Outsourced bus drivers are paid less with far fewer benefits, if any. Outsourced bus drivers have no vested interest in our children. Outsourced drivers have no commitment to us or our school district. Outsourced drivers are no longer at our discretion. Outsourced behavior is out of our jurisdiction. Entrusting outsourced drivers to your student bottom line is faulty. Outsourcing puts the district at the mercy of a third party enterprise. And in the end, outsourcing is a short-term solution and does not balance the budget for the long-term. Research shows that it will cost the district and taxpayers more. It is for all of these reasons and more, that the idea of employing a third party bus company (for OUR CHILDREN) is unworthy of our consideration.

This issue personally strikes home for me because a lot of my family has conditions in which cannabis can be used but our Drs rather shove pills in our mouths. My mother suffers from Crohns Disease, Chronic pain, PTSD & currently has tumors on lower abdominals, the Drs give her tramadol. My younger sister is Autistic with ADHD & Bipolar Disorder, they prescribe her Ritalin, Adderall, and Clonidine. None of these medications help them. Not only that, this year on April 14th I was arrested and jailed for Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Manufacture. This was my very first charge ever; never been in trouble before. But never fought my fate, told the arresting officer and judge the plants were mine, which I was growing for my mother. Edibles were the only thing that eased the pain and kept it that way for her. This situation caused my mother, sister, and me to be evicted from our home and was the reason for my termination. I was jobless for a while; no income and had to find a place to go. I was fined $1500 and jailed at "Albemarle\Charlottesville Regional Jail" for 2 months at only 19 years old. I have ZERO REGRETS, I feel and know I was doing the right thing, I looked at it as Trials & Tribulations, just another bump on this legalization road. With all that being said, I'm going to put my all into legalizing VA until the last breath. I know what's right and what's going on in Virginia is far from right.

If Mark Judge does not testify, the hearing to decide Judge Kavanaugh's moral fitness to sit on the US Supreme Court will be a sham. Demand that everyone in the room at the time of the alleged attempted rape be called to testify at the hearing. Demand Mark Judge be subpoenaed to testify.

When it comes to voting, partisan politics should not matter. University of Miami students and faculty should be able to vote at a convenient location on campus. Other universities across the state will have early voting on their campuses, don't let us be left out. We are asking Mayor Gimenez, Miami-Dade election officials, and UM to work together to let our community vote on campus.

As a First Nations person, I will be providing a service at our church explaining the historical damage the Doctrine of Discovery has wielded on Indigenous People's and their land, and would like to invite the congregants to sign this petition asking our governmental leaders to step forward and support this change.

Professor Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh cannot be taken lightly. The rush to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court must cease until these deeply disturbing allegations are addressed by the Senate Judiciary Committee and by the nominee. Like all survivors, Professor Ford deserves to be heard and treated fairly and respectfully. The abuse she detailed must not be ignored and belittled to jam through a Supreme Court nominee. These allegations come on top of a nomination process already clouded with uncertainty. Millions of pages of Kavanaugh's relevant records have been withheld from the American public. And allowing a President who is under investigation to appoint a Supreme Court Justice who might hear a case related to that investigation would compromise the integrity of the Supreme Court. There is too much at stake to rush this process. The American people deserve to know the full truth about any nominee for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court -- and putting the brakes on Kavanaugh’s proceedings until we have all the facts is non-negotiable.

I was the federal court appointed CEO of eToys.com; which was stolen by Bain Capital and made a part of Toys R Us. On March 22, 2017, I sued Trump to block Jay Clayton for SEC and inform him about crooked US Attorney Colm Connolly. The D.C. Clerk of Court refused to docket my case (HAAS v. TRUMO) until 3 weeks after (May 24th) Jay Clayton was confirmed. Then Trump nominated Colm Connolly for Delaware Federal Court. Mitt Romney is being protected by Trump - Obstructively - to protect Goldman Sachs from indictment. There are many laws against this, including RICO; but no one with the guts enough to take on Romney & Goldman Sachs. America needs thus investigation.

On 17 September 1851, the Fort Laramie Treaty was signed between United States treaty commissioners and representatives of the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations. The United States acknowledged that all the land covered by the treaty was Indian Territory, however... BEFORE THE INK WAS DRY, THE TREATY WAS BROKEN. In the century that followed, over 500 treaties made with Native Nations were also broken — which has degraded the lives of Indigenous Peoples and the environmental health of Mother Earth. Honoring Native Peoples treaty rights protects us all from environmental genocide. Native Children's Survival challenges the United States and its Congress to #RightTheWrong and honor, with negotiations, at least one of the more than 500 broken treaties made with Native Nations - starting with the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty.

When it comes to voting, partisan politics should not matter. FIU students and faculty should be able to vote at a convenient location on campus. Other universities across the state will have early voting on their campuses, but FIU has been left out. We are asking Mayor Gimenez, Miami-Dade election officials, and FIU to work together to let our FIU community vote on campus.

My country, Puerto Rico, is been governed by an anti-democratic Federal Oversight Management Board, imposed by the Federal Government, which is taking our people to a deeper economic depression due to their insane political measures. We need to abolish this law and the Board asap or otherwise our people will face the worst human catastrophe ever, including massive migration to the US states, which will put bigger burdens over their governmental services. As a retired Full Professor of the University of Puerto Rico, all of us are facing the obligatory reduction of our pensions. This will make us live under the poverty level of the US.

There is no purpose, and I really hate the fact that FEMA is doing this. Not Their Job

Native American tribes from the United States and Canada are demanding that famous landmarks in Yellowstone National Park not be used to honor men who supported the "extermination of American Indians." In Yellowstone National Park, Mount Doane is named after a man who led the massacre of nearly 200 Piikani people on a Montana river bank and Hayden Valley was named after a man who called for the "extermination of American Indians." Leaders of the Blackfoot Confederacy and Great Sioux Nation are demanding that Mount Doane and Hayden Valley be renamed to "First Peoples Mountain" and "Buffalo Nations Valley." This fall, the U.S. Board On Geographic Names will decide whether or not to rename these famous landmarks. Please sign our petition and stand with the tribal leaders demanding justice for their people.