely have to cut public services in order to pay the $40 million debt. The owners are threatening to damage a community that gave so much to the Warriors, including putting the money up front for the Arena. Robert Gammon in The East Bay Express critiques the empty gesture of the Warriors here. https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-warriors-empty-gesture/Content?oid=13456895 Gammon quotes, “In other words, Lacob and Guber, we appreciate those new Town jerseys and logos. But they're a hollow gesture if you stiff taxpayers out of the $40 million that you clearly owe — and can afford.” Sign this petition and share it with your friends to tell the Warriors pay their bills. Our community is working on housing its homeless and increasing services to its residents, and should not have to pay the bills for a wealthy corporation. Our people deserve better. Sincerely, Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Councilmember At-Large